Project Technical Monitoring Officer

For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification in Rice Cultivation

(National position, based in Ha Noi)

(Employment contract)

SNV (www.snvworld.org) is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands nearly 50 years ago, we have built a long-term, local presence in 38 of the poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our global team of local and international advisors work with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organizations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.

SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995. Using market based approaches, SNV is committed to reducing poverty by catalysing environmentally sustainable solutions for the poor in agriculture, energy, water & sanitation, and REDD+. 

We seek a Project Technical Monitoring Officerfor Greenhouse Gas Emissions verification for the AgResults Vietnam GHG Emissions Reduction Pilot (AVERP).This Pilot has been designed to identify novel approaches for reducing GHG emissions and increasing yields in rice cultivation, and to scale the most effective approaches to thousands of smallholder farmers. The pilot has been designed to promote tools, products and practices not commercially available in Vietnam or widely used in the Red River Delta region.

Reporting to the Team Leader, the Project Technical Monitoring Officer for GHG emissions verificationwill be responsible for contributing to the GHG emissions measurement and verification design including the modelling of the DNDC system, co-overseeing and co-monitoring all PilotVerification activities on on-farm GHG emissions measurement and lab-based analysis; and a web-based GIS database systemof selected Solvers that will be carried out by external organizations contracted independently by the Secretariat and support the Team Leader as necessary with the operations of the Pilot.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Pilot design and mobilisation phase

• Collaborate with the Secretariat and Team Leader to assist in the finalization of a verification design including field-based GHG emissionsverification process, lab-based GHG data analysis and quantification
• Assist in the preparation of series of document on Contest Rules and Regulations, Dispute and Fraud Management Process, quarterly and annual reports to the Secretariat, annual work plan and others
• Assist with the organisation and conduct outreach to potential Solvers; and other public announcement activities
• Assist with the review and scoring of Solver’stechnical applications and oversight of activities

2. Pilot implementation phase

    2.1. Field-based GHG emissions measurement and quantification (phase 1) and GHG modelling system (Phase 2)

Co-oversee and monitor closely the work done by the Verification team, field-based extension workers mobilized for field agronomic data collection and experiment plots managementand selected Solvers to ensure consistency in the technical proposal and work plans. Responsibilities may include but not limited to:

• Collaborate with the selected Solvers and Verification Team to define key dates of field samplings for GHG emissions and coordinate the work plan among key stakeholders for systematic management and cross check of all field data collection 
• Field monitor and cross-check the agronomic data collection and Solver’s experiment plots by Verifiers and field-based extension workers
• Set up and maintain an Agronomic database for all Solvers, conduct dataanalysis and prepare agronomic report for each Solver’s for each crop
• Liaise with the Pilot Verifier to cross-check all set of data; record and update regularly them in the database and tracker
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly field management reporting to the Team Leader
• Develop database and keep track of all GHG emissions analysed data of each Solvers crop by crop; and ready for use for the prize scoring process among Pilot Manager, Verifier and the Secretariat

     2.2. General operational management and support

• Provide operational support including administrative tasks, communications & reporting, outreach and research as may be required
• In collaboration with the Team Leader, liaise with project stakeholders as assigned
• Act ethically with all stakeholders including the Verifiers and Solvers in all settingsand treat all project information and data on each and all Solver’s protocols with absolute confidentiality
• Liaise with the Independent Evaluator as needed
• Provide any other advisory services as may be requested by the Steering Committee, Secretariat and Pilot Manager team

General Qualifications:

• Minimum of 03-05 years of experience working in the lab for analysing GHG emissions samples; field GHG sample collection; field monitoring and verification with an eye towards identifying fraud, preferably in the field of rice cultivation in the Red River Delta. Knowledge and experience in GHG modelling for rice is an asset.
• Bachelor’s degree required in science, agriculture or related; knowledge and experience of conducting agricultural data statistics or other related field preferred.
• Excellent analytical, project management, time management, and problem solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills both in English as well as Vietnamese.
• Demonstrated excellence in oral, written and reading comprehension abilities.
• Computer literacy, including MS Access database, MS Excel, MS Project 2010, MS Outlook, MS Word and other Microsoft Office programs. Training in SPSS and/or STATA a plus.

Type of Contract: Employment contract.One year contract, with the possibility of an additional three year extension.

Desired start date: As soon as possible.

How to apply:

• Please send CV and a covering letter in English addressing the list of competencies to: jobs.for.ngo.hanoi@gmail.com.
• Deadline 24/8/2017
• Title: “SNV_ Technical Officer GHG Verification _Full name”

Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned. Any question, please contact 0243.8265118 (Ms. Tram)