Country Director

Job title:            Country Director, IDH Vietnam
Organization:    IDH, The Sustainable Trade Intiative
Deadline:           22 July 2016

Country Director IDH Vietnam

In IDH we work in a matrix type organization. The commodity program managers/directors are responsible for the worldwide implementation of their programs. The Country Director IDH Vietnam provides advice and co-designs the commodity country strategy and actively strengthens the implementation with senior convening and stakeholder management activities. Furthermore the Country Director IDH Vietnam leads and inspires the IDH team in Vietnam.

The Country Director will provide day to day management to IDH Vietnam in respect of the development of IDH´s Aquaculture, Cocoa, Coffee, Spices, Tea, ISLA and Apparel programs in Vietnam.

Key responsibilities

  • Relevant sectors: Aquaculture, Cocoa, Coffee, Spices, Tea, ISLA and Apparel
  • Contribute to the design of the IDH Vietnam program on the above commodities/ programs;
  • Support the relevant program managers/officers in monitoring the implementation of the programs;
  • Co-develop and implement the IDH-Vietnam agenda to reduce toxic loading, especially related to Coffee, Spices, Tea and ISLA;

Requirements

  • Based in Hanoi.
  • At least 10 years of working experience in a relevant position such as Country Director, Program Director, Program Manager, preferably in agricultural and rural development programs and/or Apparel & Footwear industry.
  • Extensive experience working within a private organization or in managing private sector relationship.
  • Extensive experience in working with different stakeholders (eg Vietnamese government, private companies, NGOs etc.) and in implementing multi-stakeholder programs.
  • Comfortable working in a team as well as independently developing new programs.
  • Proactive, entrepreneurial, with a strong eye for detail.
  • Willingness to travel.
  • Fluent spoken and written English.
  • Knowledge of spoken/written Vietnamese an advantage.

You can find the complete job description http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/global/gfx/file_pdf.gifhere (260.4 Kb).

IDH is looking for people that wish to work on one-year full-time consultancy basis, but with the possibility to extend. IDH offers a competitive fee. For more information about IDH, please visit www.idhvietnam.com or www.idhsustainabletrade.com. For questions about this position, please contact Esther Bosgra, Director of Operations, at [email protected].

Deadline: 22 July 2016

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
IDH
Vị trí: 
Hanoi
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 2016-07-22