Team Lead, Conservation Friendly Enterprise and Employment Development

Helvetas, founded in 1955, is the largest Swiss-based and a leading European development non-governmental organization. We work in developing, emerging and transition countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, partnering with poor and disadvantaged people to improve their livelihoods, strengthen local actors and create an institutional framework conducive to sustainable development. Helvetas has been operating in Vietnam since 1994 in the areas of agriculture, forestry, governance, water and sanitation, and rural development.

Helvetas Vietnam, in a consortium with WWF, IUCN and Fauna and Flora International (FFI), were recently selected to implement USAID’s Vietnam Biodiversity Conservation, a five-year project covering five provinces of central Vietnam. Helvetas Vietnam has the overall responsibility for the conservation-friendly enterprise development component, targeting forest-dependent communities bordering national parks in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Lam Dong provinces.

We are looking for a Conservation-Friendly Enterprise and Employment Development Team Lead (Team Lead), full time for this project, based in Hanoi with frequent travel to project sites:

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Supported by the Technical Advisor, the Team Lead manages a team of four responsible for developing  and managing partnerships with private sector and NGO partners, working in close coordination with provincial implementation teams managed by WWF, IUCN and Fauna and Flora International. 

Key responsibilities of the Team Lead include:

  • Overall management of the Conservation-Friendly Enterprise Development Team, in line with the agreed plans and priorities of the larger USAID Biodiversity Conservation Activity.
  • In conjunction with the Technical Advisor, maintain clear communications and a shared sense of purpose between the Enterprise Development team, provincial implementation teams and colleagues working in other Strategic Approach Teams within the Biodiversity Conservation Activity.
  • In conjunction with the Technical Advisor, contribute to planning, monitoring, review, learning, adaptation and reporting of Strategic Approach 1 as part of the senior management team of the Biodiversity Conservation Activity.
  • Supporting the Technical Advisor to manage synergies with other projects, especially HELVETAS-implemented projects.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • The Team Lead has 7-10 years of experience in international development, with at least two years in a managerial position.  The candidate will be familiar with the Market Systems Development strategic framework, having applied it previously in complex, multi-sector economic development projects with a strong environmental sustainability component.  Experience with agriculture, NTFP, community-based tourism, vocational education or employment projects for the socially excluded are advantages.
  • Creative and adaptable, the candidate has excellent analytical skills that helps them make connections other people may not see and to develop a vision for win-win solutions.  The candidate’s excellent communication skills, persuasiveness and ability to diffuse conflict makes them a respected team member and leader.

APPLICATIONS:

Interest candidates please send updated CV and an Expression of Interest letter to Helvetas.vietnam@helvetas.org and trieu.tuanh@helvetas.org by July 30th, 2021. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.