View Vacancy - VNM - GREAT Intern (Hanoi)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Protocol, Visits and Events

Main purpose of job:

2018 marks the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Vietnam.  We will use the anniversary to deliver a British Festival in October around Hoan Kiem lake.  This will attract 100s of thousands of people to experience personally what Britain has to offer in Vietnam and, via the media, will be projected to a national audience. 

If you’re interested in British culture and want to learn more about how the British do diplomacy then this is an excellent opportunity to get involved.  Alongside delivering the festival you will have a tailored programme to learn and work with diplomats, including the Ambassador, on a wide range policies.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

GREAT British Festival: Deliver the day to day tasks for the festival - working closely with the GREAT campaign officer and lead.

  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
  • Able to work to tight deadlines and multi-task effectively
  • Good team-working skills and the ability to develop productive relationships with other teams around the network
  • Proven experience of event management
  • Relevant tertiary qualification and/or relevant experience
  • Familiarity with UK culture
1 July 2018
Internship
Fixed Term, Full-time
35
3 months
Asia Pacific
Vietnam
Hanoi
British Embassy
1
VND
9,000,000
23 July 2018
31 October 2018

This position will be based in Hanoi.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

The British Embassy is committed to being a learning and development organisation and encourages all staff to pursue continued learning and development in the workplace. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment where staff work to the values of: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.  Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, be innovative and work together.

All applications must be received before  01 July 2018 at 23:55 Vietnam Standard Time.

Incomplete application forms will not be taken into consideration, so please ensure you provide the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core competencies listed above.

The successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.