NATIONAL INTERNSHIP

For Community and Communication 

Based in Ca Mau Province

Project: Scaling up Mangrove EbA in the Mekong Delta (MAM2 project)

SNV (www.snv.org) is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands 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+. 

As Southeast Asia has lost half their mangroves over the past 30 years, primarily as a result of clearing for shrimp ponds.  This has serious consequences such as mangroves protect against tidal waves and storm surges. They are vital fish nursery-grounds, provide timber, honey, and other products and raise land level by trapping sediment.  They also sequester carbon faster than any other forest type.  Healthy mangroves thus make important contributions to both climate change adaptation and mitigation and form the basis of coastal ecosystem-based adaptation.

Scaling up Mangrove EbA in the Mekong Delta (MAM2), funded by Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), implemented by SNV in coordination with Ca Mau Provincial People’s Committee (PPC). This project has tried to build capacity for local stakeholders (Aquaculture/forestry sectors, local authority, private companies, and farmers); improve livelihood of mangrove – shrimp farmers on degraded mangroves by promoting shrimp certification and restoration; recommend for policy makers for Payment for Ecosystem Services on Aquaculture; and create enable conditions for accessing climate change fund, REDD+. Project focused sites will be in Ngoc Hien district for these activities.

The MAM2 project, SNV-Vietnam Agriculture programme is cooperating with Ca Mau Provincial People’s Committee/Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, seafood enterprises, Forest Management Boards and shrimp households in Ca Mau province to extend and develop the model of organic shrimp to adapt international certification.

The MAM2 project is now seeking one (01) internship assistant with capacity of communication and community relation in Ca Mau.

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in supporting awareness raising program at community, events organizing (trainings, workshops), and information dissemination workshops;
• Assist in project field activity in relation to shrimp experiment monitoring in the fields;
• Develop key promotional messages/news and communications activities to support project implementation in consultation with project teams;

Candidate profile

• A Bachelor’s degree in Aquaculture, Community and/or another relevant degree; ability to speak/write/understand Vietnamese &English;
• Ability to be independent to work in the field for monitoring aquaculture experiments, study; and work with farmers for assisting them in practices;
• Ability to work with community in supporting of designing trainings and organizing trainings;
• Ability to develop of communication materials for projects in consulting and collaborating with project managers, advisor for project needs, writing, designing communication production;
• Ability to take professional photos of professional events (workshops, meetings) and at project sites for technical purposes;
• Strong ability with Microsoft Office required; knowledge of design software is highly desirable;
• Ability to work in a team and to sometimes tight deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment across multiple projects;

Contract Duration:

One year contract with possibility for extension based on performance and budget availability.

Reporting: the position will report to MAM project manager based in HCM’s SNV office.

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 1/8/2017
• Title: “SNV_National Internship_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)