Economic Advisor (Key Expert 2) - Vientamese and English speakers
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Description
This position is open only to Vietnamese and English speakers.
Position: Economic Advisor (Key Expert 2) - senior expert with strong expertise on planning management and/or doing-business environment
Project Title: Enhancing Economic Governance Project: strengthen doing-business environment, planning management, public investment and public procurement, Viet Nam
Project description:
Overall objective
The overall objective of this action is to contribute to sustainable development and inclusive growth in Viet Nam by strengthening economic governance.
Purpose of the contract
The EU and the government of Viet Nam have signed the Financing Agreement for the implementation of the Enhancing Economic Governance Programme (EEGP). The EEGP has two projects, providing technical assistance respectively to MPI and MOF.
This Technical Assistance contract regards the technical cooperation project with MPI (‘the project’) and aims at providing advisory services, research and analyses, studies and surveys, technical tools, delivering training and other capacity building activities to support MPI to exercise their mandates and implement necessary actions to improve economic governance in Viet Nam, particularly in the 4 areas supported by the project namely:
- Doing business environment
- Planning management
- Public investment management
- Public procurement
Expected results
- Outcome 1: Doing business environment is improved
- Outcome 2: Planning management is strengthened
- Outcome 3: Public investment management is improved
- Outcome 4: Public procurement system is strengthened
Job description:
The Economic Advisor will assist the Team Leader in the management and implementation of the project. Economic Advisor will specifically provide technical inputs and contribute to the implementation of activities to achieve expected results 1 and 2.
Duration of the assignment: 5 years (1000 working days)
Location: Viet Nam
Requirements:
Qualifications and skills:
- A Master’s Degree in economics, trade, finance, public policy, public administration or equivalent; or in absence of a Master’s Degree should have proven 12 years of professional experience in economic advisory services;
- Proven communication skills in English and Vietnamese (reading / speaking / writing);
- Proven analytical and reporting skills.
General professional experience:
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in providing economic advisory services;
- Proven knowledge of the local context and institutional framework relevant for economic governance in Viet Nam.
Specific professional experience:
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in at least one of the following areas (i) National planning management (ii) Doing-business environment and enterprises development;
- Proven experience working with regulatory bodies on policies and implementation of reforms in any of the two areas mentioned above;
- Proven knowledge of the public administration system in Viet Nam and related economic governance issues;
- Proven ability to work with and coordinate actions of multiple stakeholders;
- Proven experience in implementing technical cooperation programme/project, experience with EU DCI/NDICI funded project would be an advantage.
To Apply: please send your CV to ta-bd@eurecna.it
