Junior Expert on Administrative and Organisational Support

Deadline: 13th March 2017

Country/Region: Vietnam

Position: Junior Expert on Administrative and Organisational Support

Type: Short-term

Revelle Group is looking for a Junior Expert on Administrative and Organisational Support for the short-term assignment: ‘Support the operation of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) Between the Government of Vietnam and Development Partners’.

Background information

The following assignment is part of the ongoing project: Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, for which Revelle Group is part of the consortium implementing it.  The TAF supports targeted developing countries located in one of the following regions: Neighbourhood (East and South), Asia (including Central Asia), Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific, to improve their policy and regulatory framework conditions in order to provide attractive and enabling conditions for increased public and private investment in priority areas of SE4ALL: i) Energy access; ii) Rural electrification; iii) Renewable energy and; iv) Energy efficiency.

This specific assignment aims at facilitating through an Expert Team of the EU TAF the operation of the VEPG for the first year and of its activities, including by supporting and contributing to the VEPG Secretariat.  Building on the preparatory activities on the VEPG concept and the first EU TAF assignment to VEPG (between June 2015 and January 2017), the expected outcomes of this assignment include to firmly set the VEPG including its working groups, launch its policy and technical activities (e.g. policy dialogue and technical working groups) and operate the VEPG Secretariat on a day-to-day basis for its 1st year of operation. Additionally, by the end of this assignment, complementary or alternative funding of the VEPG and its Secretariat is expected to be identified.

Main Tasks
  • The Junior Expert will meaningfully support the 2 senior experts to make sure all project activities are well organised and take place on time. In particular, the Administrator will take responsibility for administrative management of the project;
  • The Administrator will also organise all activities of the VEPG, including:
    • Meetings with government institutions, private stakeholders and development partners, etc.;
    • Setting up and maintaining EPG contacts database;
    • Administrative and organisational support to the preparation and organisation of the VEPG Second High Level Meeting (HLM).
  • The Administrator will assist with the Information system and communication (including VEPG web site, newsletter and  databases)
  • The Administrator will assist with reporting requirements emanating from this assignment.
Qualifications and skills
  • Master’s Degree or higher (recommended) in political sciences, economics, engineering (electrical or mechanical), communication or a discipline related to the scope of the assignment
  • At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in the field of the assignment (as an administrative an organisational support on projects in the field of energy and/or climate change);
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Excellent Communication Skills in English and in Vietnamese (reading / speaking / writing) are requested.
  • Strong computer skills.

Interested candidates can send their detailed CVs at the email: hr@revellegroup.eu. Deadline for sending CVs is: 13th March 2017.

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