Project Assistant

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) is a global project focused on HIV and global health security with funding from the United States Government. EpiC is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Vietnamese candidate to join our team as a Project Assistant, based in Ho Chi Minh City.

Main responsibilities:

• Provides basic administrative support, schedules meetings, managing expense reports and travel expenses, and tracks simple tasks

• Supports planning activities, prepares basic schedules

• Assists with managing small tasks, tracks deadlines

• Maintains project documents, assists in report preparation

• Attend project meetings and prepare pre-meeting and post-meeting notes and memos.

• Plan for project-related meetings; booking conference rooms; ordering catering; preparing materials, etc.

• Support travel and logistical arrangements for events, conferences, and workshops, including invitations, and procurement of materials, supplies, refreshments, etc. for staff and consultants

• Support the EpiC Vietnam Activity to manage electronic files and/or review to ensure completion.

• Provide communication support; compile folders for external stakeholders; keep track of communications materials inventory and work with teams to request additional materials, as needed.

• Coordinates with team members on administrative tasks

• Ensures adherence to basic project guidelines and reporting requirements

• Supports identification of minor risks and tracks issues

• Payment processing: receive invoices in the financial system of record, compile payment packages, obtain approvals, and submit for processing

• Provide support with the translation of reporting deliverables, presentations, contracts and other materials as requested.

• Other duties as assigned.  

Experience and abilities for the position:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, project administration, social work, public administration, public health, or relevant field.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in administrative or translation role. Experience working with public health or NGO projects is an advantage.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize

• Interest in learning new skills as part of a dynamic team

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Vietnamese

• Proficiency in MS Office package (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, etc.).

• Ability to travel as necessary.

The expected hiring salary range for this role is VND  300,000,000 - 350,000,000 for annual  basic salary. When determining an offer amount, FHI 360 factors in multiple considerations, including but not limited to: relevant years of experience and education possessed by the applicant, internal equity, market pay,  and budget. For internal candidates, salary placement will also follow FHI 360’s current promotional increase guidelines.

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