Geoscientist

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and the Centre geo-scientific authority which provides advice to the German Federal Government in all geo-relevant questions. It is subordinate to the Federal of Economics and Technology of the German Government.
On behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, BGR together with the Center for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (CWRPI), a subordinate national center of the Ministry of natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) implement the technical cooperation project “Improvement of Groundwater Protection in Vietnam” which aims to strengthen the capacity of water resources integrated investigation of the CWRPI and 4 Departments for Natural Resources and Environment: Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh and Soc Trang.

IGPVN project is looking for Vietnamese geoscientist to supplement the project team on a full time basis to December 2010 with the option to extent to June 2014

General Tasks:
- assist in coordinating technical works with technical staff in office and during field campaigns (e.g., sampling, pumping tests).
- assist in collecting and reviewing of data from different sources.
- assist in data processing and analysis of geological and hydro-geological data using MS Office and geo-scientific and hydro-geological software
- support in capacity building and knowledge transferring between German and Vietnamese staff

Requirements:
- Minimum degree is Master degree in geology with focus on hydrogeology
- Fluent Vietnamese language and very good English skills are needed.
- Experience in application of hydro-geological field methods such as water sampling, pumping tests etc.
- Good experience in using MS Office software and ArcGIS, favor would be given to those who possess skills in using other geo-scientific software products such as GMS, Strater, AquaChem.

Salary: Negotiation

Interested candidates should submit their letter of application, a detail CV in English and their availability to the below mentioned addresses:
1. Dr. Frank Wagner, hydro-geological expert of the project, BGR
No. 93/95 Vu Xuan Thieu Street, Sai Dong Ward, Long Bien, Hanoi
Email: [email protected]

2. Ms Nguyen Thi Tham, Office Secretary of the Project
No. 93/95 Vu Xuan Thieu Street, Sai Dong Ward, Long Bien, Hanoi
Email: [email protected]

The recruitment will close until we find a suitable candidate.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
German Technical Cooperation with Vietnam
Location: 
Ha Noi
Application Deadline: 
Tue, 2010-11-23