Program Officer

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. As a federally owned enterprise, we support the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. In Viet Nam, we have been working with our partners since 1993. We contribute to the improvement of living conditions for Vietnamese people via approximately 20 programmes and projects  covering the following three priority areas of cooperation: 1) Sustainable Economic Development and Vocational Training; 2) Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Urban Development; and 3) Health.

GIZ Macroeconomic Reform Program is organized in four components and works with the partner institutions “Ministry of Planning and investment”/“Central Institute for Economic Management”, Ministry of Finance” and “State Bank of Vietnam”. Focus of Component 3 lies on the financial sector where stricter bank supervision, further institutional development of the capital market and improved risk management are the main activity areas. The program is looking for a qualified Vietnamese person to fill the position:

Program Officer
Component 3, Financial System Development
Duty Station: Hanoi, Vietnam
Duration: Initially until December 2014
Reports to: the Component Manager

Main responsibilities:

- Supporting the implementation of the Component activities including drafting working agenda, preparing/ translating necessary materials, interpreting, reporting, developing & maintaining contacts with the relevant stakeholders, …
- Monitoring the results of assigned activities;
- Ensuring knowledge management in the assigned areas;
- Supporting research activities of the Component;
- Assisting other Program activities (outside the Component) if and when required.

Minimum requirements

- Bachelor/ Master degree preferably in finance, banking, economics or related field;
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in a similar position
- Know-how and experience in planning and organizing missions and workshops.
- Excellent English with experience in translation and interpretation, German is an advantage.
- Excellent command of MS-Office
- Excellent management, communication and organizational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines, work under time pressure, occasionally obliging to irregular and long working hours.
- Ability to work independently
- Team spirit and flexibility, discreteness and loyalty.

Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions with a friendly and creative working environment, open corporate culture, clear and promotive career path, competitive benefits and compensation and good policies of training and development.

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 August 15th 2013.

Note: Please state “Application for the Programme Officer - Macroeconomic Reform Program” in the subject line  or on the envelope.

The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 3 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.

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Job Details
Organisation Name: 
GIZ
Location: 
Ha Noi
Application Deadline: 
Thu, 2013-08-15