Project Officer, USAID BCA (WWF)

Job Description

The Project Officer reports to the Provincial Coordinator and is responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring activities of all Strategic Approaches at the site and provincial level.

Position title: Project Officer for Lam Dong, USAID Biodiversity Conservation
Reports to: Provincial Coordinator, USAID Biodiversity Conservation
Supervises: N/A
Location: Da Lat
Contract: from 1st November 2023 to 31th October 2024
Deadline: 04/01/2024

Background

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 environmental issues and implemented field activities across the country. Find out more at http://vietnam.panda.org/. WWF recognizes that its employees are its most important asset. A competent workforce, thoroughly trained, properly motivated, and bound together by mutual trust and common objectives is crucial to the success of WWF. The “USAID Biodiversity Conservation” is a 5-year project starting from July 2020 to March 2025. The project aims to maintain and increase forest quality as well as protect and stabilize wildlife population in high conservation value provinces (Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Tri, and Lam Dong). The project targets thirteen special-use forests and six protection forests, linking forest management units across the landscape to maintain forest cover and connectivity of habitats vital for the protection of Vietnam’s threatened and endemic species. The USAID Biodiversity Conservation project has four strategic approaches (SA):

SA1: Promote Conservation-Friendly Enterprises in Forest-Dependent Communities
SA2: Strengthen Management of Special-use and Protection Forests
SA3: Increase Functionality of Law Enforcement Systems for Forest and Wildlife Crimes
SA4: Reduce Local Demand Through Behavior Change Methodologies

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Maintains timetables for meetings and provides support to organizing and holding the meetings, including the preparation and dissemination of information and follow-up;
Arranges logistics for meetings; takes and follows up on the minutes;
Translates documents as required for project activities;
Arranges translation and interpretation services in accordance with business processes;
Maintains contacts with stakeholders;
Supports to complete paperwork related to administrative, financial, and logistic activities.
Be responsible for the administration and proper collection of required information from meetings and administrative activities.
Prepares activity plans (AP) and purchase resiquition (PR);
And perform other duties as required by the Provincial Coordinator or his/her designate.

Requirement

BA or BE in administration, management, finance, law, or related fields.
More than 3 years of working experience in conducting similar work.
Experience in conservation, natural resources management or forestry in Vietnam is an advantage.
Experience with organizing meetings and events.
Identifies and aligns with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Collaboration, Respect & Integrity.
Adheres to WWF’s values, which are: Knowledgeable, Optimistic, Determined and Engaging.