Project Officer on PR/Communication

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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 focusing its engagement in following main areas: 1) Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Labour Market and Labour Migration; 2) Climate and Environment; 3) Energy; 4) Sustainable Economic Development. Gender equality is one of the key values of our company and of the work we do. Fostering gender equality in our project operation and our internal equal opportunity provisions are two strategic pillars of our corporate identity and policy.For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam.

In Sustainable Economic Development we work together with our partners in three main topics: Economic Policy, Sustainable Finance and Digital and Private Sector Development. We support Vietnam with technical assistance for a green and climate friendly transformation of this economy considering the social impacts of these changes

For our operations we are looking for a qualified candidate to fill the following position:

Project Officer on PR/Communication

Duty station: Hanoi, Viet Nam

Duration: 01. March 2023 – 31. June 2024 with possible extension

Main responsibilities: 

• Supports the development and implementation of result-oriented communication and knowledge management for the projects on sustainable economic development
• Supports communication related tasks for workshops, events, field trips, journalist visits, publication, campaigns and others
• Assists in the preparation, design, production and dissemination of communications materials such as fact sheets, policy briefs, success stories, videos, technical reports, presentations, event-related materials, giveaways and others
• Prepares terms of reference for consultants and concept notes related to communication products and activities
• Follows up on progress, delivery and quality of the outsourced communication products and activities as assigned
• Maintains and updates social media platforms and project websites
• Provides support in translation of communications materials when needed
• Monitors and produces print and online media clippings
• Assists in running and monitoring social media advertisement campaigns 
• Assists in preparing press releases and event press packages
• Ensures that gender equality and women’s empowerment is taken into account when developing and producing communication products 

Minimum Requirements:

• University degree in media, communication, marketing or related fields of study
• Familiar in using graphic design software, preferably with certificates of participation in design trainings.
• Minimum 4 years of working experience in different aspects of communication, e.g. development of target-group oriented communication material (printed, online and multimedia), corporate branding, event organizations, social media
• Experience in international development cooperation, ideally relating to economy, finance or digitalization is an asset
• Proven experience in using design and/or film editing software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom and others)
• Demonstrated experience with social media channels, word press and other content management systems
• Creative thinking and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Very strong English & Vietnamese writing skills, German skills would be an asset
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Willing to take on responsibility, work independently and travel to project sites for work if necessary
• Constructive and proactive member of a multi-cultural team

GIZ is committed to create an appreciative work environment, irrespective of age, ethnic background and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and worldview, sexual orientation and social background. We ensure human resource processes live up to the diverse competencies and talents of all employees, as well as satisfy our performance expectations.

Successful candidates will enjoy good working conditions, competitive compensation and benefits 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 01^st February 2023.

Note: Please state: “Application for position Project Officer on PR/Coms_SED” 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 visit our page GIZ Viet Nam – Career Opportunities at https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/109163.htmlto download the GIZ Application Form.

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