<div dir="ltr"><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">The purpose of the USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness Activity (“Activity”) is to remove constraints and build the competitiveness of small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam, including those led by vulnerable populations. With this activity, USAID/Vietnam is supporting Vietnam’s competitiveness: vertically at the policy, market, and firm-level; and horizontally by working along the entire spectrum of enterprise growth models, from household businesses transforming into registered firms to small firms on the cusp of scaling up. Deloitte Consulting LLP (“Deloitte”) is implementing this Activity on behalf of USAID. The Agency for Enterprise Development of the Ministry of Planning and Investment is the Vietnam Government counterpart of IPS-C.</p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">The Activity is made up of four interrelated Objectives:</p><ul style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.02em;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:11.2px"><li style="text-align:justify">Objective 1. Building business management capacity of SGBs, including those led by vulnerable populations (particularly women and ethnic minorities),</li><li style="text-align:justify">Objective 2. Improving efficiency and productivity by promoting innovation, technology adoption, and sustainable business models,</li><li style="text-align:justify">Objective 3. Enhancing business enabling environment for a broad-based inclusive economy,</li><li style="text-align:justify">Objective 4. Strengthening business-to-business (B2B) and cross-sectoral linkages.</li></ul><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">We are looking for (i) an <a href="https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/20220104-ipsc-final-sow-innovation-program-manager.pdf" style="color:rgb(39,99,165);text-decoration-line:none"><strong>Innovation Program Manager</strong></a> to manage the implementation of activities that promote innovations and technology transfer to SBGs under Objective 2, aimed at helping SGBs identify and adopt new technologies to improve their competitiveness and market position; and (ii) an <a href="https://ngocentre.org.vn/files/20220104-ipsc-final-sow-intra-gov-coordination-program-manager-final.pdf" style="color:rgb(39,99,165);text-decoration-line:none"><strong>Intra-Governmental Coordination  Program Manager</strong></a> to manage the implementation of activities that support completing some key Government of Vietnam (GVN) reform agendas by enhancing intra-GVN coordination under Objective 3.</p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">Please email a cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position along with your resume to Ms. Van Anh (<a href="mailto:vananh@mbi.net.vn" style="color:rgb(39,99,165);text-decoration-line:none">vananh@mbi.net.vn</a>)</p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify"><strong>Deadline: 5:00 PM Hanoi time, January 12, 2022</strong></p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify"><em>Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.</em></p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">Organization Name: USAID IPS-C<br>Application Deadline: Wed, 2022-01-12</p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify"><span style="text-align:start">Please see the link below for your reference: </span></p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://ngocentre.org.vn/jobs/innovation-program-manager-intra-governmental-coordination-program-manager">https://ngocentre.org.vn/jobs/innovation-program-manager-intra-governmental-coordination-program-manager</a></span></p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify"><br></p><p style="padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);line-height:1.8em;font-size:11.2px;text-align:justify">Thank you and best regards,</p><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;line-height:1.8em"><font color="#666666">Van Anh Nguyen</font></p><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;line-height:1.8em"><font color="#666666">MBI Innovation Challenge Ltd,</font></p><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;line-height:1.8em"><font color="#666666">Tel: + 84 973868772</font></p><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;padding:0px 0px 0.5em;margin:0px;line-height:1.8em"><font color="#666666">E: <a href="mailto:vananh@mbi.net.vn" target="_blank">vananh@mbi.net.vn</a></font></p></div>