VECO Vietnam is one of the 8 regional and country offices in Africa, Latin America and Asia of Vredeseilanden, a Belgian NGO for assistance in development.
VECO Vietnam wants to contribute to viable livelihoods of organized family farmers. We choose family farmers as the starting point in the pursuit of our vision and mission. We carry out our program through sustainable agriculture chain development (SACD).
Income from sustainable agriculture is a key element in livelihood improvement. We contribute to their empowerment to improve their position in the whole agricultural chain, from production to consumption. In these chains consumer demand and markets are driving forces. Therefore, VECO Vietnam facilitates marketing initiatives identified and defined by the farmers.
They are looking for a dynamic and motivated Vietnamese national for the position of Advocacy & Consumer Coordinator. The incumbent will be based in Hanoi with frequent travel up to 50% of working time (1 or 2 times international travel per year).
Purpose: S/he will lead and coordinate programming and implementation of the advocacy and consumer components of the VECO Program in Vietnam, and its linkage with organizational learning objective.
Report to: SACD Program Manager
Main responsibilities:
- Develop and implement the advocacy and consumers strategy of VECO Program in Vietnam.
- Integrate SACD-related issues from the field in VECO’s advocacy campaigns and initiatives;
- Consolidate field evidences from program partners and link them to advocacy and learning initiatives at the national and regional levels;
- Support Field Antenna Coordinators in advocacy & consumer education at the local level;
- Mobilize resource institutions for capacity building of boundary partners on advocacy;
- Organize platforms and/or processes for multi-stakeholder dialogues at the national level for policy formulation;
- Mobilize boundary partners and stakeholders to participate actively in dialogues with policy makers;
- Prepare policy papers/briefs to support policy formulation by responsible government agency;
- Network with like-minded alliances and/coalitions for co-learning, social mobilization, accessing resources and movement building;
- Link VECO Vietnam’s advocacy strategy with Vredeseilanden’s Global Advocacy Program;
- Cooperate with VECO Indonesia to support regional issues related to advocacy work, and for regional networking;
- Where appropriate, mainstream VECO’s transversal themes (gender, intercultural equity, participation and HIV/Aids) on policy formulation;
- Monitor progress of program implementation by programme partners and link them to the planning, learning and accountability (PLA) system of VECO;
- Maintain mutually beneficial relationships with VECO programme partners.
Requirements:
- Masters degree or equivalent in (Sustainable) agriculture, (Development/Agricultural) economics or Development Studies or Law
- At least 8 years experience in agricultural and rural development programs, including 3-5 years in advocacy work at local and national levels on the agriculture sector; experience at the international level an advantage.
- Good understanding of political situation, legal and institutional framework in Vietnam
- Good understanding and experience on sustainable agriculture and market chain development
- Experience in a leading position in development cooperation
- Program development, design formulation and management
- Ability to manage, coach and motivate a team
- Very good working knowledge of English, both spoken and written
- Knowledge of strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation methods
Detailed job description is posted in the VECO Vietnam website: http://www.veco.org.vn [1]
Please send your application letter together with a photograph and detailed CV to the:
Regional Representative
VECO Coordinating Office
#12 Lane 535/2, Kim Ma Street
Hanoi
or e-mail to: [email protected]
Applications must be received by 30 July 2010.
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview.