E Jobs in Vietnam

Project Background

The project will rehabilitate and upgrade rural infrastructure in northern Viet Nam, namely rural roads, irrigation, some markets and etc.. The project will have two main outputs: (i) priority rural infrastructure rehabilitated or upgraded, and (ii) improved capacities for project management and rural infrastructure use.

The final list of subprojects will be determined after the feasibility studies are reviewed.

Capacity building and formal training activities will be involved as well.

The project will be based in Hanoi, Viet Nam

Poverty and Gender Specialists (5 p-m international)

Require specialist expertise in identifying affected groups and in accommodating their interests wherever feasible. The poverty and gender specialists will be needed to support project initiatives in community development including gender activities. There will be capacity building in these areas that will also form part of the responsibilities of the specialists.

The international specialist will have tertiary qualifications from an internationally recognized institution with at least 10 years experience in the South East Asia environment. At least 5 years experience will have been obtained in Viet Nam.  Fluency in both spoken and written English is a requirement

Duties of the specialist will include the following:

(i) Review and provide recommendations regarding the Poverty and Social Assessment in the PPTA consultant’s Final Report to ascertain the extent of interventions considered appropriate under the proposed Project;

(ii) Prepare and undertake briefing sessions on poverty and gender issues with key provincial authorities

(iii) Assist in preparing and implementing subproject-specific gender action plans and ensure achieving towards the gender targets set;

(iv) As part of the Indigenous People’s Development Framework, provide guidance to the local specialist in identifying interventions to achieve ethnic minority participation in subprojects

(v) Review and provide recommendations regarding the social safeguards aspects

(vi) Review and provide recommendations regarding ADS and Government policies on ethnic minorities

(vii) Provide awareness and sensitivity briefings on vulnerable groups and gender

 (viii) Monitor subproject implementation and alert the CPMU to any vulnerable group or gender problem identified during project implementation.

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