Senior Researcher; Project Officer

• Project Officer/Junior Researcher

• Working with and learning from top Vietnamese economists abroad and in country;
• Networking with economic research communities;
• Improving research capability;
• Participating in CASED Center training courses (as learner and/or lecturer) and presenting research's results at VEAM;
• Enjoying financial and other supports if having opportunity to go abroad for further study;
• Earning salary and benefits in accordance with performance; bonus on holidays, Tet and other national events; receiving reward upon performance after completing each project;
• Working in a dynamic, friendly and learning environment.

• Take lead in developing proposals for assigned research and consultancy projects;
• Take lead in designing the research (develop detailed methodology, study tools, work plan, budget for the researches and consultancy projects);
• Assign tasks to and supervise the research team; monitor the project progress;
• Conduct fieldwork (in-depth interview, data collection) as part of the research if necessary;
• Analyze data, write reports and other publications/outputs (article/journal papers, book chapters, policy briefs, etc.);
• Ensure quality of all project activities;
• Present results of researches and consultation projects at workshop and dissemination events;
• Communicate with clients, donors;
• Liaise with project stakeholders, including clients/donnor, local partners and collaborators (external experts);
• Build the expert network to join DEPOCEN team in research and consultancy projects;
• Other tasks appropriately with expertise requested by higher manager.

• PhD in Economics and/or other related fields. Candidates holding a Master Degree with outstanding academic records are encouraged to apply (foreign master degrees are preferred)
• At least 5 years of experience in conducting the research and consultancy projects
• Critical thinking, and excellent writing and analytical skills
• Excellent command in English
• Strong capability to work both independently and in team.
• Willingness to travel to provinces (including remote areas) for fieldwork when necessary.

• Develop proposals for research and consultancy projects;
• Conduct literature review, develop methodology, data collection tools, work plan, budget for running the assigned project;
• Conduct fieldwork (training and supervising enumerators; collecting data);
• Analyze data and produce reports and other outputs;
• Liaise with project stakeholders, including clients, local partners and collaborators (external experts, supervisors and enumerators);
• Other tasks appropriately with expertise requested by higher manager.

• Master/bachelor degree in Economics, Sociology, Public Health and/or other related fields.
• At least 2 years of experience in conducting the research and consultancy projects
• Critical thinking, and excellent writing and analytical skills
• Excellent command in English
• Strong capability to work both independently and in team.
• Willingness to travel to provinces (including remote areas) for fieldwork.

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