National Associate Scientist Climate Change and Landscape Resilience

Center For International Forestry Research (CIFOR) And World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Job Location:

Hanoi - Vietnam

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 08-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Research

Lead and co-lead in designing methodology and conducting research activities (data collection and analysis) on the topics of climate change and landscape resilience and other relevant domains.
Lead and contribute to developing tools manuals and guidelines.
Contribute to managing databases on policy and regulations and other data and information gained from primary and secondary sources.
Lead and co-lead in writing technical and policy briefs peer-reviewed articles book chapters working papers and other technical publications.
Lead and co-lead in designing research activities for students and interns.
Lead and co-lead scientific presentations and technical meetings with national and sub-national governments partners and donors.

Capacity development

Coordinate and contribute to strengthening the capacity of partners at national and sub-national levels including facilitating and organizing training workshops and other events in collaboration with partners and country teams.
Facilitate the fieldwork of students and interns or project teams as needed.

Project Coordination

Lead the project reporting and annual workplan and budget of relevant project(s) in collaboration with other team members and project partners.
Coordinate the project team to ensure accountability processes to donor(s) by contributing to timely submissions of activities and reports on the ground.
Facilitate the project component leaders to ensure quality and manage high-quality outputs and timely submissions of consultant and partner research outputs.
Supervise the preparation of reports and minutes of meetings for various meetings seminars and workshops with national and local governments and other partners.
Supervise the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Assessment process within CIFOR-ICRAF and contribute to the process at the project level in collaboration with donors and partners.

Resource Mobilization

Lead and co-lead in conducting resource mobilization activities in Vietnam including proposal writing and donor meetings if needed.

Required Skills:

PhD or an early career PhD in landscape management and climate change. Vast and strong knowledge of ecosystem services sustainable landscape carbon market payment for forest ecosystem services (PFES) climate change issues and policy participatory approach benefit sharing mechanisms Local Communitys rights and benefit sharing. Knowledge of mangrove ecosystems in Vietnam and globally is an advantage. Broad knowledge of Vietnam policy and regulation on agriculture agroforestry forestry ecosystem services carbon market and green financing. At least five years of experience as a researcher/research assistant position in reputable international or national organisations. Authoring or co-authoring research publications journal articles books technical and policy briefs and others. Experience with project management reporting monitoring and evaluation. Engagement with NGOs and academic partners. Engagement with smallholders and national and sub-national government. A working or networking experience with the private sectors will be an asset. Involvement in resource mobilization and proposal development is an asset.

ResearchLead and co-lead in designing methodology and conducting research activities (data collection and analysis) on the topics of climate change and landscape resilience and other relevant domains.Lead and contribute to developing tools manuals and guidelines.Contribute to managing databases on p...

Research

Lead and co-lead in designing methodology and conducting research activities (data collection and analysis) on the topics of climate change and landscape resilience and other relevant domains.
Lead and contribute to developing tools manuals and guidelines.
Contribute to managing databases on policy and regulations and other data and information gained from primary and secondary sources.
Lead and co-lead in writing technical and policy briefs peer-reviewed articles book chapters working papers and other technical publications.
Lead and co-lead in designing research activities for students and interns.
Lead and co-lead scientific presentations and technical meetings with national and sub-national governments partners and donors.

Capacity development

Coordinate and contribute to strengthening the capacity of partners at national and sub-national levels including facilitating and organizing training workshops and other events in collaboration with partners and country teams.
Facilitate the fieldwork of students and interns or project teams as needed.

Project Coordination

Lead the project reporting and annual workplan and budget of relevant project(s) in collaboration with other team members and project partners.
Coordinate the project team to ensure accountability processes to donor(s) by contributing to timely submissions of activities and reports on the ground.
Facilitate the project component leaders to ensure quality and manage high-quality outputs and timely submissions of consultant and partner research outputs.
Supervise the preparation of reports and minutes of meetings for various meetings seminars and workshops with national and local governments and other partners.
Supervise the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Assessment process within CIFOR-ICRAF and contribute to the process at the project level in collaboration with donors and partners.