Junior Project Officer in Climate Change

Duty Station: Hanoi, Viet Nam

Contract duration: ASAP until 31 March 2028

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support the project team to prepare and implement project activities in the areas of climate change adapatation and mitigation and biodiversity conservation;

• Contribute to the IKI Interface function of the project by preparing articles for the IKI newsletter and events for IKI community in Viet Nam;

• Conduct data collection and analyses in support of development concept notes for activities and events;

• Support the preparation and implementation of the project’s activities in the area of climate policy, NDC and MRV;

• Contribute to the development of an e-learning course to operate the adaptation M&E system for the agriculture sector;

• Overall support for consultant contracting and management, trainings, workshops, partner meetings and other events;

• Undertake additional tasks assigned by the project manager to support the successful implementation of the VN – SIPA II project in the area of national climate policy.

Minimum requirements:

• Master degree in environment, climate, agriculture, international relations or other related academic subject;

• Minimum 1 years’ professional experience;

• Initial expertise and interest in the project’s topics, especially related to climate change adaptation and mitigation/climate policy;

• Working experience in development cooperation and/ or in the Vietnamese public sector would be an advantage;

• Knowledge of the international climate negotiations and debate would be an advantage;

• Teamwork ability, dynamic, self-motivated character and interest in development work;

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Vietnamese, with analytical capacities and ability to synthesise relevant findings;

• Excellent command of MS Office and good working knowledge of modern IT applications;

• Excellent self-management and coordination skills, interest in development work;

• Creativity, proactivity and proper initiative towards the results of the project;

• Excellent ability to share knowledge and experience, a good team player;

• Demonstrated ability to work and produce - sometimes under high pressure - high quality outputs.

GIZ is committed to create an appreciative work environment, irrespective of age, ethnic background and nationality, gender and gender identity, physical and mental abilities, religion and worldview, sexual orientation and social background. We ensure human resource processes live up to the diverse competencies and talents of all employees, as well as satisfy our performance expectations.

What we can offer to the successful candidates:

• Good working environment;

• Competitive compensation and benefit packages such as contribution of all compulsory insurances, providing with the additional health care, the annual health check-up and the 24-hours accident insurance;

• Covering all travel expenses with travel allowances when traveling on business;

• And good policy on training and development;

• And policy on flexible working time.

Interested qualified candidates are invited to send the GIZ Application Form in English, copies of relevant certificates and references, either by email or by post (to GIZ Office Hanoi, 6th Floor Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam) before 9th November 2025.

Note: Please state “Application for the Junior Project Officer in Climate Change_VN SIPA II” in the subject line or on the envelope. The short-listed candidates will be contacted within 4 weeks after the deadline. Telephone contact is not encouraged.

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As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. We work in a variety of fields and support our cooperation partners in designing strategies and meeting their policy goals. GIZ Viet Nam is currently engaged in four priority areas: 1) Vocational training; 2) Environmental policy and sustainable natural resource use; 3) Energy; 4) Sustainable Economic Development. Gender equality is one of the key values of our company and of the work we do. Fostering gender equality in our project operation and our internal equal opportunity provisions are two strategic pillars of our corporate identity and policy. For further information please visit our website: www.giz.de/viet-nam.

Through the International Climate Initiative (IKI), GIZ has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) with the project for Support to Viet Nam for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement II (VN – SIPA II). The lead executing agency is the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), further implementing partners are Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Construction (MOC) as well as the provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh.

The project aims to support Viet Nam’s development pathway and its consistency with a just net-zero transition in line with the Paris Agreement, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. The project works with MAE to address the Ministry’s specific capacity gaps regarding coordination mechanisms that continue to be a barrier to integrate climate and biodiversity considerations across key ministries and at provincial level. The agriculture sector is targeted in cooperation with MAE and selected provinces to boost capacity on Nature – based Solutions for Adaptation (NbSA). The project also serves as an interface for all projects in Viet Nam that are financed through IKI and promotes knowledge management and exchange, and the use of gender-responsive approaches in all instances and at all levels.