Program Support Officer - Vietnam

Background to CQC:

C-Quest Capital LLC (CQC) is a leading global carbon project developer, social impact investor and climate finance specialist. Our mission is to transform the lives of families in the poorest communities in developing countries by providing access to clean and sustainable energy solutions and improving the health and wellbeing of women and children. We do this through making investments in carbon reduction and removal programs, which provide clean and efficient energy appliances, small-scale agriculture, and forestry services to the rural poor.

CQC’s carbon programs have improved the lives of over 20 million people in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Central America. Our ambition is to reach over 175 million people by 2035 and we are well on our path to do so with current committed funding.

CQC is headquartered in Washington DC, USA, with subsidiaries in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, and Australia as well as on-ground teams in Malawi, Zambia, and other Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries and Southeast Asia countries (Thailand, Vietnam & Lao PDR).

In 2021, CQC partnered with two large investors to launch a 3.65 million household expansion program across SSA and another two large investors to launch a 650,000-household program across Southeast Asia. This has seen $75+ million of external capital raised to finance the deployment of cookstoves via multiple SPVs.

Currently, CQC has one key investment opportunity to pursue in Vietnam, an improved cookstove distribution project. However, it will seek to identify additional investment opportunities that meet the overall mission of the company. The project entails the deployment of improved cookstoves to one million households in rural Vietnam over 10 years. CQC has so far secured financing to distribute improved cookstoves to 250,000 households by 2025 and will seek to expand this to achieve our 10-year ambitions. The distribution of stoves began as a pilot project in April 2021 with full-scale deployment having started in February 2022.  The project is being implemented by a third-party (implementing partner) and their Thai associates.

Job Overview/Summary:

The  Program Support Officer reports to the Country Manager and works closely with Implementing partner and local stakeholders in Vietnam. S/he will be primarily responsible for coordinating and facilitating the CQC project implementation in Vietnam to accelerate carbon transformation activity.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

• Onsite oversight of project as per SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)
• Coordinate with local stakeholders/implementing partners to develop activities
• Facilitate the implementation and sensitize the awareness of the target community;
• Train to third parties (as required) on project guidelines/ SOP
• Conduct the follow-up and spot check to monitor and enhance the quality of the action on the groundwork and ensure that it is in line with CQC  Standard protocol;
• Build a robust and trustworthy relationship with local stakeholders and the target community to ensure long-term and mutually beneficial partnerships.
• Scout the fieldwork for data cleaning to ensure the high quality and accuracy of data;
• Prepare written reports and presentations to keep track of fieldwork

Qualifications

• Proven work experience in community development, project management, extension and capacity building;
• Bachelor’s Degree in rural development, forestry, agriculture, and social science or related fields with 2-3 years of working experience;
• Passionate and high-energy individual who wants to develop in a fast-growing and innovative company.  Strong aspiration to work with rural community to improve social and environmental impact.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, flexible hours.
• Good communication skills.
• Flexible and troubleshooting.
• Proficient in Vietnamese, able to communicate in English, both written and spoken, if able to understand the ethnic minority language is a plus;
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
• Valid driving license.

Job Title: Program Support Officer

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam