Municipal Solid Waste Management and Recycling Lead

Chemonics International Inc., is USAID's implementing partner on Vietnam Action Against Plastic Pollution (VnAAPP) Project. The Project is an innovative and ambitious program designed to reduce ocean plastic pollution at its source in Vietnam through strategic approaches such as convening stakeholders' power, promoting creation and implementation of data-driven policies, enhancing knowledge and sharing learning, promoting appropriately scaled technology and solutions, and providing technical expertise and building capacity of local governments to manage waste at its source to prevent plastic pollution in our oceans. Three main objectives of the Activity are (i) supporting multi-stakeholder actions for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), (ii) supporting scalable, demonstrated Single-Use Plastic Products (SUP) reduction measures, and (iii) supporting the development and implementation of sub-national level Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans (ISWM).
The SWM Specialist will help design and provide implementation support to VnAAPP and its local partners in programming areas related to solid waste management and plastic pollution management.
Key Responsibilities
▪ Support the development, implementation and supervising of the Activity's workplan and activities in relation to improved and integrated solid waste management (ISWM) and plastic pollution reduction, including but not limited to provincial ISWM plans, waste separation at source plans, Single-Use Plastic Product (SUP) reduction models/action plans, national/ provincial guidelines on SWM, technical analysis, cost of delivery service analysis, SWM planning and operation, among others.
▪ Help conduct training and capacity building on SWM/3R programming (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle) for the VnAAPP beneficiaries and team.
▪ Work in coordination and collaboration with national/sub-national SWM management agencies on various aspects of integrated solid waste management, including but not limited to governance, capacity building, social and behavior change, gender equity and inclusion, and private sector engagement.
▪ Support consortium members and other grantees in implementing VnAAPP activities on SUP and SWM model/ plans, including coordination, integration, and technical monitoring of consortium member and grantee work.
▪ Assist in development of concept notes, project proposal scopes of work, contracts with partners, presentations, and technical briefings and reports as required.
▪ Work in a highly collaborative and integrated manner with other team members of the Activity and provide cross-cutting support where needed.
▪ Participate in implementation support missions to provinces.
▪ Work closely with the monitoring, evaluation and learning team to ensure relevant SWM/SUP indicators and data are available and evaluated.