Organisational Development and Administration Assistant - Univol
Closing Date: 01 August 2026
Category: UniVol
Our Objective:
Ka hono a Te Tūao Tāwāhi i ngā tūao pūkenga ki ngā whakahaere me ngā hapori i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me tua atu, hei tautoko i ngā wawata kua tautuhia ā-rohe, ā, kia tutuki ai te panoni toitū.
Volunteer Services Abroad (VSA) connects volunteers with organisations and communities in the Pacific and beyond to support locally identified aspirations and achieve sustainable change.
We are New Zealand's largest and most experienced volunteering agency working in international development, placing over 100 volunteers each year. For the last twenty years the VSA has been operating our Univol programme, a volunteering programme with assignments specifically designed with recent graduates in mind. Each assignment represents an amazing opportunity to get involved in developing capability and capacity across a number of key areas.
As this assignment is a part of our Univol programme, it is one of ten assignments we will be aiming to deploy to in early 2027. This assignment will be working across a youth programme seeking ways to support and enhance youth development in Apia, Samoa.
Our Partner and Assignment Summary:
For this assignment we have partnered with Samoa Victim Support Group Incorporated (SVSG). SVSG is a non-government, non-profit organisation established in 2005 in Samoa to provide essential support services for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other forms of crime. It was founded in response to the lack of formal support systems for survivors and has since become a leading organisation in victim protection and social services.
SVSG’s vision is to care for children, support victims of crime, and uplift vulnerable people, ensuring survivors have access to safety, dignity, justice, and pathways to recovery. Its work is guided by a survivor-centred and human rights-based approach. The organisation provides a wide range of integrated services, including 24/7 crisis support and helplines, emergency shelter at the Campus of Hope, counselling and psychosocial support, case management, legal and police assistance, education and rehabilitation programmes, and community outreach and prevention initiatives.
On this assignment a UniVol volunteer would be deployed to Samoa early in 2027 to help support the team as they work through organisational strengthening, with a focus on development and improvement of core governance, administrative, and case management systems. Key projects a volunteer could be working on could be around developing Annual Plans, a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework, reviewing outdated policies and case management forms, and supporting a review of a structured filing system and database.
Overall, the assignment aims to strengthen organisational foundations so that SVSG can continue delivering effective, timely, and high-quality support to victims of crime and vulnerable communities across Samoa.
About Samoa:
A volunteer deployed on this assignment would be based in Apia, Samoa. The TCS offices are in the Apia Harvest Church compound, a two minute walk from the VSA office in the township area, and close to a number of amenities. Volunteers would have access to work from the VSA offices and the TCS offices. As part of the Recruitment process for applicants progressing on this assignment, we would offer opportunities to connect with the team in country and former volunteers to learn more about Samoa prior to deployment.
Skills we are seeking:
We believe that for a volunteer to succeed on this assignment they would need a number of key skills. This would be an assignment that would require a strong attention to detail, understanding of systems and how these could be developed, record management, organizational awareness and general administrative skills. On top of all this outstanding communication skills would be a must as well, both in connecting with the target audience but also someone who can learn different languages quickly. Willingness to learn Samoan will be key to a volunteer having a positive experience on assignment. This assignment would be well suited to a volunteer with an academic background in Business Administration, Management, Public administration or Community development.
Application Instructions:
If this opportunity is of interest, please apply through the link below. If you have any questions about this assignment or the Univol programme as a whole you are more than welcome to check in with the Recruitment team via email at volunteer@vsa.org.nz.
Please note applications will be closing in early August 2026, so get any applications or queries in prior to that as the team will be assessing applications and queries as they arrive.
Ka hono a Te Tūao Tāwāhi i ngā tūao pūkenga ki ngā whakahaere me ngā hapori i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me tua atu, hei tautoko i ngā wawata kua tautuhia ā-rohe, ā, kia tutuki ai te panoni toitū.
Volunteer Services Abroad (VSA) connects volunteers with organisations and communities in the Pacific and beyond to support locally identified aspirations and achieve sustainable change.
We are New Zealand's largest and most experienced volunteering agency working in international development, placing over 100 volunteers each year. For the last twenty years the VSA has been operating our Univol programme, a volunteering programme with assignments specifically designed with recent graduates in mind. Each assignment represents an amazing opportunity to get involved in developing capability and capacity across a number of key areas.
As this assignment is a part of our Univol programme, it is one of ten assignments we will be aiming to deploy to in early 2027. This assignment will be working across a youth programme seeking ways to support and enhance youth development in Apia, Samoa.
Our Partner and Assignment Summary:
For this assignment we have partnered with Samoa Victim Support Group Incorporated (SVSG). SVSG is a non-government, non-profit organisation established in 2005 in Samoa to provide essential support services for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other forms of crime. It was founded in response to the lack of formal support systems for survivors and has since become a leading organisation in victim protection and social services.
SVSG’s vision is to care for children, support victims of crime, and uplift vulnerable people, ensuring survivors have access to safety, dignity, justice, and pathways to recovery. Its work is guided by a survivor-centred and human rights-based approach. The organisation provides a wide range of integrated services, including 24/7 crisis support and helplines, emergency shelter at the Campus of Hope, counselling and psychosocial support, case management, legal and police assistance, education and rehabilitation programmes, and community outreach and prevention initiatives.
On this assignment a UniVol volunteer would be deployed to Samoa early in 2027 to help support the team as they work through organisational strengthening, with a focus on development and improvement of core governance, administrative, and case management systems. Key projects a volunteer could be working on could be around developing Annual Plans, a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework, reviewing outdated policies and case management forms, and supporting a review of a structured filing system and database.
Overall, the assignment aims to strengthen organisational foundations so that SVSG can continue delivering effective, timely, and high-quality support to victims of crime and vulnerable communities across Samoa.
About Samoa:
A volunteer deployed on this assignment would be based in Apia, Samoa. The TCS offices are in the Apia Harvest Church compound, a two minute walk from the VSA office in the township area, and close to a number of amenities. Volunteers would have access to work from the VSA offices and the TCS offices. As part of the Recruitment process for applicants progressing on this assignment, we would offer opportunities to connect with the team in country and former volunteers to learn more about Samoa prior to deployment.
Skills we are seeking:
We believe that for a volunteer to succeed on this assignment they would need a number of key skills. This would be an assignment that would require a strong attention to detail, understanding of systems and how these could be developed, record management, organizational awareness and general administrative skills. On top of all this outstanding communication skills would be a must as well, both in connecting with the target audience but also someone who can learn different languages quickly. Willingness to learn Samoan will be key to a volunteer having a positive experience on assignment. This assignment would be well suited to a volunteer with an academic background in Business Administration, Management, Public administration or Community development.
Application Instructions:
If this opportunity is of interest, please apply through the link below. If you have any questions about this assignment or the Univol programme as a whole you are more than welcome to check in with the Recruitment team via email at volunteer@vsa.org.nz.
Please note applications will be closing in early August 2026, so get any applications or queries in prior to that as the team will be assessing applications and queries as they arrive.
We are looking for a volunteer with:
- Dive into a new cultural experience volunteering in Samoa
- Become part of an international development programme built for graduates
- VSA covers costs associated with travel, accommodation and basic living costs
VSA covers flights, accommodation, insurance and some expenses. A living allowance is also provided.
Does volunteering with one of the largest and most experienced agency in international development interest you?