Public Policy and Accountability Officer

Chemonics International is immediately seeking qualified Vietnamese national candidates for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Governance for Inclusive Growth assistance program in Vietnam. We are seeking Public Policy and Accountability Officer candidates to support the Government of Vietnam’s efforts to facilitate broad-based, sustainable growth and improve accountability of public sector institutions and citizen participation in monitoring and evaluating public policy. The Public Policy and Accountability Officer coordinates targeted technical assistance to engage civil society stakeholders, business associations, chambers of commerce, think tanks and academia to contribute to improve accountability of public sector institutions and increase citizen participation in monitoring and evaluating public policy.  In addition, s/he cooperates by providing targeted policy research, policy analysis and capacity building support to five main GVN partners: the Ministry of Justice (MOJ); Ministry of Finance (MOF), the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), the National Assembly (NA), and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). The position will also coordinate with other GIG VN partners as required such as the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), and others. 

Public Policy and Accountability Specialist:

• Support team Director to develop, propose, negotiate, implement, report on progress and achieve the results of activities responsive to fulfillment of contractual requirements of all Key Results Areas (KRAs)
• Work collaboratively with GIG partners (government partners, business, research institutions and CSOs) and work closely with GIG Technical Team 1, Improved Legal and Regulatory Framework and Competitiveness, and Technical Team 3, Inclusive Growth, on the preparation of AWPs, specifying deliverables designed to achieve key results and build partners’ technical capacity through the policy life cycle
• Maintain and nurture a consistent focus of GIG’s activities on the core program vision of enhancing transparency, accountability, rule of law, competitiveness, and inclusiveness  
• Coordinate technical assistance, research, grants and capacity building activities that contribute to advance program results
• Coordinate program collaboration with public sector institutions to enhance and improve citizen participation in monitoring and evaluating policy implementation
• Coordinate program collaboration to articulate innovative and inclusive partnerships that advance the component’s results, including but not limited to public private dialogue. 
• Support technical collaboration with GVN partners to enhance transparency and accountability in public institutions  management
• Support technical collaboration with GVN partners to design and develop sustainable tools, methods and processes that contribute to more effective public sector management 
• Support non-GVN partners to increase their capacity to monitoring and evaluating policy implementation.
• Support journalists to increase their capacity to monitoring and evaluating policy implementation.
• Articulate innovative partnerships that advance the component’s results, including but not limited to public private dialogue. 

Qualifications

• Sound understanding of the context and environment of public policy, public administration and governance issues in Vietnam 
• Solid knowledge and understanding of Vietnam’s society sector 
• Extensive network with society sector actors, INGOs and donors that work on transparency and accountability
• Ability to provide support to society actors to design modular training courses on program preparation, prioritization, execution, and evaluation and implement them sustainably on a national basis
• Ability to facilitate analysis  from a global perspective, with the ability to offer practical policy advice on accountability and transparency issues based on local realities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate a strong intellectual and operational capacity in providing and coordinating advisory services to stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a team environment, to multi-task and work under significant time pressure and engage effectively with high level government officials.
• Education: Bachelor degree in public policy, journalism, international affairs or a related field – Masters’ degree preferred.
• Experience: At least 5 years of relevant work experience  
• Language Skills: Fluent written and spoken Vietnamese and English required

Application Instructions

Please submit and expression of interest and CV only to [email protected] no later than July 08, 2014. Other supporting documents are not required until the final round of interview.

Please include the position of interest in the subject line email following this format Application - [name of position] – [Your full name]. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No telephone inquiries please.