Blue Dragon Program - Program Secretary

Blue Dragon Program – Viet Nam

Job description Program Secretary

Blue Dragon Program
The Blue Dragon Program in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a joint program between Dutch Water Authorities (DWA) from The Netherlands and the city of Can Tho, the Kien Giang province, the Hau Giang province and the Can Tho University. The Blue Dragon program connects the Blue Deal goals for sustainable development in The Netherlands with the Mekong Delta Regional Masterplan in Vietnam as a result of Resolution 120 of the Vietnamese Government. The program start at the end of 2019 and in 3 phases continues until 2030. The program consists of 4 activities: The BLUE DRAGON POOLS form the heart and main concept of the program. The BLUE DRAGON ACADEMY, the BLUE DRAGON SCALE-UP ACCELERATOR and the BLUE DRAGON COMMUNITY are the work packages to spread experiences and results of the pools across the Mekong Delta.
The implementation of the program is not cast in stone. The program is implemented in cooperation with all partners involved. This requires flexibility and an adaptive way of working, which in itself is a new way of working for many professionals at both DWA and authorities in Vietnam. This also wat we expect from the Program Secretary.

The tasks of the program secretary can also be divided in the 4 activities of the Blue Dragon Program:

Blue Dragon Pool facilitation:
• is the linking pin between the Dutch trainers/experts executing the pool knowledge exchange weeks and the contact persons of the DARD’s in Hau Giang and Kien Giang Provinces and Can Tho City.
• establishes in liaison with the program coordinators and the Dutch trainers and the DARD’s the exact dates of the training week.
• liaises with and checks whether the respective DARD responsible for the training week has arranged training location, training materials, field trip to project area, etc.
• checks whether participants lists are submitted in time including participants from other departments and at district level.
• liaises regularly with the program coordinators: Mr Tjeerd Dijkstra and Mr. Niels Entzinger.
• is the first contact person for the gender and livelihood improvement officer of Care International Viet Nam.
• is the first contact person between CTU trainers participating in a pool and organizes liaison between CTU trainers and Dutch trainers.
• forms the local welcome for the Dutch trainers, who may visit Viet Nam for the first time. The pool facilitator organizes transport between airport of arrival in Viet Nam and the training location / hotel. The pool facilitator is present when arrival airport is Can Tho.
• translates training material (power point presentations and other training material) from English into Vietnamese.

Blue Dragon Community:
The Program Secretary…
• is responsible for the content of the website.
• translates website content from English to Vietnamese and vice versa
• publishes articles, news and other content on the website.
• organizes the yearly Blue Dragon day.

Blue Dragon Academy:
The Program Secretary…
• is link between program coordinators and identified Vietnamese participants in organising training.
• organizes transport for Vietnamese trainers to and from training facility whether in Can Tho or abroad in liaison with program coordinators.

Blue Dragon scale up accelerator:
The Program Secretary…
• is first Vietnamese contact person between participating regions and city of Can Tho and program coordinators.
• is link between program coordinators and Dutch advisors when needed and requested in a pool.
• assists in executing challenges

Blue Dragon Program coordination
The Program Secretary …
• is the first Vietnamese contact person for the Blue Dragon program in the Mekong Delta for the participating departments of the participating regions and the city of Can Tho.
• assists the program coordinators
• assists in organizing the yearly Advisory Board meeting.
• organizes any travel needed for Advisory Board members attending the Advisory Board meeting.

Blue Dragon Program – Viet Nam

The Program Secretary…
• has university background in social studies or Blue Dragon program related study.
• has a minimum of 5 year experience preferably with an international agency
• is based in Can Tho.
• is fluent in Vietnamese and English language.
• works at the Blue Dragon office room at the Can Tho University.
• liaises with and assists the Vietnamese resident manager: Mr Hoang Quang Huy of RHDHV – Viet Nam.
• collects the recorded Vietnamese time input into the Blue Dragon program from the involved departments of the regions and Can Tho city and forwards these to the program coordinators.

More information and the Blue Dragon program document can be obtained by sending an email.

The Dutch Water Authorities is looking for two part time Program Secretaries. Both employed for about 50% of a fulltime employment. Initially one Program Secretary will be employed .

An application consists of a motivation letter and a c.v.

Deadline for submitting your application is 10 November 2019.

Job interviews are scheduled in Can Tho on 20 and 21 November.

- to be discussed

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