U.S. Mission Vietnam – U.S. Embassy in Hanoi Vacancy Announcement Number: 2017-40

OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates/All Sources
POSITION: Secretary (VN-006)
OPENING DATE: July 13, 2017
CLOSING DATE: July 27, 2017
WORK HOURS: Full-time, 40 hours/week
ANNUAL SALARY: Ordinarily Resident (OR): FSN-8; US$12,581(Starting Salary) Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): FP-6; US$47,170(Starting Salary)
*Final grade/step for NORs will be determined by Washington.

ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT (OR) APPLICANTS (See Appendix for definition) MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED WORK AND/OR RESIDENCY PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

The U.S. Mission in Hanoi, Vietnam is seeking eligible and qualified applicant for the position of Secretary in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are qualified and will be invited for further testing and/or interview. Thank you for your understanding.

BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION

Incumbent of this position will serve as the assistant to the USAID’s Mission Director, Deputy Mission Director, and Resident Legal Officer, operating independently of any other position in the performance of the full range of secretarial, protocol, and administrative functions essential to the efficient operation of the USAID’s Front Office.

The incumbent will be the primary contact person responsible for the USAID’s Front Office customer service to internal and external partners and other stakeholders, including USAID’s staff, contractors, Implementing Partners (IPs) and grantees, host-government officials, the Embassy, USAID/Washington, and other customers. He/she will be responsible for coordinating information about the USAID Mission, and making sure that information gets to customers on a timely basis and in a professional manner.