SNV Vietnam is looking for 02 Local Business Development Specialist and 01 Local Sanitation Engineer.
These positions are subject to donor approval (employment contract), based in Mekong Delta region
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation. Founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 39 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organizations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.
SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995. Using market based approaches, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalyzing environmentally sustainable solutions for the poor in agriculture, energy, water & sanitation, and REDD+.
SNV is seeking qualified two Local Business Development Specialists and Local Sanitation Engineer for Technical Assistance for Sanitation Marketing and Behavior Change Communication under the Mekong River Delta Water Resources Management for Rural Development Project for our potential candidate database which will be input for human resources of our bidding proposals.
Local Business Development Specialists
Responsibilities:
- Familiarise, review and adapt materials/toolkit on sanitation marketing.
- Design and support in close coordination with provincial Centres for Preventive Medicine (pCPM) a business development program for commune and district contractors (including support to sales activities), that have been selected to participate in the sanitation marketing program
- Ongoing coaching support to local businesses
- Ongoing support and training to support for sanitation marketing implementation by pCPM
- Support annual work planning, coordination and budgeting as required by provincial and district level implementers of the sanitation marketing support (specifically pCPM, and provincial Vietnam Women Union), as requested.
- Conduct financial/investment analysis, business plan development
- Monitor service providers’ activities
- Support any other tasks as requested by the Project Manager
Candidate profile:
- Bachelor Degree in Marketing, Sales, Business Management or other related fields;
- More than 5 years of experience in supporting rural business/enterprise development and similar positions in rural sanitation projects;
- Experience in donor (financial) reporting and establishing good working relationships with diverse stakeholders;
- Proven capacity to work with teams operating at a distance;
- Excellent (English) communication (written and oral), reporting and presentation skills;
- Experience in working in Southern provinces is an advantage
Contract Duration: full-time assignment for 18 months
Local Sanitation Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Support pCPM in carrying out technical training for local contractors to produce and install low-cost and hygienic latrines;
- Provide implementation support to pCPM and district CPM in supervision of installation and self-certification of household toilet construction;
- Deliver 70 moulds for low-cost latrine production to selected businesses;
- Support any other tasks as requested by the Project Manager
Candidate profile:
- Bachelor Degree in engineering, public health or other related fields;
- More than 5 years of experience in technical training for latrine design and construction, especially low-cost designs, and similar positions in rural sanitation projects;
- Excellent (English) communication (written and oral);
- Experience in working in Southern provinces is an advantage
Contract Duration: intermittent assignment (total input of 12 months) for the period of 18 months
How to apply: Please send your application letter stating your applying position, experience and motivation to apply for this position, and CV to [email protected] [1] by 13th April 2015.
Please include the name of the applying position in subject line.
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