Education Helper

Duties and responsibilities:

• Support content development and delivery of the British Council Education team’s communications plan
• Support with stakeholder coordination and logistics arrangement for events
• Translate materials into Vietnamese/ English for external and internal use
• Provide general admin and logistics support for the British Council’s programmes, including document filing, sending mail, photocopying, drafting reports, travel booking, etc.

Please refer to Study in the UK, Our work in society and Our work in education webpages for further details on our Education programmes.

Requirements:

• Final-year or newly graduated students who can commit to a full-time position.
• Good command of English and Vietnamese (Upper-Intermediate level and above).
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to demonstrate the British Council’s behaviours at an essential level: Working together, Making things happen and Being Accountable (For details please refer to the British Council’s behaviours).
• Proactive, willing to learn, and attentive to details.
• Prior experience in content creation, event organisation, translation, and administration are preferred.

We encourage applicants who want to develop a career path in education, marketing, event management and project management in a professional international organisation environment.

Term of service

This is a non-employment position and a term-based hourly paid contract. Gross wages: VND45,000–VND60,000 per hour, together with experience of a dynamic working environment and career development opportunities. 

Interested candidates please send a completed a curriculum vitae and a cover letter to  ggp.vietnam@britishcouncil.org.vn (cc tueminh.nguyendo1@britishcouncil.org.vn)

About us

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We uniquely combine the UK’s deep expertise in arts and culture, education and the English language, our global presence and relationships in over 100 countries, our unparalleled access to young people, creatives and educators, and our own creative sparkle.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

We work with governments and our partners in the education, English language and cultural sectors, in the UK and globally. Working together we make a bigger difference, creating benefits for millions of people all over the world.

We work with people in over 200 countries and territories and are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2022–23 we reached 600 million people.

The British Council in Vietnam is a priority country for the British Council within East Asia. The British Council in Vietnam has offices and teaching centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to try and avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

The British Council is a full member of Keeping Children Safe (KCS) and has achieved level 1 child safe certification. We believe that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC, 1989 and that every child matters - everywhere in the world. In line with the British Council's Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks including criminal record checks, in line with legal requirements.

For more information see www.britishcouncil.org or www.britishcouncil.vn