The GIZ Land Management and Rural Economic Development (LM-RED) is currently seeking for one Lao national to fill the position of Investment Promotion Advisor.

Starting Date: 1st January 2012
Duration of Assignment: Until October 2014
Work Location: Sayaboury Province

Main tasks and responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the GIZ Component Leader of the investment component and in direct cooperation with the provincial investment promotion sector of the Department of Planning and Investment - DPI Sayaboury Province, the advisor has to fulfill tasks as below:

• Support the DPI in developing criteria for sustainable and inclusive investment.
• Support the DPI to develop Provincial investment strategies according to the “Outline and Guide to Developing a Provincial Investment Strategy”
• Assist the investment projects included in the provincial annual investment monitoring plans have been monitored by inter-departmental teams according to the principles suggested in the investment guidelines and all inconsistencies/deviations are reported to the appropriated authority
• Support the investment working groups in monitoring and sharing the outcome from monitoring to all stakeholders.
• Support counterparts for the coordination of the inter-agency process of drawing up provincial investment strategies - cross-sector investment principles
• Promote cross-sector provincial public-private dialogue
• Backstop development and implementation of program plans and activities in close coordination with counter partners and the team.
• Conceptualises, prepares and implements workshops, seminars, and other events on subjects that are related to the program’s interventions
• Monitors project progress, reviews reports and documents concerning the progress of collaborative programs, determines bottlenecks and recommends alternative courses of management action to the component team leader.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in a field related to economics, development.
• At least 5 years of professional working experience in a similar position or strategic development.
• Excellent command of MS-Office, internet.
• Fluent English language skills (written and spoken)
• Good communication skills, capability to coordinate multi-stakeholder dialogue (government counterparts, private sector and community)
• Ability to work in hard demanding conditions

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should send their application to the HR Unit, GIZ office, Watnak Nyai Road, House # 247, 19 Unit, Thaphalanxay Village, Sisattanak District, Vientiane; or P.O. Box 9233, Vientiane Capital, Lao P.D.R., email: Pamouane.phetthany@giz.de. Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how your experience meets the requirements; latest by Friday, 30th of December, 2011, at 12.00am.

All applications will be treated confidentially and only short-listed candidates will be notified.