Senior Project Officer for Advocacy and Innovation "GIC"

Duty station: Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Duration: Starting ASAP to 30 Sep 2023, with the possibility of extension



* Background:

To ensure strong ties with political and development partners, guarantee alignment and synergetic actions, and effective partner interaction at the central level, the Senior Project Officer will be based in GIZ's green cluster office in Hanoi. He or she is responsible for regular interaction with political partners, especially the project's implementing Directorate General for Cooperatives and Rural Development of MARD. The Senior PO is also responsible for the engagement with other public, Vietnamese bodies at central level, and with development partners' agencies in Hanoi. Through regular meetings, participation in relevant events, screening of reports and information, the Senior PO contributes to the project's reporting, impact monitoring, knowledge management and visibility, as well as to coordination of actions with third parties. The Senior PO oversees GIC's support to working groups, and coordination with other parties.

In addition, contribution to the PSAV rice task force is part of the Senior PO's duties, in close coordination with the team leader. The Senior PO also provides GIZ's contributions to the knowledge network on cooperative development (NETCOOP) and coordinates with the institutions represented. To harness expertise for the identification, adaptation and promotion of innovations, the Senior PO facilitates the work of value chain-specific advisory boards to provide guidance and advice for the project's activities, and to prioritize proposals. The SPO derives policy recommendations that are discussed with key stakeholders, and policy recommendations are promoted in collaboration with the partner network.



* Main responsibilities:

• Represents the Team Leader Agriculture (TLA) and the agriculture team's projects counterparts at national and local level as well as national and international partners in the sector, as well as internally within GIZ Hanoi.

• Coordinates with other projects and institutions to identify synergies, and to facilitate integration of best practices and practical experiences into national policy forums and policy formulation processes.

• Assists the TLA in steering and coordinating contributions of national and international partners to the activities and objectives of the agriculture team's portfolio.

• Coordinates, in close coordination with the TLA and the Green Cluster's coordinator the planning and progress reporting in the framework of the Vietnamese partner's requirements.

• Integrates project outputs, experiences and disseminates to partners and other stakeholders.

• Maintains a good, transparent flow of communication and information between all involved stakeholders, and ensures relevant knowledge is made available timely and appropriately.

• Implementation and coordination of the project activities assigned, and ensuring the achievement of progress and results of activities as formulated in the operational plan.

• Coordinating and liaising with partners, consultants and concerned units of GIZ for preparing, implementing, and evaluating activities, including preparation of concepts, TOR, administrative paperwork, etc.

• Actively gathers, files and consolidates relevant information and reports from within and outside GIZ, and ensuring effective knowledge management within the agriculture team, the Green Cluster, and within the partner network.

• Compiles relevant information, data and contents as required for M&E purposes.

• Ensures that the activities are implemented in compliance with GIZ rules and regulations.

• Provides other, ad-hoc support as required (e.g. translation).