Total 48 job vacancies by SNV

The Inclusive Finance Specialist (IFS) will be responsible for working with financial service providers to strengthen their product offering to improve access to finance for the most vulnerable in the Mekong Delta and to develop innovative finance products and services for financing Nature based Solution in the Mekong Delta. They will work closely with financial institutions such as Agriculture Bank and Vietnam Bank Social Policies.

IFS will be responsible for identifying ways in which CRM could add value to the financial inclusion strategy, and to lead the design of inclusive financial development interventions and activities that will reinforce the financial inclusion component in the overall impact of the project. S/he will provide technical assistance to the activities related to planning, organizing, training/implementing, monitoring, and reporting of inclusive finance activities in collaboration with other CRM members and partners in five project provinces.

The IFS is expected to be based in Can Tho city, with frequent travel to the project’s target provinces and other places as required for the project activity implementation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Team Leader of Objective 1 to explore viable financial inclusion strategies, develop appropriate interventions, prepare workplans, and accelerate planned activities to increase access to financial services for underserved population, including vulnerable groups in the project sites.
• Work with different financial service providers such as banks (e.g. Agribank, Banks for Social Policy), microfinance institutes or MFIs (e.g. Capital Aid for Employment of the Poor (CEP), People’s Credit Funds, e-MFI/banking (e.g. Kiva at kiva.org) and community group leaders to develop viable cost-effective programs to facilitate better access to savings, credit and insurance services for the (underserved) target beneficiaries, especially vulnerable groups.
• Support the project in designing suitable insurance products (e.g. crop insurance, satellite-based weather insurance, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and life insurance, health insurance, etc) in cooperation with potential insurance companies (e.g. Bao Minh Insurance, Hillridge Technology, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, etc).
• Work with other CRM’s team members to leverage financial resources from enhancing public-private-producer partnership (4P) to scale up viable low emissions/resilient business models (including finance for technology investment and innovative transformation) aimed at building resilient capacity for vulnerable communities.
• Develop technical contents for training materials on financial inclusion and provide capacity building on finance, insurance, DRR, safety net literacy, including digital/e-banking skills for target groups.
• Work as a proactive team member to ensure collaboration and to support integrated implementation and management for cross-sectoral/Objective integration approaches (including policy advocacy, gender equity and social inclusion (GESI), environmental mitigation and monitoring plan, and climate vulnerability and resilience communications-knowledge products).
• Gather field data, prepare records of relevant financial inclusion operations for climate chance resilience and other activities of CRM to contribute to producing success stories, required technical progress reports, especially report on key indicators of the project.
• As a senior staff member proactively develop and maintain relationships with development and private sector partners, donors, local organisations (e.g. microfinance institutions, agri/rural finance institutions) and relevant government agencies.
• Other duties required by the line manager.

Objectives of the assignment

The overall objective of the assignment is training on E-commerce and digital marketing specifically designed for SMEs to improve the capacity of the enterprises on digital sales and then building specific and feasible business development strategies including adapting environment-friendly and social inclusion requirements for >3 selected SMEs.

Detailed Tasks

The expected tasks to meet this objective are as follows:

1. Develop the training material on topics on E-commerce and digital marketing.
2. Provide two-day training courses for SMEs.
3. Review the SMEs’ profiles and select > three SMEs for mentoring courses under consultation with Café-REDD team.
4. Mentor the selected SMEs to develop feasible business development plans.
5. Prepare final report and recommendations (Vietnamese).

Objectives of the assignment

Under the management of the SNV Programme Manager, the Consultant will provide technical guidance and support to a range of inception phase assessments, and based on the findings, prepare and finalise a detailed programme document, including supporting annexes. The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities:

• Review existing programme proposal, donor/investor comments and requirements as well as any relevant principles, criteria and standards.
• Draft a programme design document that meets the donor/investor as well as SNV’s own requirements for a high quality programme design
• Draft ToRs for various assessments i.e. Livelihoods and Socio-economic Assessment, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) Analysis, Environmental & Social Safeguards Assessment. Support the Programme Manager to discuss with consortium partners and draft agreed Scopes of Work for them.
• Review approaches and methodologies of selected consultant teams and provide technical guidance for the conduct of the assessments and analyses.
• Prepare report formats/outlines (e.g. also including GESI Action Plan/Framework, Environmental and Social Management Framework etc.) to ensure that consultant teams produce high quality outputs with the relevant information that informs programme design.
• Participate in programme consortium meetings and provide technical inputs and direction for SNV’s partners on requirements for their contracted preparation and design works e.g. Landscape Assessment (ICRAF) and Biodiversity (IUCN).
• Contribute to the preparation of and participate in inception phase launch workshops in Ha Noi and the project provinces
• Support the SNV Programme Manager by critically reviewing consultant reports and outputs of the above-mentioned assessments.
• Based on the findings of the assessments and the associated deliverables, collate inputs and prepare a draft programme document (including relevant annexes)
• Contribute to the preparation of and participate in a consultation workshop on the detailed programme design document i.e. present the programme document/support workshop facilitation and invite comments and inputs from key stakeholders.
• Present the draft final programme document to the donor/investor.
• Support revision of the programme document, as required.

Key deliverables and timeframe

The work specified above is expected to be completed within 6-8 months, commencing May 2024 and completed by December 2024.

The precise timeframe for the deliverables will be discussed based on a submitted workplan with the successful candidate. The expected deliverables are:

• Detailed and phased workplan no later than a week after signing the contract.
• Overview of what is expected for each of the assessments and the roadmap towards developing the program documents;
• Draft Programme Document Outline, including: 1) Programme Document; 2) Technical Annexes; 3) Environmental & Social Assessment Report and Environmental and Social Action Plan; 4) GESI Analysis and Action Plan; 5) M&E Framework; 6) Risk Management Framework; 7) FPIC Implementation Guidance
• Other consultations in Hanoi, online, etc., as needed.
• Draft Programme Document
• Participate in and present at, in close cooperation with SNV and consortia partners, a validation workshop with stakeholders to validate the findings of the study (project presentation materials for consultation and validation)
• Final Programme Document with incorporated comments from key stakeholders from the validation workshop.

Objectives of the assignment

The overall objective of this analysis is to inform the final design of project activities and provide evidence-based information for programme intervention development and assurances that this design is contributing to the aims of the project.

1. Conduct a preliminary screening of likely/tentative project work packages and activities against the program safeguards policies and standards (aligned to IFC Performance Standards) and identify relevant environmental and social issues of concern, including risks.
2. Present relevant environmental and social profiles and early-stage screening/scoping of environmental and social risks (IFC Performance Standards/safeguards triggered) for comments and feedback.
3. Develop a methodology and survey work plan (including field survey featuring interviews with key stakeholders and participatory consultations with representatives of groups of intended beneficiaries or impacted by the project, especially local communities, smallholders, ethnic minorities, and other vulnerable groups).
4. Conduct field visits, surveys and consultations in the Central Highlands and NW region to better understand local contexts and perceptions and assess potential environmental and social co-benefits and risks associated with the project’s proposed activities.
5. Based on the field surveys and consultations and working with technical team members prepare an environmental and social assessment report detailing potential impacts identified as well as project strategies and measures to maximise environmental and social co-benefits and key environmental/social risks to be avoided, managed, and mitigated.
6. Based on the co-benefit enhancement and risk mitigation strategies and measures identified (see (vi) above), draft an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for the project (including safeguards M&E indicators, methods, capacity building needs and budget).

The assignment will be conducted in tandem with other assessments and analyses e.g. concerning landscape analysis and agronomic suitability and a biodiversity assessment. SNV will coordinate these assessments and ensure complementary information gathering and analytical efforts. 

Methodology

The consultants/consultancy group will be expected to use various methods in carrying out this assignment. The successful consultants will be expected to propose an appropriate methodology and an analytical framework. SNV and the consultants will agree on final methodology and structure of the report during the inception phase.

These methods would, however, be expected to include some or all the following:

• Desk review of the project and requirements, background information and related reports (existing relevant reports, provincial/district government reports and statistics, etc.) on agriculture, agroforestry, and forestry models in the project sites in Northwest region and Central Highlands. The desk-review will help enable the formulation of ideas and questions for further discussion with local authorities, communities, and other stakeholders during the inception visit.
• Conduct a socio-economic assessment, including the information on local communities e.g. poverty rates, landless, ethnic minority populations, typical livelihoods, climate situation and adaptation/vulnerability.
• As a contribution to the RESTORE project preparation phase background assessments, prepare environmental and social profiles of the project’s two target landscapes: the Central Highlands and Northwest environmental and social profiles.
• Conduct an environmental and social safeguard assessment (ESA) in line with the government’s regulations and requirements.
• Conduct Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) assessment.
• Develop GESI Action Plan
• Prepare a guidance document on how Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) principles will be used when onboarding farmers to the project.
• Refine and confirm the Theory of Change, project logical framework, budget, and workplan.
• Conduct additional local consultations as required to inform design.
• Develop beneficiary/stakeholder selection criteria.
• Draft project governance structures and coordination mechanisms.
• Consult with communities and local/central governments on the FPIC process, Project Governance Framework, beneficiary/stakeholder selection criteria, a multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP), a grievance handling mechanism (GHM), project design and other project documents.
• Prepare materials for presentation of and consultation on environmental and social co-benefits, risks and the draft ESMF, at a national consultation workshop.
• Finalise the ESMF based on comments and feedback from the national consultation workshop.
• Contribute to the preparation of the project proposal document’s relevant sections on environmental and social safeguards sections, as required.
• Draft socio-economic baseline assessment and report.
• Conduct stakeholder mapping and consultation plan.
• Prepare socio-economic baseline report.
• Draft Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) report and Action Plan
• Carry out Environmental and Social Safeguard Assessment and report.
• Develop Project Governance Framework.
• Prepare FPIC guidance document.
• Develop beneficiary/stakeholder selection criteria.
• Propose a multi-stakeholder partnership (MSP) for the project.
• Develop a grievance handling mechanism (GHM) for the project.

Key deliverables and timeframe

The work specified above is expected to be completed within 6 months, commencing June 2024 and completed by December 2024.

The precise timeframe for the deliverables will be discussed based on a submitted workplan with the successful bidder. The expected deliverables are:

1. Detailed and phased workplan, theoretical framework and methodology no later than a week after signing the contract.
2. Participate in kick off workshop with SNV, consortium partners, and other consultant teams supporting this inception phase (early June, exact date TBC).
3. Desk-based reports based on existing data and literature on socio-economic/livelihoods, environmental and social (E&S) safeguards and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), 6 weeks after signing.
4. Field visits to both project sites for local consultations and surveys.
5. Other consultations in Hanoi, online, etc., as needed.
6. Draft following reports:
   1. Socio-economic baseline assessment
   2. Description of drivers of deforestation and forest degradation
   3. Environmental and social safeguard assessment (ESA)
   4. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) report and Action Plan
   5. FPIC guidance
   6. Project governance framework
   7. Grievance handling mechanism procedures
   8. Multi-stakeholder partnership
   9. Stakeholder mapping and consultation plan
   10. Beneficiary/stakeholder selection criteria
7. Participate in and present at, in close cooperation with SNV and consortia partners, a validation workshop with stakeholders to validate the findings of the studies.
8. Final report with incorporated comments from ICRAF, IUCN and key stakeholders from the validation workshop.
9. Prepare and deliver a PowerPoint Presentation of the report to the consortium partners.

JOB PURPOSE

The Project Field Coordinators will be based in Da Lat/Son La office and responsible for developing and strengthening working relationships with local government (PPC, DARD, DONRE, DPC, CPCs…), forest owners, key partners and key stakeholders (such as companies, NGOs, development partner agencies etc.); developing detailed work plans; and monitoring the implementation of project activities. He (she) supports/participates in the inception phase of the project.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Under the management of the SNV Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager, the Coordinators will be based in Da Lat/Son La office and responsible for developing and strengthening working relationships with local government (PPC, DARD, DONRE, DPC, CPCs…), forest owners, key partners and key stakeholders (such as companies, NGOs, development partner agencies etc.); developing detailed work plans; and monitoring the implementation of project activities. The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities:

Development and support the accomplishment of Work Plans

• Following the project inception plan, co-develop annual and quarterly work plan in collaboration with the Team Leader and team members for the entire project.
• Co-develop detailed implementation plans with MEL, Finance, Procurement and Communications team members and provide both supervision and support as required for successful accomplishment of their assigned tasks.
• Keep track of all deliverables from project team members; consultants; contractors and partners and centralize them in the project’s established filing and reporting systems.

Overseeing administrative tasks and providing support for project activities/field work

• Ensures timely and efficient administrative support to implement project activities as planned.
• Leads the organization of project activities and field work such as agricultural extension, forest protection, value chain and community development; Workshop /Conference /Meetings/Learning events; capacity building, surveys, interviews and other activities with local partners and communities on the ground with the administrative and logistic support from the Program Assistant and Logistic Officer. These will involve administrative tasks such as preparing permission letters, identifying venues for workshops/meetings, or other suppliers of goods/services that the project may need in line with relevant SNV procedures and cost norms in collaboration with the Project Financial Officer and Procurement Manager.

Support project implementation and documentation of project activity data.

• Support the MEL expert to develop a MEL following the approved MEL framework; the standards from donor and SNV and the project’s verification approach to track the project progress; inform timely adjustment/refinements as necessary; and the readiness of data for learning and reporting to the partners and donor on quarterly basis.
• Documentation of project meetings, milestones achievements, ad hoc issues, and solutions to inform required refinements of rules and support the knowledge management and sharing.
• Participate with consortium and consultants to collect and analyze data served for feasibility study/inception report in Lam Dong/Son La province.
• Support the Team Leader to prepare regular and ad-hoc reports.
• Work closely with the key local authorities (Lam Dong/Son La PPC, DARD, DPI) to prepare necessary legal procedures for getting approval from the PPC.

Support field work implementation.

The Project Field Coordinator may be called upon to support the implementation of field activities. This may include accompanying consultants and other project staff on field visits, supporting facilitation of events, acting as a resource person for surveys, interviews, workshops or other project activities in the field.

Maintain and strengthen partnerships.

The Project Coordinator supports the develop and strengthening of working relationships with key partners to ensure smooth project implementation, including government agencies at central, provincial, district and communal levels; farmers and smallholders; Companies/Competitors; as well as with other key relevant partners and stakeholders such as other development partners/projects, NGOs and local communities.

Project communications

Work closely with the Communication team to plan all required communication activities for events and marketing/promoting of project’s results to wide and diverse audiences. These may include the preparation of brief reports on project activities, booklets, publications, and various key visual products.

Other tasks as required by the Project Manager.

Objectives of the assignment

The overall objective of this analysis is to inform the final design of project activities and provide evidence-based information for programme intervention development and assurances that this design is contributing to the aims of the project.

The assessment will determine appropriate opportunities for market development and value-chain strengthening as well conduct an economic and financial access assessment to determine opportunities and constraints for access to finance for smallholder farmers, cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises in the relevant value-chains.

It will also identify potential partnerships and opportunities to cooperate with private sector value chain actors and financial institutions for the project delivery, and the subsequent support the project will be required to provide to farmers, financial institutions and enterprises in order to enable this access to finance.

The assessment will also ensure that the project design meets a number of criteria, namely that the agricultural practices, business models and value chains promoted by the project, are socio-economically sustainable (other activities will assess agronomic suitability, technical feasibility and the environmental impacts and sustainability) i.e. the practices promoted by the project must:

• Improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the target landscapes.
• Be sustainable – i.e. viable in the long term, clearly supported by market demand (domestic or international).
• Improve economic resilience of the farmers to market and price volatility.

The assignment will be conducted in tandem with other assessments and analyses e.g. concerning landscape analysis and agronomic suitability; a livelihoods and socio-economic assessment; Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) analysis and environmental and social safeguards assessment; and a biodiversity assessment. SNV will coordinate these assessments and ensure complementary information gathering and analytical efforts. 

Methodology

The consultants/consultancy group will be expected to use various methods in carrying out this assignment. The successful consultants will be expected to propose an appropriate methodology and an analytical framework. SNV and the consultants will agree on final methodology and structure of the report during the inception phase.

These methods would, however, be expected to include some or all of the following:

• Desk review of the project and requirements, background information and related reports (existing relevant VCA reports, provincial/district government reports and statistics, etc.) on agriculture, agroforestry and forestry models in the project sites in Northwest region and Central Highlands. The desk-review will help enable the formulation of ideas and questions for further discussion with local authorities, communities, and other stakeholders during the inception visit.
• Conduct a research visit to each province to meet relevant government departments and stakeholders to obtain an overview of the local agriculture/forestry development (i.e. agricultural-forestry production situation, local development and orientation plans and programs), identify and meet potential private companies and buyers, develop a list of relevant contact points for each targeted project site (including relevant local authorities, value chain actors) to be in-depth surveyed. The inception phase will help the consultant/consultancy group refine the key product value chains and design detailed field surveys and questionnaires.

• Conduct field surveys and data collection of key agricultural, agroforestry, forestry product value chains in the project areas with special attention to the analysis of chain weaknesses and strengths on on-farm practices and off-farm side such as planting, harvesting and postharvest processing knowledge/practices, agri inputs, financing, and commercial viability for potential value chain upgrading. Note that certain key information could also be collected through other assessments e.g. the livelihoods and socio-economic assessment is likely to involve household interviews and collect data on farmer practices, products produced, access to finance etc. The surveys are expected to allow development of economic and financial analysis (such as cost-benefit analysis, or cash flow modelling) of the farm models promoted by the project market potential and demand assessment (levels of domestic and global consumption, capacity to absorb additional supply, demand trend and requirements for local and global market access for small-holders, etc.), and recommendation of initial Market-based Solutions for project interventions.
• Conduct local-level ground-truthing and consultation (for example focus group discussions with farmers participating in the selected value chains) facilitated by the SNV team, to collect data and/to test and revise the findings;
• Conduct interviews with selected officials (local and national government officials) and other key actors from the private sector and financial sector in relevant supply/value chains.
• Interviews of farmers organizations, agricultural-forestry cooperatives, and trader's associations, among others participating in value chain activities.
• Develop a farm and household-level CBA/EFA based on secondary data, cross validated with interviews and on the ground research.

The final output of the analysis will be an internal report.

Key deliverables and timeframe

The work specified above is expected to be completed within 5 months, commencing June 2024 and completed by October 2024.

The precise timeframe for the deliverables will be discussed based on a submitted workplan with the successful bidder. The expected deliverables are:

1. Detailed and phased workplan, theoretical framework and methodology no later than a week after signing the contract.
2. Participate in kick off workshop with SNV, consortium partners, and other consultant teams supporting this inception phase (early April, exact date TBC).
3. Desk-based report based on existing data and literature on market system, value chains and access to finance, 6 weeks after signing.
4. Field visits to both project sites for local consultations.
5. Other consultations in Hanoi, online, etc., as needed.
6. Report on market system, value chains and access to finance.
7. Participate in and present at, in close cooperation with SNV and consortia partners, a validation workshop with stakeholders to validate the findings of the study
8. Final report with incorporated comments from ICRAF, IUCN and key stakeholders from the validation workshop.
9. Prepare and deliver a PowerPoint Presentation of the report to the consortium partners

Objectives of the assignment

The overall objective of the assignment is to review and strengthen the digital supply chain traceability system linked with satellite-based deforestation monitoring in collaboration with companies/cooperative. This will allow private companies and other value-chain actors to trace supply and demonstrate compliance with certification/standards, and deforestation free requirements. Create and print QR codes with full traceability information of each company/cooperative supported by Cafe-REDD.

Detailed Tasks

The expected tasks to meet this objective are as follows:

1. Review and evaluate the traceability system, called TraceFarm app (developed by TraceVerified Ltd.) of 4 enterprises of Accelerator Fund and recommend solutions to strengthen the operation.
2. Apply the TraceFarm Platform (developed by TraceVerified Ltd.) to scan and build up the traceability systems for 2 new enterprises/cooperatives.
3. Prepare the operation usage guideline and provide the training to collect/update the data for 6 enterprises/cooperatives.
4. Print 120.000 QR Code stamps for 6 enterprises/cooperatives.
5. Guide businesses to activate and use QR code stamps.
6. Prepare final report and recommendations.

JOB PURPOSE

Under the management of the SNV Project Manager, the Project Assistant will be based in Hanoi office and provide administrative and logistical support to project implementation and preparation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide overall project support to the Project Manager and team to ensure the project inception phase operate smoothly and effectively.
• Provision of administrative support e.g. drafting of letters to request official approvals for project activities, events, surveys etc.
• Preparation of detailed cost-estimates and budgets for project activities
• Organise travel and logistics for project events, missions, visitors, workshops/meetings etc.
• Provide English-Vietnamese interpretation/translation support as/if needed from time to time
• Identification, selection and management of service providers and suppliers (working with SNV Viet Nam’s Procurement Officer)
• Support in preparation, consolidation and management of contracts, partner contracts (in collaboration with advisors), program/ project documentation and correspondence.
• Together with advisors-in charge, follow-up on partner contracts and contract implementation, financial advances, reporting and clearance.
• Book-keeping and basic accounting (collection and compilation of receipts, evidence/records of expenditures, and settlement of payments, basic reporting on project expenses working with SNV Viet Nam’s Admin & Finance Officers)
• Provide projects with M&E support in line with the M&E plan assigned by the project manager and M&E advisor. Tasks include regular field monitoring to track progress, and collect data on results, targets, milestones, performance and changes in the lifetime of the projects; supporting the M&E adviser to enter and update data.
• Manage the filing storage (hard and soft copies), including consolidating and uploading project agendas, plans and reports to the appropriate SNV shared drives.
• Other appropriate supporting tasks assigned by the Project Manager.

JOB PURPOSE 

Under the management of the SNV Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager, the Consultant will be based in Da Lat/Son La office and responsible for helping local government (PPC, DARD, DONRE, DPC, CPCs…), forest owners, key partners and key stakeholders (such as companies, NGOs, development partner agencies etc.); preparing logistics, budget, organizing the field activities as well as brief reports on project activities; working closely with district, commune level and local village communities, private sectors.  

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Field coordination 

The Field Support Officers’ tasks will include providing support to Project coordinators in preparation and implementation of the project activities on the ground, working closely with local communities, government, project partners and key stakeholders (such as provincial governmental units, companies, NGOs, development partner agencies etc.). 

Establishing and strengthening relationships 

The candidate will be expected to be actively involved and contributed to strengthen working relationships with key partners to ensure smooth implementation, including with government agencies at provincial, district, and communal levels, as well as with other key partners and stakeholders such as development partners/projects, farmers, smallholders, and local communities. 

Organising project activities/field work 

• The Field Support Officer needs to develop detailed implementation plans e.g., for improving knowledge and techniques of tree planting for communities, value chain actors, communes, with target villages or groups of beneficiaries/stakeholders. 

• The Field Support Officer will plan, organise and monitor project activities and field work (such as surveys, interviews, trainings, agricultural-forestry extension, and community development) with local partners and communities on the ground. This will involve basic administrative tasks such as preparing permission letters, identifying venues for workshops/meetings, or other suppliers of goods/services that the project may need in line with relevant SNV procedures and cost norms under guidance by relevant SNV colleagues and Project Manager. 

• Supporting the implementation of project activities/field work such as accompanying consultants, local experts, and other project staff on field visits and, facilitating project events, acting as a resource person for surveys, interviews, meetings, workshops, or other project activities in the field. 

Accounting, financial management and reporting 

• Work closely with the project assistant and finance department on basic project financial accounting, monitoring, and reporting tasks 

• Prepare reports to project managers on the progress and results of project activities in charge. 

Technical assistance and other tasks 

The project is expected to work closely with DARD and relevant sub-departments such as Forest Protection Department, Agriculture Extension Centre, and experts to: 

• Provide regular supervision and recommendations for the activities implemented by consultants and partners in the provinces. 

• Participate in public-private-producer partnerships for inclusive value chain analysis and development. 

• Contribute to the planning and development of communication products. 

• Preparation of brief reports on project activities. 

• S/he will report on any issues, challenges/risks to the Project Manager. 

Other tasks as required by the National Project Manager 

There may be other administrative, logistical, or monitoring tasks assigned by the Project Manager for the effective planning, management, implementation and/or monitoring of project activities in the field. 

JOB PURPOSE 

The Deputy Project Manager will be based in Hanoi/Son La office with frequent to travel to the field.  S/he leads and manages the planning, inception, implementation, closing and the workforce of the project in Son La Province, within scope, budget, timeline, and acceptable quality levels along the commitments specified in the contracts signed with the donor(s), consortium(s) and other relevant stakeholders. 

JOB DESCRIPTION  

The Deputy Project Manager works in line with SNV standards, SNV’s approach to project management and donor regulations, in order to achieve high quality and achieve the agreed results and deliverables of the project inception phase. The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities: 

1. Project Design & Development: 

• Organize and oversee various assessments and analyses to inform the design and development of the RESTORE project. 

• Lead design of appropriate project interventions and approaches, aligned with key government policies and programs to develop and strengthen tree plantings, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem, circular bioeconomy, value chains for key products of agroforestry systems and Climate-Smart Agriculture that benefit smallholders and private sectors (SMEs/cooperatives). 

2. Project implementation, management and monitoring 

• Leads, manages, and motivates the project’s partners, consultants, provincial project team, partners, and relevant stakeholders. Plans and assigns deliverables and activities, reviews their progress and addresses deviations in terms of timelines and quality, based on project planning, deliverables agreed and budget set. Manages project closure and evaluation process including hand-over of complete and up-to-date project files to Project Manager and Sector Leader based on project management procedures. 

• Develop the work-plan and manage technical assistance with applying and adapting SNV approaches and tools. 

• Lead and manage consultant groups in delivering the selection of priority commodities and inclusive value chain and market assessments. 

• Developing detailed work plans and leading/managing tree plantings, key inclusive value-chain development project intervention activities. 

• Provide assistance to identify appropriate targets and related indicators as well as monitoring methods for project M&E 

3. Provide capacity building in tree plantings, sustainable production, inclusive business, and traceability systems. 

• Develop training courses plan for tree plantings, the value chains (coffee and mixed-trees), business plan, and marketing.  

• Advise the businesses to obtain sustainable production certifications in various sectors (coffee, fruits, nuts, timber, etc..). 

• Counsel/recommend integrating the digital traceability system and/or other monitoring systems in SME operations to adapt the market-based value chains. 

4. Project Technical Lead and Quality Assurance in the Province 

• Takes responsibility for the technical content of a project, ensures quality of the deliverables, and ensures sufficient technical input to meet the quality standards. 

• Facilitate and strengthen the partnership with key forestry and agriculture businesses, financial institutions, and development partners. 

• Contribute to achieving the inception phase indicators and annual work plans. 

5. Contract Management & Project Accounting related to activities in Son La Province 

• Manages and accounts for compliance of administrative, finance and HR components of the project with SNV internal procedures and requirements specified in the donor-, sub-grant-, sub-consultancy-, partner-, consortium- and Local Capacity Builders contracts. 

• Ensures that approval for, coding and booking of all expenditures is done according to the relevant procedures and authorization levels. Prepares, accounts for, manages and reports on project budget (and revisions thereof). Discusses and obtains approval of donor for contract / budget deviations. Ensures security and (financial risk) mitigation (incl. due diligence). Fully understands procurement and complies with requirements and contracts. 

6. People Management & Team Leadership 

• Guides, develops, coaches, and motivates team members and prepares resource estimation based on forecast to attract and recruit (SNV staff, consultants and/or Local Capacity Builders). 

• Advises Project Manager and country management on contract conditions for consultants and Local Capacity Builders, within guidelines and project budget. 

7. Business development 

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, external partners, and the donor(s) by ensuring a high level of SNV visibility and branding in the province. Signals and acts on potential for positioning, innovation, upscaling, and potential follow up on project design. Timely recognises and analyses threats and makes sure relevant colleagues are informed. 

8. Analysis & Reporting 

• Ensures collection, consolidation, and review of project information, according to SNV’s monitoring and evaluation guidelines. Analyses and provides advice to management how to incorporate the new insights/best practices into the organisation’s policies and practices. 

9. Knowledge Development 

• Contributes to internal and external knowledge development, by full documentation and sharing of project insights and results. Develops knowledge by attending workshops and conferences. Ensures lessons learned are shared and applied in daily practice. When applicable, s/he can be appointed as (provincial) focal point of an expertise network. 

10. Development relationship and networking  

• Identify and engage key private sectors to build up the market-based value chains in project area.  

• Develop and strengthen relationships with local governments/organisations (e.g., microfinance institutions, agri/rural finance institutions), smallholder farmers and relevant government agencies. 

• Work closely with project staff (including Agriculture Sector Leader, National Project Manager, project consultants and team members as well as project partners and local stakeholders. 

11. Other tasks as required by the Project Manager. 

JOB PURPOSE 

The Deputy Project Manager will be based in Da Lat City office with frequent travel to the field.  S/he leads and manages the planning, inception, implementation, closing and the workforce of the project in Lam Dong Province, within scope, budget, timeline, and acceptable quality levels along the commitments specified in the contracts signed with the donor(s), consortium(s) and other relevant stakeholders. 

JOB DESCRIPTION  

The Deputy Project Manager works in line with SNV standards, SNV’s approach to project management and donor regulations, in order to achieve high quality and achieve the agreed results and deliverables of the project inception phase. The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities: 

1. Project Design & Development: 

• Organize and oversee various assessments and analyses to inform the design and development of the RESTORE project. 

• Lead design of appropriate project interventions and approaches, aligned with key government policies and programs to develop and strengthen tree plantings, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem, circular bioeconomy, value chains for key products of agroforestry systems and Climate-Smart Agriculture that benefit smallholders and private sectors (SMEs/cooperatives). 

2. Project implementation, management, and monitoring 

• Leads, manages, and motivates the project’s partners, consultants, provincial project team, partners, and relevant stakeholders. Plans and assigns deliverables and activities, reviews their progress, and addresses deviations in terms of timelines and quality, based on project planning, deliverables agreed and budget set. Manages project closure and evaluation process including hand-over of complete and up-to-date project files to Project Manager and Sector Leader based on project management procedures. 

• Develop the work-plan and manage technical assistance with applying and adapting SNV approaches and tools. 

• Lead and manage consultant groups in delivering the selection of priority commodities and inclusive value chain and market assessments. 

• Developing detailed work plans and leading/managing tree plantings, key inclusive value-chain development project intervention activities. 

• Provide assistance to identify appropriate targets and related indicators as well as monitoring methods for project M&E 

3. Provide capacity building in tree plantings, sustainable production, inclusive business, and traceability systems. 

• Develop training courses plan for tree plantings, the value chains (coffee and mixed-trees), business plan, and marketing.  

• Advise the businesses to obtain sustainable production certifications in various sectors (coffee, fruits, nuts, timber, etc..). 

• Counsel/recommend integrating the digital traceability system and/or other monitoring systems in SME operations to adapt the market-based value chains. 

4. Project Technical Lead and Quality Assurance in the Province 

• Takes responsibility for the technical content of a project, ensures quality of the deliverables, and ensures sufficient technical input to meet the quality standards. 

• Facilitate and strengthen the partnership with key forestry and agriculture businesses, financial institutions, and development partners. 

• Contribute to achieving the inception phase indicators and annual work plans. 

5. Contract Management & Project Accounting related to activities in Lam Dong Province 

• Manages and accounts for compliance of administrative, finance and HR components of the project with SNV internal procedures and requirements specified in the donor-, sub-grant-, sub-consultancy-, partner-, consortium- and Local Capacity Builders contracts. 

• Ensures that approval for, coding and booking of all expenditures is done according to the relevant procedures and authorization levels. Prepares, accounts for, manages and reports on project budget (and revisions thereof). Discusses and obtains approval of donor for contract / budget deviations. Ensures security and (financial risk) mitigation (incl. due diligence). Fully understands procurement and complies with requirements and contracts. 

6. People Management & Team Leadership 

• Guides, develops, coaches, and motivates team members and prepares resource estimation based on forecast to attract and recruit (SNV staff, consultants and/or Local Capacity Builders). 

• Advises Project Manager and country management on contract conditions for consultants and Local Capacity Builders, within guidelines and project budget. 

7. Business development 

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, external partners, and the donor(s) by ensuring a high level of SNV visibility and branding in the province. Signals and acts on potential for positioning, innovation, upscaling, and potential follow up on project design. Timely recognises and analyses threats and makes sure relevant colleagues are informed. 

8. Analysis & Reporting 

• Ensures collection, consolidation, and review of project information, according to SNV’s monitoring and evaluation guidelines. Analyses and provides advice to management how to incorporate the new insights/best practices into the organisation’s policies and practices. 

9. Knowledge Development 

• Contributes to internal and external knowledge development, by full documentation and sharing of project insights and results. Develops knowledge by attending workshops and conferences. Ensures lessons learned are shared and applied in daily practice. When applicable, s/he can be appointed as (provincial) focal point of an expertise network. 

10. Development relationship and networking  

• Identify and engage key private sectors to build up the market-based value chains in project area.  

• Develop and strengthen relationships with local governments/organisations (e.g., microfinance institutions, agri/rural finance institutions), smallholder farmers and relevant government agencies. 

• Work closely with project staff (including Agriculture Sector Leader, National Project Manager, project consultants and team members as well as project partners and local stakeholders. 

11. Other tasks as required by the Project Manager. 

Under the management of the SNV Project Manager/Deputy Project Manager, the Advisors will be based in Da Lat/Son La office and responsible for supporting the inclusive value chains that benefit smallholder farmers and private sectors in the project area that cover coffee, orchards, plantations and inter-crops.

The individual advisor is expected to perform the following tasks working closely with project staffs (including Agrifood Sector Leader, National Project Manager, project consultants and team members as well as project partners and local level facilitators).

The assignment is expected to comprise the following tasks and responsibilities:

1. Project Design & Development:

• Organize and oversee the inclusive value-chain and market assessments and analyses to inform the design and development of the RESTORE project.
• Design of appropriate project interventions and approaches, aligned with key government policies and programs to develop and strengthen value chains for key products of agroforestry systems and Climate-Smart Agriculture that benefit smallholders and private sectors (SMEs/cooperatives).

2. Project implementation and monitoring 

• Develop the work-plan and manage technical assistance with applying and adapting SNV approaches and tools.
• Lead and manage consultant group in delivering the selecting of priority commodities and inclusive value chain and market assessments.
• Developing detailed work plans and leading/managing key inclusive value-chain development project intervention activities.
• Provide assistance to identify appropriate targets and related indicators as well as monitoring methods for project M&E

3. Provide capacity building in sustainable production, inclusive business, and traceability systems.

• Develop training courses plan for the value chains (coffee and mixed-trees), business plan, and marketing.
• Advise the businesses to obtain sustainable production certifications in various sectors (coffee, fruits, nuts, timber, etc..).
• Counsel/recommend integrating the digital traceability system and/or other monitoring systems in SME operations to adapt the market-based value chains.

4. Development relationship and networking

• Identify and engage key private sectors to build up the market-based value chains in project area.
• Develop and strengthen relationships local governments/organisations (e.g. microfinance institutions, agri/rural finance institutions), smallholder farmers and relevant government agencies.

5. Deliver other tasks to be determined by Project Manager.

• Manage all administrative works for the Facility: troubleshoot daily operational and administrative problems and issues; ensure smooth communication between all relevant parties;
• Plan/coordinate meetings and events; participate in the meetings, prepare minutes of meetings and circulate them in English and Vietnamese for action points;
• Act as a liaison with internal and external contacts/stakeholders of the Facility; maintain a working relationship with stakeholders;
• Prepare/draft the monthly and six-monthly reports, letters, emails, and any other needed documents and correspondences;
• Oversee procurement processes for the project, collaborating with finance teams on budgeting, record-keeping, and invoice management;
• Translate correspondences, technical and legal documents from Vietnamese to English and/or from English to Vietnamese (when necessary);
• Act as an interpreter for the Team Leader in meetings with Vietnamese stakeholders (if/when necessary);
• Take charge of the Vietnamese visa issuance of the Facility Team Leader;
• Update and maintain projects' databases: information, documents, correspondences, reports, etc., as well as the stakeholders' contact database;
• Any other task required by the Team Leader.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is crucial for the high-quality implementation of projects and the development and evidencing of our approaches. M&E facilitates data-driven decision-making by showing whether results are coming about as expected, and whether adjustments to project strategies, assumptions, and our approaches are needed. TRVC’s M&E approach is based on a set of quality criteria that support teams to use M&E throughout the project life cycle, from design to closure, to test project strategies, inform potential adjustments and learn what impact the project is having. In practice, M&E means constant analysis, reflection, and improvement of our work – enabling successful tailoring of approaches to local problems and contexts and full transparency for our donors and partners. TRVC already designed a full set of Program logics, MEL and Result Framework for its 5 years implementation.

Under the leadership of the Team Leader; and in collaboration with the Global MEL expert, the MEL Officer will be responsible for the following key MEL activities:

• Following the established M&E framework, develop work plan for both quantitative and qualitative data collection to   ensure data sufficiency and compliance with donor and SNV standards.
• Collaborate with project staff and Government partners to conduct M&E activities in compliance with the planning, monitoring and quality assurance standards. This includes periodical monitoring in the field to track progress, and collect, process and analyse data on results, targets, milestones, performance and changes in the lifetime of the projects.
• Perform data audit, aggregation, and analysis of relevant data to produce MEL report and for periodic monitoring, review, and evaluation of project activities.
• Maintain and update project records (results and milestones) following TRVC’s Work Plan and Deliverables.
• Foster participatory planning and monitoring by involving and training primary stakeholder groups in the M&E efforts.
• Report findings to the Team Leader and Global PME; appropriate Government partners and selected key audiences.
• Support the preparation of MEL milestones and annual report to be integrated to overall Project reports to donor and ready for bi-annual and annual review and evaluation workshop events yearly review and evaluation workshops.
• Support and take lead in selected activities as assigned per the project MEL Plan that include baseline, Company level milestone reporting, Company and project level progress discussions, project validation process, Annual learning workshops, Annual review and reporting, Lean data outcome surveys, Contribution analysis and External midterm and final evaluations by independent Evaluators.
• Other tasks as required.

Development and support the accomplishment of Work Plans

• Following the project design, co-develop annual and quarterly work plan in collaboration with the Team Leader and team members for the entire project.
• Co-develop detailed implementation plans with MEL, Finance, Procurement and Communication team members and provide both supervision and support as required for successful accomplishment of their assigned tasks.
• Keep track of all deliverables from project team members; consultants; contractors and partners and centralized them in the project’s established filing and reporting systems.

Overseeing administrative tasks and providing support for project activities/field work

• Ensures the timely and efficient administrative support to implement project activities as planned.
• Leads the organization of project activities and field work such as Workshop /Conference /Meetings/Learning events; capacity building, surveys and other activities with local partners and communities on the ground with the administrative and logistic support from the Program Assistant and Logistic Officer. These will involve administrative tasks such as preparing permission letters, identifying venues for workshops, or other suppliers of goods/services that the project may need in line with relevant SNV procedures and cost norms in collaboration with the Project Financial Officer and Procurement Manager.

Support project implementation and documentation of project activity data

• Ensures the MEL system is properly operationalized and reported following the approved MEL framework; the standards from donor and SNV and the project’s verification approach to track the project progress; inform timely adjustment/refinements as necessary; and the readiness of data for learning and reporting to the partners and donor on quarterly basis.
• Documentation of project learnings, milestones achievements, ad hoc issues and solutions to inform required refinements of contest rules and support the knowledge management and sharing.
• Be the focal person to collect, aggregate and document all Gender Equality and Disability Social Inclusion (GEDSI)-related data from the MEL system, GEDSI Consultants and Competitors.
• Supports the Team Leader to prepare quarterly PRR, bi-annual/annual and ad-hoc reports.

Support field work implementation

The Project Coordinator may be called upon to support the implementation of field activities. This may include accompanying consultants and other project staff on field visits, supporting facilitation of events, acting as a resource person for surveys, workshops or other project activities in the field.

Maintain and strengthen partnerships

The Project Coordinator supports the strengthening of working relationships with key partners to ensure smooth project implementation, including government agencies at central, provincial, district and grassroots levels; Companies/Competitors; as well as with other key relevant partners and stakeholders such as other development partners/projects, NGOs and local communities.

Project communications

Work closely with the Communication team to plan all required communication activities for events and marketing/promoting of project’s results to wide and diverse audiences. These may include the preparation of brief reports on project activities, booklets, publications and various key visual products.

Other tasks as required by the Project.