Location: Vietnam

Details: Permanent full time staff

Summary of Position

The Project Coordinator will be working as day to day manager for the project Increasing capability of CSOs and SMEs to implement FLEGT requirements. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination and implementation of project activities by the Vietnamese team of experts.

 The project is supported by the EU for a 3 year period with a 450,000 EUR budget. The aim is to build the capacity of SMEs and their intermediary organisations to comply with FLEGT and EUTR related requirements which means that they need to be able to document the legality of their wooden products and the supply chain of these products.

 The project has set aside 36 months of work for the Project Coordinator to work with Vietnamese and NEPCon experts. The project is implemented by NEPCon in close partnership with the local partner SFMI (Research Institute for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification). SFMI will undertake the employment of the Project Coordinator and take care of all employer responsibilities in Vietnam. The Project Coordinator is reporting to the international Chief Advisor who will be working for the project part time.   

 Responsibilities and Tasks

·         Leadership, coordination and supervision of all Vietnamese staff

·         Representing the project together with the Chief Advisor (towards SMEs, important stakeholders, the Vietnamese EU delegation, authorities, and others)

·         Ensuring acceptance and true value of project outputs for the Vietnamese SMEs and intermediary organisations. This activitiy will be closely coordinated with the Chief Advisor who is responsible for the overall implementation of the project.

·         Engage in technical and training activities to be implemented. The technical quality and user friendliness for Vietnamese SMEs will be the main attention of the Project Coordinator.

·         Activities to disseminate project results and ensure use of the toolkit after project end

 Your competences

·         Experience from work related to the wood processing industry (forestry) in Vietnam

·         Excellent Vietnamese language and communication skills. High level of English skills.

·         At least Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in fields related to Forest Products, Natural Resources Management, or similar;

·         A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience

·         Previous experience in project management, ideally of EU-funded projects, is an advantage

·         Skills to work independently and as part of a team, and strong level of computer literacy

·         Ability to travel intensively in Vietnam

·         Commitment to the mission and activities of SFMI and NEPCon

 We offer

·         Close integration in SFMI and NEPCon legality and certification team and strong support and back-up functions

·         Salary according to the according to the Categories in Programme Personnel Pro-forma Cost in the EU-UN Cost Norms

·         Good opportunities for growth and professional development.

About SFMI:

Since its establishment in 2006, SFMI has been implementing projects that help to develop and promote the field of sustainable forest management within Vietnam. SFMI has conducted research and capacity building activities funded by a number of different entities, including the European Forest Institute (EFI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, and the German Development Agency (GTZ). Specifically regarding FLEGT, in 2011 SFMI completed a project regarding analysis of a legality definition framework in the context of FLEGT/VPA negotiations in Vietnam, funded by EFI.

 SFMI will play a vital role in project implementation in terms of ensuring involvement of the local stakeholders and target group, communicating with stakeholders and the target group, and coordinating the logistics necessary to allow for implementation of project activities.

 By joining the project, you will be part of a mission-driven, friendly international community. The working

atmosphere is informal, dynamic, open-minded, and highly appreciative of innovative ideas that promote

our mission and goals. The challenges and diversity of our work as well as our staff policy provide ample

opportunity for professional and personal development. Whereas NEPCon is the formal receiver of the grant to implement the project SFMI is project partner being responsible for employment of Vietnamese project staff.

About NEPCon - Nature, Ecology and People Consult:

NEPCon www.nepcon.net is an international non-profit organization working to encourage and support

sustainable land use worldwide. Our core competence area is currently the forestry and timber sector

where we work primarily through various certification services and development projects.

NEPCon is a fast growing organization, and we are currently developing our range of services further into

other business areas associated with sustainable land use. Our service portfolio currently covers more than

20 million hectares of certified forest and more than 1,200 certified clients in the timber supply chain. Our

clients are located in more than 30 countries. Numerous projects have been implemented during the last 20 years on international scale.

NEPCon is also a leading organization to assist to implement Due Dilligence systems in the timber trade and processing industry to ensure compliance with the EUTR and legality requirements on international and national scale. In September 2013, NEPCOn was officially approved as Monitoring Organisation (MO) by the EU. NEPCon also works with FSC certification and holds several projects financed by organisations like FSC International, ETTF or corporate businesses.

 Additional information: Research Institute for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification ; vietnamfsc@yahoo.com  ToR for the position as Chief Advisor can be forwarded upon request.