SNV Vietnam is looking for an Inclusive Business and Innovation Consultant, based in Hanoi, Vietnam with frequent travels to other provinces (Consultant contract)
SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995. Using the market based approach, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalyzing sustainable solutions for the poor in agriculture, energy, water & sanitation, and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation).
SNV’s Inclusive Business (IB) Program supports and promotes business initiatives that integrate the low-income population into the supply chain of companies as suppliers, employees, distributors and/or consumers that generate win-win solutions for both, economic benefits for the companies and job and income increase for the low-income population.
SNV, BoP Innovation Center and VC4A have partnered up to launch an Inclusive Business Accelerator (IBA), the first one-stop shop in Vietnam for various services needed by businesses which include low-income groups in their operations. We use innovative acceleration models to make the businesses investor-ready. The IBA brings together highly-regarded professionals, experienced business leaders, trusted service providers, investors, and development agencies to support interested companies, addressing their needs for market intelligence & opportunity identification, business design and readiness, management/technical consulting, investor-investee match-making.
We are seeking for highly-qualified candidates to fill in the position of Inclusive Business and Innovation Consultant for the Inclusive Business Accelerator Vietnam (2014-2016).
Responsibilities
- Participating in a business mapping project (conducting interviews with various stakeholders and producing case studies and final reports)
- Developing collaboration with partners (service providers and funders)
- Pitching IBA services to potential clients, identifying clients’ needs and what we can offer, negotiation, and drafting the contracts
- Revising mentorship process and tools and meeting with potential mentors
- Supporting with launching an IB forum and calling for applications from SMEs
- Preparing information memos for IBA’s clients
Candidate profile
- Vietnamese citizen
- Post graduate education in Finance/Management or equivalent qualification
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience in investment analysis, management consulting, or private sector development
- Ability to think independently and be multi-tasking
- Excellent spoken and written English and Vietnamese
- Ability and willingness to travel
Contract Duration: A 3-month consultancy contract (Second week of October 2014 to first week of January 2015) with possibility of extension
How to apply?
Please send your application letter and CV, together with an indication of your current salary and compensation package, to [email protected] [1] by 15th October 2014.
For more information on SNV, please refer to our website: www.snvworld.org [2]
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