Vietnam partnershipExpression of interestHIF-DEL-VCHP
Vietnam Community Health Partnership EOI
Co-design a locally directed health partnership with Vietnamese professionals and community organisations.
Location
Southern Vietnam — subject to partner approval
Arrangement
In person
Commitment
Monthly preparation plus intensive program
Duration
Late 2026 / early 2027 pathway
Level
Student / professional
Contribution track
Deliver programs
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Role mandate
Co-design a locally directed health partnership with Vietnamese professionals and community organisations.
Why this role exists now
Any HIF activity in Vietnam must respond to a partner-defined need, strengthen existing systems and demonstrate value beyond the cost of travel.
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Outcomes you would own
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A current, approved workplan for the Vietnam partnership contribution.
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Clear decisions, risks and dependencies recorded where the team can use them.
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A defined first milestone that passes HIF’s safety and readiness checks.
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Partner and participant learning translated into the next program decision.
Core responsibilities
Complete extensive preparation, cultural-safety learning and role-specific training.
Contribute to a partner-approved workstream in health education, prevention, research or operations.
Work within local leadership, professional scope and consent requirements.
Participate in post-program evaluation, handover and long-term partnership activity.
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Your first 90 days
Days 1–30
Listen, learn and locate the work
Complete HIF induction, role boundaries and required checks.
Review the Vietnam partnership brief, evidence, partners and unresolved decisions.
Agree a 90-day workplan, communication rhythm and escalation map.
Days 31–60
Build the first useful thing
Build or test the first delivery-ready program component.
Invite review early from the people who will use or be affected by the work.
Record changes, risks and decisions instead of hiding uncertainty.
Days 61–90
Deliver, learn and hand over
Complete the agreed first milestone or document why it should change.
Review progress against success measures with your supervisor.
Publish a next-quarter plan and keep files ready for another volunteer.
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What you need
Essential criteria
Capacity for sustained pre- and post-program involvement.
Cultural humility and willingness to work under Vietnamese partner direction.
Understanding that this is not a holiday, placement or independent clinical mission.
Desirable, not required
Vietnamese language capability.
Relevant health, public health, dentistry or evaluation experience.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
Community and partner priorities remain visible in delivery decisions.
The work passes safety, supervision and readiness checks.
Learning produces a clear continue, change, pause or stop decision.
Decision rights & escalation
Set day-to-day priorities within the approved role brief and agreed hours.
Recommend changes to scope, timing or method and document the rationale.
Pause your own activity and escalate when safety, consent, quality or capacity is unclear.
Escalate budget commitments, external promises, partner agreements and material changes to Vietnam Partnership Leads.
Clinical, safeguarding, privacy and public-claim decisions remain with the named qualified approver.
Role boundaries
This is an unpaid volunteer role. It does not create an employment relationship or expectation of future paid work.
Do not represent HIF publicly, sign agreements or commit money unless authority is explicitly documented.
Use only approved systems for personal, partner or program information.
The agreed weekly commitment is a ceiling to manage, not a minimum to exceed silently.
This role does not provide clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment or unsupervised patient contact.
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Support, learning and wellbeing
Readiness assessment and structured training pathway.
Named HIF and Vietnamese partner supervisors.
Travel, safeguarding, emergency and wellbeing plans before confirmation.
Scope and safety
Volunteers must not work outside their competence. Clinical, safeguarding and community-facing work requires role-specific supervision and escalation pathways.
Checks before you begin
Identity and right-to-volunteer confirmation.
One or two role-relevant references for leadership or higher-trust appointments.
Confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, privacy and code-of-conduct declarations.
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How selection works
Evidence to include
A short statement explaining why this role and HIF’s health-equity mission fit your experience.
One specific example showing how you handled work relevant to multidisciplinary.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of monthly preparation plus intensive program.
Any required qualifications, registrations, portfolio links or work samples.
Conflicts, access needs or support adjustments you want the selection panel to consider.
Selection stages
Eligibility and completeness review
Assessment against the published essential criteria
Structured interview or practical conversation, if required
Relevant reference, credential and safeguarding checks
Outcome, induction and role-specific onboarding
Final selection decisions are made by people. AI is not used to automatically reject applicants.