Role: RISE Vietnam Country Lead
Organisation: RISE
Application Deadline: 12 December
Location: Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City
Details: https://riseequal.org/about-rise/our-team/join-our-team/
Overview
RISE is looking for a contractor to manage RISE programs in Vietnam. The contractor needs to have significant experience working with the garment sector to develop and delivering worker capacity programs that consider the needs of women. They need to be based in Vietnam and speak Vietnamese.
Background
RISE is a collaborative effort with the goal of delivering a unified approach to women’s empowerment in global supply chains. Bringing together the world’s four largest women’s empowerment programs in the global supply chains – BSR’s HERproject, CARE International, Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E. Program and ILO-IFC Better Work, RISE leverages the combined experience in over 21 countries to achieve transformative change for the millions of women who work within supply chains globally. RISE focusses on three interrelated pillars of action to tackle both immediate barriers and medium/long term structural improvements for women workers. These include increased agency, confidence, and communication, increased access to and control over financial products, services and resources, enhancement of the capabilities of unions and industry organizations to serve as gender champions, and implementation of policies at the workplace level, but also regional and national levels that promote gender equality.
RISE in Vietnam
RISE has been present in Vietnam since 2007 through HERproject and Gap PACE programs across Hanoi and HCM regions. In 2024, RISE is working with over 30 factories to deliver RISE Digital, RISE Respect, RISE Financial Health and RISE Foundation, which are delivered by two implementing partners and through the RISE licencee model. RISE works closely with global brands and buyers based in Vietnam, and with key stakeholders including founding partners CARE, Better Work and Gap.
RISE Vietnam Country Lead
The Vietnam Country Lead will form part of the program delivery team within RISE and will be initiative’s Lead/Representative in Vietnam which includes oversight of and responsibility of all RISE activities within Vietnam. The Vietnam Country Lead will be responsible for timely and high-quality program delivery and project management, and for local relationship management of local member representatives, workplace leadership and increasingly – as RISE full Impact Model is activated – with additional local stakeholders such as unions, industry associations, women’s rights organizations, and others as relevant in the Vietnam context. As part of a highly matrixed team, effective collaboration across other team functions and particularly with in-country teams and local partners will be critical to success. The Vietnam Country Lead will report to the RISE Programs Director. The Vietnam Country lead will be based in either Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi, and will visit either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh (depending where they are based) on a quarterly basis.
Application Process and timeline:
Interested individuals must submit the following by Thursday 12th December 2024 to: [email protected].
- Cover letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the TOR;
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Daily rate and availability for this assignment;
- Names and current contacts of 2 referees.
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