Junior Programme Officer “Social Inclusion” (GIZ)

Job Description

Title: Junior Programme Officer “Social Inclusion”
Duty station: Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Duration: 15. February 2024 – 31. December 2026
Deadline: 20/01/2024

Background

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We work in a variety of fields and support our cooperation partners in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals. GIZ Viet Nam is currently engaged in three priority areas: 1) Vocational training; 2) Environmental policy and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy. Gender equality is one of the key values of our company and of the work we do. Fostering gender equality in our project operation and our internal equal opportunity provisions are two strategic pillars of our corporate identity and policy.For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam.

Within the Sustainable Economic Development priority area, GIZ supports Viet Nam in fostering a greener, inclusive and digital economic growth with the focus on three key areas: Inclusive Economic policy and Legal advice, Sustainable Finance and Digital/Private Sector Development.

The Macroeconomic Reform/Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Growth Program provides technical assistance to its core partners including Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, State Bank of Vietnam and Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to promote better management of public and private resources for inclusive green growth in Vietnam. In the cooperation with MoLISA, the Social Inclusion Component of the Program is pursuing the goal of enhancing the successful integration of social dimension and gender equality into the implementation of national strategies in green growth, climate change response and sustainable development in Vietnam.

Main responsibilities:

Support the Macro/Social Inclusion team in selected operational tasks, including technical analyses, workshops, webinars/events and knowledge management.
Support on liaison, coordination, communication and networking with the project’s key stakeholders
Support the development of the project and the component’s reports, M&E and knowledge management.
Translate documents (English - Vietnamese, Vietnamese - English), assume interpretation tasks at meetings and other tasks if required.
Substitute other team members and provide ad-hoc support for relevant cross-cutting tasks at the program/cluster level when required.

Minimum requirements:

A university degree in public policy, development economics, law, social development or related fields. Post-graduate qualification is an advantage.
At least two years of professional working experience in the international development context.
Understanding of Vietnam’s policy making and stakeholder engagement process in Vietnam, especially in the areas related to socio-economic sustainable development, climate change and/or just transition.
Experience in involving directly in a stage of theproject cycle, especially in development or climate change field, is an asset.
Experience in working with ministries and provincial governments, especially MoLISA and/or governance bodies in the social and economic development, environment and climate change sectors, is a strong asset.
Strong MS Office, organizational and analytical skills, highly motivated to learn, and willing to take on responsibility.
Very good verbal and written English language skills.
Knowledge of German language and organizations in addition would be an advantage.

GIZ is committed to create an appreciative work environment, irrespective of age, ethnic background and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and worldview, sexual orientation and social background. We ensure human resource processes live up to the diverse competencies and talents of all employees, as well as satisfy our performance expectations.

What we can offer to the successful candidates:

Good working environment
Competitive compensation and benefit packages, including the additional health insurance and the 24-hours accident insurance.
And good policy on training and development
Policy on flexible working time

How to apply

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the GIZ Application Form in English, copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email (to hr-giz@giz.de) or by post (to GIZ Office Hanoi, 6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam) before 20^th January 2024.

Note: Please state “Application for the JPO_Social Inclusion”in the subject line or on the envelope. The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.

Please visit our page GIZ Viet Nam – Career Opportunities at https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/109163.html to download the GIZ Application Form.