VACANCY ANNOUCEMENT
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. We work in a variety of fields and support our cooperation partners in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals. GIZ Viet Nam is currently engaged in three priority areas:1) Vocational training; 2) Environmental policy and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy and additionally in the area of Macroeconomic Reforms / Green Growth. For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam [1].
The German Government, through GIZ, supports the Vietnamese Government in engaging in digital transformation that is sustainable and human-centered.
The Digital Transformation Center Vietnam is part of a global initiative of the German government to enable local innovation worldwide.
The Digital Transformation Center Vietnam supports our Vietnamese partners in shaping Digital Transformation that is human-centered and sustainable.
Three focus areas are:
- Green Tech Entrepreneurship
- Industry 4.0 (digitalization of SMEs) and
- Big Data and AI
As the Digital Transformation Center is currently in the development stage, we are looking for a motivated team member to shape the Center’s objective from the start and be instrumental in the design of both its activities and the overall strategy of the project. Thus, we are looking for a qualified, local candidate to fill the following position:
Officer for Tech Entrepreneurship
Duty station: Hanoi
Duration: ASAP until 30. November 2023
Main responsibilities:
- Strategy development concerning the activities and strategic positioning of the Digital Transformation Center
- Concept development of potential portfolio building and partnership management with other ecosystem stakeholders ranging from ministries to donors, the private sector, NGOs and other international organizations/networks
- implementing daily operational aspects of all issues related to the Digital Transformation Center
- Policy advice and organizational development for the primary partners of the project in the field of digitalization
- Setting up and managing start-up support programs (incubators, accelerators, entrepreneur-in-residence programs)
- Establishing and promoting regional and German-Vietnamese tech entrepreneurship networks and exchanges.
Minimum requirements:
- Experience in political science, social science, business, ICT with a focus on digital transformation and innovation
- Specialization in digital transformation and a minimum of 5 years work experience in the start-up world
- Knowledge on current local and regional developments in the fields of innovation, tech and digitalization
- Proven experience with start-up incubation and innovation management a must
- Experience in project management
- Good knowledge of the Vietnamese and regional Start-up ecosystem
- Managerial and organizational competence
- Willingness to travel (abroad and domestically) regularly
- Knowledge of Vietnamese and English, German is a plus
- Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management.
Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions, competitive benefits and compensation and favourable policies for training and development.
Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the GIZ Application Form [2] in English, copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email (to [email protected] [3]) or by post (to GIZ Office Hanoi, 6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam) before 01st October 2021.
Note: Please state “Application for the Officer for Tech Entrepreneurship” in the subject line or on the envelope. The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.
Please complete all the information in GIZ Application form with link download here: https://bit.ly/3fgNWHq [4].
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