Expertise France is looking for a National Expert who will contribute, on behalf of Expertise France, to the development of a project in circular economy and agriculture in Vietnam, over a period of 10 months, starting in September 2025.

The consultant will work in functional link with the project managers in Paris and in close collaboration with the Vietnamese partners and consortium in Hanoi.

The expert will act as a technical and operational support to Expertise France (EF) in the formulation of the EU-funded Circular Economy (CE) in Agriculture project in Viet Nam. He/she will:

1. Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building:

-          Establish and maintain strong working relationships with:

o   national authorities (mostly Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) ISPAE and NAEC),

o   international stakeholders (predominantly E.U. and consortium partners AICS, UNDP),

o   Local organizations (private sector actors, cooperatives, CSO);

-          Participate in selected meetings and workshops  to share EF’s positions and report information if the EF headquarters cannot participate.

2. Field visits:

-          Participate with Consortium members to visits, interviews and diagnosis of preselected territories and value chains, in coordination with national and local authorities and partners;

-          Gather data on existing CE initiatives, stakeholder expectations and constraints, local policy implementation challenges, potential pilot sites or value chains for intervention;

-          Report to inform EF HQ strategic positioning. Support the organization of EF headquarter missions as required.

3. Technical Support and analysis

-          Provide technical recommendations and feedback to EF Headquarter for maximum achievement and impact within the scope of EF activities (Recommendations on possible EF interventions and added value, alignment between Vietnamese policies and EU requirement, etc);

-          Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies, opportunities for capacity building, potential synergies

-          Contribute to the Project Document (Description of Action) draft process, in close cooperation with AICS, UNDP, and the EU;

-          Support EF budget draft,

4. Reporting and communication::

-          Contribute to the development and the monitoring of the project including regular meeting/update, timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation needed.

-          Coordinate with project team members (AICS, UNDP, Expertise France), ensuring clear communication and effective collaboration.

-          Contributing to the drafting of notes for internal EF use and/or EF’s proposal to the consortium,