Job offer description :

Project Assistant

Context

This position is within the team of the Pilot Project "Enhancing Plastic Packaging Value Chain in Ho Chi Minh City" of the regional project Rethinking Plastics: Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter. The pilot project aims through different approaches and activities to support the development of the regulatory framework for Extended Producer Responsability EPR and to analyze the current situation of the value chain and its gaps on the basis of field surveys.

The project ‘Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’, co-funded by the European Union and the German Government, supports a transition towards sustainable consumption and production of plastics in East and Southeast Asia. With these efforts, it contributes to a significant reduction of marine litter and also strengthens the cooperation between the EU and countries in the region. In Vietnam, Expertise France implements the project in close collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to i) Enhancing policy dialogues, ii) Management of plastic waste, iii) Sustainable consumption and production of plastic, iv) Reduction of litter from sea-based sources, v) Increasing awareness.

Description of activities

• Under the supervision of the scientific manager, ensure continuous dialogue with the stakeholders of the plastic packaging value chain (local authorities, operators, collectors)
  • Exchange by email and phone with various interlocutors
  • Prepare working meetings with administrative waste management services (DoNRE and district management offices); prepare meeting reports
  • Conduct individual questionnaire-type interviews with stakeholders
  • Prepare events and activities with stakeholders
  • Support stakeholders during the implementation of the activities planned in the pilot project (support for administrative procedures, logistics, current translation, etc.)
• Support the implementation of activities
  • Support the administrative and logistical organization of events, workshops (administrative procedure; contact with service providers, etc.)
  • Monitor activities
  • Notify the scientific manager of any concerns encountered
  • Set up solutions adapted to the smooth running of the project
• Bibliographic search
• Writing of activity reports on the activities of the pilot project
• Writing of activity report on the work led by the project assistant
• Translation for daily exchanges

Objectives of the position:

• Lead or support the stakeholders in carrying out the activities of the pilot project
• Support the scientific manager of the project in administrative procedures and dialogue with stakeholders