Project Officer in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Trade

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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, climate change, and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy. For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam.

Within the agriculture team of GIZ’s green cluster (comprising all projects from priority area 2) projects with a focus on Vietnam as well as a number of regional initiatives on regional trade integration are bundled. The project team is distributed over three locations in Vietnam: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho. The team in Hanoi is in charge of partner coordination and the implementation of the Viet Nam based activities of BMZ financed regional projects:

• Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains in ASEAN (AgriTrade): Compiling lessons learnt on the implementation of standards on quality and sustainability in the CLMV countries and improving private sector involvement in their development. Conducting awareness campaigns on the health and ecological benefits of sustainable agricultural products.
• Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA) aims at enhancing the access of SMEs to trade-related services and strengthening the structures for cross-border cooperation between the focus countries and China.
• Strengthening the resilience of poor population groups to climate change in selected ASEAN states (Climate Resilient Agricultural Systems, CRAS): aims at promoting resilience against climate change impacts in agricultural value chains, particularly coffee.

The ASEAN projects work both on the regional level with ASEC in Jakarta and on country level with a focus on Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The political partners in Vietnam currently are the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VietTrade).

The CRAS project works with agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD); foremost the Department of Crop Production, and with national and international research bodies, provincial authorities and the private sector in the Arabica coffee value chain of the northern provinces of Dien Bien and Son La.

The project is looking for a local qualified candidate to fill the following position:

Project Officer in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Trade
Duty station: Hanoi, Vietnam  
Duration: ASAP until 28.02.2024, with possibility for extension

Main tasks:

• Assists and supports in overall project coordination and preparation of work plans for the Viet Nam activities in close coordination with the national project partners (MARD, VietTrade) and GIZ colleagues in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries;
• Prepares ToR for and supports the implementation of national and international short-term consultant missions as well as other types of contracts with public and private partners;
• Participates in meetings and workshops related to agriculture sector;
• Responsible for the preparation and organization of workshops, capacity building measures and dialogue events under the portfolio of projects indicated;
• Provides technical guidance regarding trade regulations for agricultural products;
• Oversees and steers the collaboration with other donors and partners in Vietnam in the field of agriculture, value chain development, and export promotion;
• To officially represent GIZ and its project portfolio towards the ministries, research, and private sector organizations in the fields of agriculture, value chain development, and export promotion;
• Support to project monitoring and regularly updating information on project progress and the status of results;
• Assist with PR work for the projects;
• Any other administrative and technical tasks as required by the Team Leader.

Minimum requirements:

• Masters / bachelor’s degree in an area that is relevant to achieve the program objectives (e.g. Business administration, Economics, Agriculture and Trade);
• Experience in working with GIZ or other international organizations and / or internationally funded projects with focus on agriculture, value chains and trade. Experience with the private sector is a plus;
• At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position;
• Good knowledge of the national standard system for agricultural trade in Vietnam (Accreditation, certification, laboratories, framework conditions);
• High work ethics, reliable and motivated, able to handle multiple simultaneous assignments with competing priorities under the condition of tight time schedules and fixed deadlines;
• Excellent organizational skills; efficient, accurate and high-quality delivery of all work-related output;
• Fluency in Vietnamese and English (written and spoken) is required;
• Experience in networking with agencies, service providers, and public partners.

Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions, competitive benefits and compensation and good policies of training and development.

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the GIZ Application Form in English, 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 25^th February 2022.

Note: Please state “Application for Project Officer in Climate Resilient Agriculture and Trade” 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.

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