Project Officer “Agriculture and Climate Change”

Duty Station: Hanoi, Vietnam
Duration: ASAP until 31st December 2027 with possibility of extension
Main responsibilities
• Assist the programme management in achieving the programme´s objectives;
• Provide technical advice to MARD, MONRE and provincial government agencies on strategies and policies to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and address climate change impacts in the field of agriculture;
• Assist MARD, provincial government agencies and other partners with the systematic design, development, implementation and mainstreaming of nature-based solutions (NbS), climate-smart agriculture (CSA), agroforestry and regenerative agriculture;
• Support the development and implementation of Viet Nam’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and its agricultural targets;
• Lead the establishment of demonstration plots and the implementation of capacity building on agroforestry and regenerative agriculture practices in cocoa production in Dak Lak and Lam Dong;
• Contribute to the implementation of NbSA measures and capacity development in the provinces of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh;
• Support the mainstreaming of agricultural targets from NDC, NAP and NBSAP in provincial planning processes;
• Contribute to the work of the IKI Interface component, connecting and enhancing synergies between IKI projects in Viet Nam, including writing articles for the quarterly IKI newsletter and organising thematic exchanges on agriculture and climate change;
• Track national and international developments, debates and agreements on agriculture and climate change and integrate them into GIZ’s advisory work;
Other tasks
• Assist MARD and other partners with the organisation of workshops, capacity development formats and external consulting;
• Assist the project management to coordinate and communicate with political partners (ministerial and provincial levels), other donor and implementation agencies, the private sector and civil society;
• Coordinate and cooperate closely with the other project officers working with MONRE, MARD and provinces, both within VN-SIPA II and related projects within the Cluster;
• Identify national and international financing options for the implementation of agriculture and climate change measures and support partners on national and local level in accessing them;
• Integrate project outputs into the legal and institutional framework of project partners;
• Support and contribute to the M&E system of the project, prepare reports and presentation material;
• Assist the project team and external consultants of the project in the design and implementation of its communication strategy and its knowledge dissemination in Viet Nam.

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