SNV Vietnam is looking for an Inclusive Business and Innovation Specialist, based in Hanoi, Vietnam with frequent travels to other provinces (Employment 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 Specialist for the Inclusive Business Accelerator Vietnam (2014-2016).
Responsibilities
- Support the development of an understanding of target sectors in Vietnam; carry out market research to determine the level of activity, attractiveness, define future trends, and contribute to market intelligence on low income markets
- Support the development of Inclusive Business models
- Engage local potential companies for IB modeling and ideation
- Develop business plans and conduct financial analysis and feasibility studies
- Prepare investment memos and presentations for companies which are in need of capital
- Provide business mentoring, facilitation, training for companies
- Monitor and measure the social, economic and environmental impact
- Investor-Investee match-making
- Provide inputs as required by the other components of the IB Accelerator: Collective, On-line and Commercial
- Support any other task as requested by the Project Manager
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 Vietnamese and English
- Ability and willingness to travel
Contract Duration: One-year employment contract 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 30th July 2014.
For more information on SNV, please refer to our website: www.snvworld.org [2]
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