Development Associate (VGBC)

About the organization

The Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) is a member-based social enterprise organization that was founded in 2007. The VGBC currently helps promote the green building market, administers six LOTUS green building rating tools, provides benefits to its members, conducts research, manages a database of green construction products and service providers, and offers a variety of trainings on sustainability in the built environment.

The Development Associate plays a critical role in helping the VGBC develop its stakeholder relations and grow its revenue streams. This position is essentially a mix between sales, communications, and administrative work.

The candidate will need to have an interest in green building and be self-motivated to learn fundamental concepts and details about green building and the VGBC’s services to be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders (manufacturers, investors, developers, designers, consulting firms, institutions, etc.).

Job Details

Full time, 32 hours per week
Flex-time (weekly schedule can be adjusted to equal a total of 32 hours)
May include both weekdays and weekends depending on event activities
Weekly office schedule - 3 days (24 hours) office time minimum, 1 days (8 hours) work remotely optional if desired
20% local travel (for stakeholder meetings primarily)
Reports to: Executive Director and Research and Outreach Manager
Compensation: Salary is negotiable, and the VGBC is committed to paying a living wage
Location: VGBC Office, located at 587 Lac Long Quan, Hanoi

Responsibilities

Member relations
- Conduct research on prospective members
- Communications with members on renewals
- Prospective member communications
- Member contracts processing (to support accounting department)
- Attend conferences and represent the VGBC for member relations
- Membership certificates printing and mailing
Green Products and Services Database
- Conduct research on prospect database listers
- Contracts processing support
- Renewals communications
- Project certificates printing and mailing
LOTUS Green Building Project Certifications
- Contracts processing support
- Communications with LOTUS technical team and project teams
- Project certificates printing and mailing

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or another appropriate field.
2-4 years work experience
Strong English and Vietnamese communication skills (written and spoken)
Excellent communication skills
Excellent at organization of tasks and managing databases of contacts and information
Self-motivated, positive, and professional attitude
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, Google Workspace

KPIs

Regular professional communications with existing members
Regular outreach and recruitment communications to prospective members, companies with green products/services
Increased memberships and green database listings
Timely support with contracts processing for memberships, green database listings, and LOTUS projects