Project Coordinator

WWF was one of the first International non-government organizations working in Vietnam. In 1985, WWF began working on a national conservation strategy and since then has worked closely with the Vietnamese Government on a diverse range of environment issues and implemented field activities across the country.

WWF-Vietnam is part of WWF-Greater Mekong which operates in 5 countries: Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. Find out more at http://vietnam.panda.org/.

The USAID Green Annamites Project funded by USAID is supporting interventions in Central Annamites landscapes that are focused on: (1) increasing application of low emissions land use, (2) strengthening biodiversity conservation, and (3) increasing resilience for vulnerable communities. By focusing on these three areas of interventions, Green Annamites will increase application of climate smart development practices in priority forested provinces in Vietnam (primarily Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue). WWF Vietnam supports Green Annamites Project in:

• Design and deliver institutional development and capacity-building training activities aimed at supporting the implementation of the USAID Green Annamites activities under the sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity conservation and resilience components. These activities shall be designed to reflect and respond to institutional challenges and sensitivities observed during project implementation to date.
• Prepare training materials on Forestry and Biodiversity.
• Provide technical assistance to Organizations (e.g. FPD, DARD, DONRE, Protected areas management boards, cooperatives, forest owner associations and other civil society organization). This includes the preparation of leaflets, brochures, guidelines, charts and other materials required for the provision of technical assistance and capacity building.

The Project on Strengthening NSAs’ voices for improved forest governance in the Mekong region (V4MF project) funded by The European Union (EU) with overall objective is that “By 2030, NSAs in the Mekong region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam) effectively drive national forest landscape governance processes, particularly in FLEGT-VPA and REDD+”. FLEGT-VPA and REDD+ initiatives are a significant opportunity for NSAs to become actively involved in government-led forest landscape dialogues and decision making processes. However, governments in the Mekong region still generally follow top-down approaches to forest management and governance. The Project will therefore leverage and contribute to FLEGT-VPA and REDD+ processes, focusing on the active participation of a network of capacitated NSAs recognized for their contribution in tackling the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the Mekong region

We are looking for committed, result-driven individual for the position of: Project Coordinator, Ecodit & V4MF

Major functions:

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and managing the 2 above-mentioned projects, specifically:

1. With WWF’s IQS contract under the USAID funded Green Annamites project:

• Oversee the coordination of all Work Orders under the contract, both internally and externally, ensuring timeliness and quality of outputs;
• Overall control, planning, management and implementation of the Statement of Work (SOW)/Work Order (WO)/Projects under IQS contract with Green Annamites (GA) to ensures compliance with the Project Document and WWF’s contractual obligations, as well as IQS requirements. This includes responsibilities for technical, financial and administrative aspects of the Projects, in close co-operation with ECODIT as the GA project implementation Agency and relevant WWF staff and consultants, and relevant partners from provincial to community levels.
• Provide guidance to the team whenever required, and ensures that Work Orders are implemented as per implementation timelines. The position also ensures that SOW/WO implementation is conducted in a qualified and standard manner following ECODIT GA regulations and WWF standards.
• Act as technical lead for one of the key Work Orders under the IQS contract, relating to Community Forest Management. This requires leading the contract “Improved Livelihood Activities and Capacity for Existing Community Forest Management (CFM) Groups in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue Provinces” under the IQS contract.

2. With V4MF project: being responsible for overall project management, including budgeting, planning, management, monitoring and reporting, etc.  to achieve the project’s goals and targets, ensure all activities are in compliance with the project document and WWF’s contractual obligations, and donor’s requirements. The project manager will take full responsibilities for technical, financial and administrative aspects of the project. The project manager will also ensure close collaboration among (WWF) projects, partners, and relevant stakeholders.

Base location: Hanoi or Hue, Vietnam

Key requirements for the role include:

• Postgraduate degree (MSc. or Ph.D.) in forestry, natural resource management or related fields, as well as social development.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in project management, leading teams in public-funded projects of similar size and duration.
• Professional experience and understanding of the forestry sector and Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs), community forestry management (CFM), forest governance, forest restoration and enrichment, biodiversity conservation, poverty reduction and sustainable rural livelihood development, Civil Societies and community’s capacity and engagement.
• Good understanding of forest governance; professional experience in the timber trade, TLAS, FLEGT process.
• Knowledge of Project/Programme Planning and Management and knowledge of M&E methodology, quality assurance.
• Good experiences in capacity building needs assessment, including designing of capacity building program, training material and providing trainings and workshop facilitation.
• At least 5 years of working experience in aspects of natural resource/sustainable forest management.
• Strong inter-personal skills, good team player, communication and facilitation skills, inter-cultural management
• Fluent business English.
• Demonstrates WWF behaviors in ways of working: strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate fearlessly
• Adheres to WWF’s values, which are: Knowledgeable, Optimistic, Determined and Engaging

How to apply

Detailed Job Description for the position is attached.

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, curriculum vitae in English and scan/photo of diplomas/certificates to recruitment.vn@wwf.org.vn, stating the position title in the subject line of the email, by 22nd July 2019

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

“WWF is an equal opportunity employer and committed to having a diverse workforce.”

 

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