Country Director (SNV)

SNV seeks a talented, entrepreneurial, results-oriented and experienced professional who will lead the Vietnam country team in securing and realising the implementation of high-quality programs in SNV’s sectors.

SNV offers the successful candidate a challenging position in an evolving economic environment in the country.   The current EUR 38 million program portfolio includes support from the Governments of Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United States, as well as from development banks and private sector investors tied to carbon credit mechanisms.  Efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change are at the centre of these programs in support of the Government of Vietnam’s goal to become carbon neutral by the year 2050.

The Country Director is responsible for leading and driving the country program. It is a multi-faceted role, focused on upscaling and strategically strengthening the country program, ensuring high-quality delivery of projects, and securing adequate funding to sustain and grow operations. The Country Director needs to be well informed about national and international development priorities and steer the sectors in response to these priorities. The Country Director is expected to forge partnerships and alliances between SNV and important national and international actors and stimulate collaboration for impact in SNV sectors. She/he will also be the face of SNV in the country and ensure its positive image and visibility.

The Country Director  leads, coaches and supports a team of professionals to perform at their best to meet and exceed client, donor and SNV expectations. In addition, she/he will be a key member of SNV’s global senior leadership team,  making meaningful contributions to help shape the future of SNV.

Duties and Responsibilities

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Representation and profiling: building partnerships and maintaining excellent relationships with donors, partners, local governments, businesses, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders;
• Oversight and quality assurance of project implementation (including project director roles) ensuring the delivery of impact to the satisfaction of key stakeholders and compliance with SNV’s and the donor’s financial standards and monitoring protocols;
• Strong and supportive leadership and management of the country team: creating and nurturing an environment that supports high performance, learning and teamwork at all levels;
• Business development to grow the country program, ensure financial sustainability of SNV Vietnam and ensure a high-quality project design;
• Strategic leadership of the program including multi-country efforts within the overall parameters of SNV’s global strategy;
• Collaboration with other SNV countries to effectively exploit opportunities for synergy, deliver at scale (including multi-country projects), exchange knowledge and strengthen SNV’s position;
• In addition, the Country Director fosters innovation of SNV products and services: facilitates learning, documentation and evidence-based knowledge development in collaboration with SNV’s global team and partners; and ensures collaboration with renowned knowledge institutes and networks.