Project Officer; Senior Project Officer

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

 

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ currently provides advisory services to the Government of Viet Nam in three priority areas: Vocational training, Environmental policy and sustainable use of natural resources, and Energy. For further information, please visit www.giz.de/viet-nam.  

 

The Project Social Dimension of Sustainable Green Growth in Vietnam aims to achieve a more inclusive green growth path by strengthening the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs’ capacity to identify and assess the impact of structural reforms and ensure that measures to compensate negative side effects are in place.

 

The project is part of the Program Macro Economic Reform/Green Growth, which supports the Vietnamese Government developing and implementing macro-economic reforms toward a green, more inclusive model of growth.

 

The Project is looking for national candidates to fill the two following positions:

 

  1. Project Officer “SD_GGP”

Duty station: Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Duration: ASAP until 31. December 2018 with possible extension

Summary of main responsibilities:

  • Contributing to conceptualization of policy advisory strategy and activities

  • Planning, coordinating the activities to implement the human capacity development (HCD) strategy of the project incl. co-trainer and multiplier tasks (train-the-trainer) and actively assisting/partaking in training programs

  • Participating in the reflection for modifying PIA (Policy Impact Assessment), SIA (Social Impact Assessment) approach and methodology that are suitable for the context of Vietnam

  • Providing technical advice to the partner on policy impact assessment, and social impact assessment approach and methodology

  • Facilitating, supporting the preparation of PIA, SIA reports

  • Leading and managing SIA research and drafting teams

  • Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of project outputs and outcomes

  • Knowledge management

 

Minimum requirements:

 

  • Master degree in social development, law or related fields

  • Minimum of 3-5 years professional experience in a comparable position on the side of development partner or host government organization

  • Experienced in providing development technical advice and process management

  • Knowledge about the policy making process in Vietnam

  • Working experience in knowledge institutions (think tanks, university institutes etc.) and/or consulting industry of additional value

  • Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills

  • Very good skills in English and Vietnamese in speaking, reading and writing

  • Good working knowledge of ITC technologies

  • Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management

  • Constructive team player in cross-culture environment.

 

  1. Senior Project Officer “SD_GGP”

Duty station: Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Duration: 01. October 2017 - 31. December 2018 with possible extension

Summary of main responsibilities:

  • Provide technical advice to enhance the conditions for integrating social dimension in green growth related policies and strategies

  • Work in a team to prepare operational plan and independently coordinate project activities related social dimensions in green growth, policy impact assessment, social impact assessment according to the project offer to BMZ and the project document approved by the partner organizations, the operational planning with the partner organizations and consultations with the CTA and the partner organizations

  • Work closely with partners to prepare project proposal, project document, implementation agreement

  • Corporate with a broad range of partners and implementing organizations and key agents involved in providing advices on policy impact assessment in general and social impact assessment in particular to line ministries

  • Assist and participate the external and internal communication and cooperation of the project;

  • Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of project activities

  • Innovation and knowledge management as well as transmission of innovation to a wide range of persons

  • Integration of results and experiences into the project approach and partner organisations involved

 

Minimum requirements:

 

  • Master degree in public policy or related sector (economics, social science, etc.)

  • Minimum of 7 years of professional working experience in a similar position

  • Experience and management positions in knowledge institutions (institutes, think tanks) and consulting industries of added values

  • Excellent analytical skills

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills

  • Excellent command of MS-Office

  • Good working knowledge of modern telecommunication and social media

  • Language skills: English; German is an asset

 

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the application in English, including copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email (to [email protected]) or by post (to GIZ Office Hanoi, 6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam), before September 8th 2017.

Please complete all the information in GIZ Application form with link download here: http://bit.ly/2nyiCY6

Note: Please state “Application for the position of Project Officer “SD_GGP” or Application for the position of Senior Project Officer “SD_GGP” in the subject line or on the envelope.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.

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Job Details
Organisation Name: 
GIZ
Location: 
Hanoi
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 2017-09-08