Inclusive Business and Innovation Specialist

SNV Vietnam is looking for a Inclusive Business and Innovation Specialist, based in Hanoi, Vietnam with frequent travels to other provinces (National consultancy 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 lunch an Inclusive Business Accelerator providing tailor made services for private sector companies to successfully overcome the pioneers gap for Inclusive Business entrepreneurs. The IBA is built around the following business units: 1) Collective, 2) Inclusive Business Accelerator local offices in Vietnam and Mozambique, and 3) On-line platform for knowledge dissemination and 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 in 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, andContribute 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 review materials and presentations to investment committees to obtain investment approval
• Provide business mentoring, facilitation, training for business managers on IB implementation, and strategic technical assistance for the development of BoP products and services. 
• 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
• MBA or equivalent qualification
• 4 years of relevant working experience in private sector development in emerging markets and impact investing including pipeline development, business plan design, and advisory for business implementation.
• Understanding of the Vietnamese Business environment, poverty and social impact
• High professional integrity and sound business judgment in identifying potential business partners
• Ability to think independently, analyze problems, and identify solutions;
• Good understanding of field realities; ability to link different professional spheres: business, government, development and funding agencies
• Excellent spoken and written Vietnamese and English
• Good computer skills in MS-applications (Word, Excel, Internet, Email)
• Ability and willingness to travel.

Contract Duration: One-year associate consultancy 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] by 12th March 2014.

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