Deputy Director

1. EVBN Project Overview
The EU-Vietnam Business Network (EVBN) is an EU-funded project that aims at strengthening the EU Business
sector in Vietnam by facilitating market access through advocacy primarily with the Vietnamese Government,
and assisting EU companies - in particular SMEs to better access and exploit business opportunities in Vietnam.
The overall objective of EVBN is to improve trade and investment environment in Vietnam, and in the ASEAN
regional market, for European SMEs in particular, and further diversified and increased European exports to and
investment in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN.
For the final year of the project under EU co-funding, EVBN is seeking to employ a Deputy Director who is
motivated and dedicated to work towards sustaining the project beyond the end of the funding period whilst
ensuring compliant and impact-oriented implementation of all project activities.
2. Responsibilities
 Responsible for strategic decision-making (together with the Project Director) and managing the project;
 In charge of advocacy topics / relationship with EuroCham;
 Responsible for dealing with requests from the EU Delegation in Vietnam and the required formal and
informal reporting (shared responsibility with Project Director);
 Responsible for compliance issues and EVBN financial management, year-end and EU audits;
 Develop and implement a sustainability strategy for the project beyond the project lifecycle, jointly with
Project Director, the Chairman and the Management Board;
 Involved in the commercial activity of EVBN: Trade Missions, presence at EU pavilions at VN trade fairs,
tailored business services, etc.;
 Shall act for and exercise the powers of the Project Director during the absence or disability of the Project
Director;
 Other duties as requested by the Project Director.