Field Coordinator & Manager

CIRUM & Field Programmes
CIRUM is an independent Vietnamese NGO with strong roots in ethnic minority communities in North-Eastern Vietnam. After separating from, what was priory known as TEW (Towards Ethnic Women), CIRUM was established in 2005 under SERAV (Southeast Asia Research Association of Vietnam). Since then we have been focusing on securing local communities’ rights to access, manage and use forests in a sustainable way. Both in our organisational philosophy as in our daily work, we strongly guard our core values like local participation, promoting indigenous knowledge and identity, environmental protection and a balance between interests of people and nature.
Currently they are implementing two programmes in Lang Son Province with support from Care-International and ICCO (Dutch Based NGO). From our 3 field offices in Huulung, Dong Thang and Bac Lang Commune we work in close cooperation with commune members, local authorities and technical experts, in order to conduct forest allocation programs and to set up demonstration models for community based forest management. Some of our project areas are very remote and difficult to reach. One of our key strategies is the support of traditional herbal healers through setting up CBO’s and through facilitating networking among healers from different provinces.

Position
They are looking for a person to coordinate and manage our field projects, field staff and support the (strategic) development of our programmes. The Field Coordinator & Manager will be based in the field for 80% of his/her time and work in close cooperation with the director and the Head office in Hanoi. The main tasks of the Field Coordinator are as follows:

A. Strategic Planning & Development
- Overall Planning, Monitoring and Development of Field Programmes
- Ensure systematic expertise building and knowledge management in CIRUM, specifically on:
- Forest Land Allocation & Community Based Forest Management
- Herbal Healers Networking
- Ecologic Livelihood Models
- Monitor trends and developments in our project areas to provide input for the organisation’s strategic orientation
- Monitor (inter)national trends in Vietnam’s forestry sector and link up to these trends where suitable

B. Coordinate and manage field staff
- Coordinate the activity plans of field staff
- Monitor and support field staff in implementing field activities
- Financial monitoring
- Supervise and guide staff in their skill and professional development

C. Intermediary between field offices and the head office
- Regular communication with the director
- Coordinate the progress reporting of field programmes

Requirements
- Educational background in Natural Resources Management, specifically in land and forestry
- Good knowledge and understanding of laws, policies related to Vietnam’s land and forestry sector
- At least 3 years experience in coordination and management tasks
- At least 6 years experience in working directly with ethnic minorities and community development in Vietnam
- A broad vision on development
- Excellent skills to communicate and cooperate with local authorities and technical institutions
- Excellent skills to support and facilitate processes of dialogue between local people and local decision makers
- Ability to see opportunities and to facilitate connections and networking among relevant actors
- Underlining of CIRUM’s work philosophy and principles
- Strong affinity for working with and for ethnic minority people
- Willingness to work in the field and travel regularly to remote areas
- Flexibility
- English skills are not required but are a pre

Application
Interested applicants are invited to send a motivation letter and a CV (in Vietnamese and optional in English) to [email protected] or [email protected] . For questions and inquiries please contact our Hanoi Office: 
12C Ph?m Huy Thông
Tel: 04 37622 368
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview between 24 October and 13 November 2011.