Deputy Team Leader

1. Support the Team Leader with daytoday Project Management and Implementation Activities

• Collaborate with the team members Government partners provincial project management units consultants partners and relevant stakeholders to execute the Work Plan and key milestones.
• 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.
• Contribute to work planning and reporting project closure and evaluation processes.
• Manage technical assistance applying and adapting SNV approaches and tools.
• Timely identify and analyses risks/threats and makes sure relevant colleagues are informed and update to the project risk register.

2. Project Technical Lead and Quality Assurance

• Ensure smooth delivery of the Gender Disability and social inclusion action plan and oversight of technical support provided by the projects gender and disability specialists.
• Ensuring the smooth function and result outcomes from the projects established MRV.
• Lead learning and aligning the compatibility of the projects MRV versus the MRV of the 1 Million Hectares of highquality and lowemission rice.

3. People Management & Team Leadership

• Guide develop coach and motivate team members and support organizational recruitment and HR processes.
• Advise Team Leader and country management on contract conditions for consultants and Local Capacity Builders within guidelines and project budget.

4. Analysis & Reporting

• Regularly write internal journal of project activities; key outcomes; lessons learnt and resolutions.
• Prepare monthly project updates and quarterly reports in accordance with SNVs guidelines and requirements.
• Prepare biannual and annual reports as required by Donor; mobilize support from MEL/Com/Admin team as needed.

5. 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.
• Contribute to SNVs Carbon strategy and carbon working group.

6. Development relationship and networking

• Identify and engage private sector actors to build the marketbased value chains in project areas.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with relevant local and national government agencies.
• Work closely with project staff including Agriculture Sector Leader National Team Leader project consultants and team members as well as project partners and local stakeholders.

7. Contract Management & Project Accounting related to activities in Dong Thap Kien Giang and An Giang Provinces

• Identify develop ToRs and collaborate with departments for consultant recruitment and management.
• Ensure sound financial management and compliance with donor and SNV policies and procedures. 
• Supports the Team Leader in budgeting and forecasting and in risk management.

8. Other tasks as required by the Team Leader.

• Contribution to Programme Team business development.
• Contribution to organizational knowledge management.

Qualifications :

Education and Experience:

Essential:

• Advanced degree in agriculture agribusiness climate change business administration sustainable development studies natural resource management or related field.
• Minimum eight years of professional experience in project design organizing implementing and reporting and/or project coordination/lead roles in international development organizations/projects.
• Demonstrated work knowledge and experience of the carbon crediting methodologies; and a reasonable understanding of the MeasurementReportingVerification (MRV) system for agriculture sector.
• Good knowledge of the policy frameworks on climate change greenhouse gas mitigation NDC and ideally carbon inventory.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate team members for effective project implementation
• Proven capacity for writing reports and documentation of knowledge in both English and Vietnamese.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with Government and Private Sector partners.
• Willingness to travel as required and authorized.

Desirable

• Knowledge of rice agronomic science and climate resilient rice cultivation technologies are advantage.
• Previous experience on sustainable rice development programs is an advantage particularly in the Mekong Delta.
• Working knowledge of target national program on sustainable agriculture development climate change adaptation and mitigation and climate finance is desirable.
• Experience with diversity equity and inclusion related to gender and disability for establishing inclusive business modality preferred.
• Work knowledge and experience of the carbon crediting methodologies; and understanding of the MeasurementReportingVerification (MRV) system for agriculture sector is desirable.

Key Behaviours

• Being multitasking problemsolving and cando attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in both English and Vietnamese.
• Professional with strong work ethics on integrity transparency and standard roles model.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Additional Information :

Contract Type: Employment contract 

Contract Duration: 12 months fulltime with possibility of extension

Expected Start Date: ASAP

Duty Station: Hanoi

Travel to Projects: Travel within Mekong Delta is expected

Reports to: Team Leader

Directly supervises: Communications and MEL Team Members

How to apply

If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and letter of motivation in English until we find the candidate.  The final deadline for submission is May 19 2025.

Applicants will be asked to provide contact details for three referees. Please note that we will only reach out to these references with your explicit consent.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If selected to move forward you will be invited to participate in two interviews with a Selection Committee.

SNV is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage female candidates to apply.

Working at SNV:

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