Project Manager

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The project “Enhancing the resilience inclusive and sustainable eco-human settlement development through small scale infrastructure interventions in the coastal regions of the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam” is financed by the Adaptation Fund – AF in the period of 2020-2023. To align with a government request to promote sustainable eco-human settlement in Viet Nam, this project aims to improve (as a pilot model) for the poor and vulnerable communes that climate change produce the negative impacts . It is structured around the following components: Component 1: Institutional and community capacity building toward eco-human settlement development for supporting enhance local climate response actions Component 2: Action plan and strategy development for eco-human settlement, and integrating into planning and policy with participatory approach Component 3: Sustainability built through small-scale protective infrastructure Component 4: Awareness Raising and Knowledge Management The project will be executed at three levels: 1) national level; 2) provincial level (with support from the districts); and 3) commune level. At the national level, the overall coordination of the project’s execution will be led by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. UN-Habitat is the multilateral implementing entity of the project and will then provide project management support, oversight, management of fund flow and executing partners’ delivery, and secretariat of the Project Steering Committee. UN-Habitat will have Agreement of Cooperation (AoCs) with PMU under the MONRE. UN-Habitat Vietnam is looking for a Project Manager. The Project Manager will work under the direct management of the HPM and the technical supervision of the international Chief Technical Advisor of the project. He/she will provide support to the project planning, management, oversight, management of fund flow and executing partners’ delivery to ensure compliance with the UN-Habitat’s mandate and the agreement with AF, and ensure close collaboration between the project and co-implementing partners (MONRE, DONREs) and other relevant stakeholders in the project sites. The incumbent will coordinate/provide necessary information in consultation with HPM and CTA to regional office and units in Head Quarters on request. The incumbent will also support the coordination with other UN agencies, national and international institutes and organizations to align the project with the UN’s priorities in Vietnam, contributing to the development of Habitat Country Programme in Vietnam. For more details, please refer to this ToR.