Project Manager

Leadership & Management

• Lead overall project management motivating the project team partners and stakeholders towards a shared vision.
• Guide the project set-up including finalising work plans budgets and operational tools.
• Supervise implementation ensure quality control and manage project reporting to SNV and EuropeAid.
• Line manage and guide project staff and consultants.
  

Strategic & Technical Guidance

• Provide technical leadership on ESG adoption strategies in the coffee sector.
• Ensure integration of gender equality social inclusion and climate-smart approaches.
• Support development and use of the ESG scorecard resource hub and citizen-generated data initiatives.

Partnerships and Consortium Management & Accountability

• Build strong relationship with provincial authorities and lead as government liaison for the project approval and delivery (lead on project document development consultation and approval with local government stakeholders).
• Partner/consortium management and accountability ensuring full project delivery in line with project targets.
• Build and manage strong partnerships with MSMEs business associations cooperatives civil society and provincial/national authorities.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms ensuring inclusive participation.
• Organise matchmaking between MSMEs/cooperatives and investors and support ESG leadership recognition.

Financial & Administrative Oversight

• Ensure sound financial management budget monitoring and compliance with donor and SNV requirements.
• Oversee contracts procurement and coordination with MSD and other partners.

Monitoring Reporting & Learning

• Conduct regular monitoring visits and ensure timely achievement of milestones.
• Lead knowledge management communications and dissemination of lessons learned.
• Prepare and submit high-quality reports to donor and SNV management.
• Ensure adherence to SNV minimum MEL standards including reporting on Global Harmonized Indicators leading pause and reflect exercises and performance tracking.
• Perform other duties as assigned by line manager.

Qualifications :

• Masters degree (or equivalent) in development studies business management agriculture environmental sciences or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of project management experience in development cooperation with a proven track record in ESG sustainable business or responsible value chains.
• Experience working with MSMEs cooperatives and civil society organizations in Vietnam and/or Southeast Asia.
• Strong financial management skills and familiarity with donor compliance (EuropeAid preferred).
• Experience leading and managing teams including line management of (remote) staff and consultants
• Demonstrated ability to foster partnerships across public private and civil society stakeholders.
• Strong networking facilitation and negotiation skills.
   

Preferred

• Previous experience in the coffee or agri-food sector.
• Good understanding of market systems development programming and value chain development
• Experience with diversity equity and inclusion particularly in establishing inclusive business modalities related to gender and ethnic minorities preferred
• Previous experience engaging business associations and other business support agencies
• Understanding of environmental and social safeguards e.g Environmental and Social Safeguard Assessments plans and systems
• Strong communication skills in English; proficiency in Vietnamese required.
• Willingness to travel regularly to field locations

Key Behaviors

• Strong problem-solving and can can-do attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills in English and Vietnamese
• High integrity and professional work ethic

Additional Information :

Contract Type: Employment contract 

Contract Duration: three-year contract renewable based on performance and funding availability.

Expected Start Date: Pending the signing of the JDE contract.

Duty Station: Hanoi Vietnam (with frequent travel to Lam Dong and Son La)
Reports to: Sector Leader - Energy Sector

How to apply

Join our team by applying today! If you are passionate about making a difference in peoples lives and possess the required qualifications we encourage you to submit your application until 5PM Dec 4th 2025. At SNV we value your privacy and rest assured that all your information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

Applicants will be requested to provide us with the contact details of three people who are willing to act as a reference. We will only contact these references after your explicit permission.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should SNV wish to proceed with your application two interviews with a Selection Committee will take place.

SNV is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Working at SNV:

Our staff benefit from and contribute to an internal global network of experts. For more information please visit our website:  strives to be an inclusive employer thriving on the diversity of its people and does not discriminate on the base of disability status religion ethnic origin gender and sexual orientation etc.

At SNV we prioritise safety and security for all employees. We conduct thorough background and reference checks concerning possible safeguarding incidents for all candidates applying for International determined positions. As SNV participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme all reference checks include a request to past employers to fill in a questionnaire regarding Misconduct (sexual exploitation sexual abuse or sexual harassment) the Statement of Conduct. This Statement of Conduct adopts the definitions used in the Scheme. 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time