Project Manager

World Vision Vietnam (WVV) invites competent Vietnamese candidates for the position: Project Manager (1 position), based in Hai Phong.

The overall goal of the Hai Phong City Resilient to Climate Change & Disaster Risks (HRCD) is to increase community resilience of the local people in Hai Phong city vulnerable to natural disaster risks and climate change’s effects”. The project will focus on building Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) capacity for children, Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and communities in the selected areas of Hai Phong city in a comprehensive manner through raising awareness on disaster risks and climate change, increasing local capacity to respond to disaster risks, improving livelihood opportunities as well as reducing vulnerabilities and risks to their livelihoods and the small business sector in target communities of three districts of Ngo Quyen, Tien Lang and Cat Hai. To increase community’s resilience, the project will primarily focus on the following perspectives:

Main Responsibilities:

The position manages the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the Hai Phong City Resilient to Climate Change and Disaster risks (HRCD) project, which aims at improving capacity in disaster and climate change mitigation and adaptation capacity for local communities of Ngo Quyen, Tien Lang and Cat Hai districts as well as institutions and small-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Hai Phong city, thus increasing their resilience to climate change impacts.

Requirements:

• A degree or equivalent experience in disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation, or related field, preferably at Master’s level.
• A minimum of three year experience in senior management positions within NGO working in both disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation and/or development in Vietnam. 
• Reasonable understanding about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and SMEs
• Strong command of report and proposal writing in English and Vietnamese.
• High networking and diplomacy skills.
• Strong project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Sound understanding on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
• Strong knowledge in computer applications including word processing and spreadsheets.
• Must be a team builder committed to the transfer of knowledge.
• Willing to travel extensively and cover difficult assignments
• Requires ability to adjust to harsh living conditions.

World Vision Vietnam is a Christian humanitarian organization. Applicants having working experience in a similar kind of organization will be an advantage.

Interested candidates are invited to send detailed Curriculum Vitae and WV Vietnam’s standard Application Form to [email protected] before 20 July 2014

WVV Application Form and the detailed job description for this position can be found at World Vision Vietnam’s website: http://www.wvi.org/publication/world-vision-vietnam-application-employment

Our contact details are:   

People and Culture Department
World Vision International - Vietnam
Address: 4th floor, the HEAC building, 14-16 Ham Long street, Hanoi
Tel: 04. 39439920 (ext.123)

We give equal opportunity to every candidate, regardless of religion, race and gender.

A competitive salary, benefits and career development opportunity will be offered and commensurate with the experience, qualifications and responsibilities.