[Extension] Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor

SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995 and currently has over 50 national and international staff. SNV Vietnam operates from a head office in Hanoi and projects in over 20 provinces in the country, including in the poorest and most remote areas.

Vietnam Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation in Agriculture through Private Sector Transformation (VN–ADAPT) Project

Vietnam has become an agricultural powerhouse – a leading global producer and exporter of many major agricultural commodity crops, e.g. rice, coffee, shrimps, rubber, pepper as well as increasingly venturing into fruit-production and exports. Vietnam’s agriculture sector was and is of critical importance to socio-economic development, rural employment, and livelihoods. Recent successes in the uplands are, in addition to coffee, durian (high demand in China), avocado. Despite the emergence of more industrialised forms of agricultural production, smallholder farms still dominate. These enterprises operate often in buyers’ markets and are extremely vulnerable to commodity price shocks, market fluctuations and supply-chain disruptions. Vietnam’s emerging private sector is also heavily invested in agriculture, be it in production, processing, distributing or exporting.

Due to Vietnam’s geographical location, the country is considered one of the countries most affected by climate change. Along the long coastline with the low-lying coastal and delta regions lives a large part of the population, which earns its livelihood from agriculture and aquaculture. Both in the Mekong Delta and in the provinces of the Central Highlands, the effects of global climate change have already made themselves felt, endangering production and incomes.

SNV is strongly committed to supporting the Government of Vietnam in promoting a more holistic approach that goes beyond agricultural production alone and aims to facilitate systemic change towards sustainable agrifood systems that strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers to both climate and economic shocks and trends.

Vietnam Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation in Agriculture through Private Sector Transformation (VN-ADAPT) is a 5-year, €15m national programme in Vietnam to be implemented from 2023 to 2028. The programme is funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for – the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN). SNV Vietnam is the prime recipient of the funding, leads the preparation and implementation of the programme in consortium with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Centre for Environmental Management ICEM) Vietnam. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) is the primary political partner for this undertaking. The Programme has recently secured a final review and approval, led by MAE, to secure support by relevant ministries and provinces. SNV will work with the related ministries and provinces on full implementation of activities on the ground.

The project’s focus areas are two key climate vulnerable landscapes – the Mekong Delta (MD) and Central Highland regions. Here, VN-ADAPT aims to improve institutional capacity, to strengthen partnerships to channel private innovations and investment towards accelerated adoption of nature-based solutions in the agriculture sector. This shall be realised through four inter-related work packages, namely: i) Building multi-stakeholder consensus for Nature-based solutions for adaptation in Agriculture (NbSA); ii) Strengthening the enabling legal and policy framework for NbSA and the conservation of biodiversity in production landscapes (including the development of legal guidance for the establishment and implementation of Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs); iii) Mobilising public and private innovation and investment in NbSA; iv) Communications, knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation.

The MEL Advisor also provides strategic leadership on MEL functions. They coach project staff and consortium members with MEL responsibilities and provide recommendations and advice to the SNV leadership team, as needed.

In addition, this position will support and contribute to a smaller complementary project run by the SNV Vietnam Country Office, including the EuropeAid funded Sustainable Coffee Exchange (SCE) project (2026 to 2028) implemented in Lam Dong and Son La Provinces. The project aims to engage non-state actors including MSMEs and Cooperatives to strengthen adoption and application of Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) practices within the coffee sector. The MEL advisor will support the Project Manager and project team in the design of the MEL Framework and Plan for the project, and in providing technical contributions to key project tools such as the ESG Scorecard.

Expected time distribution between projects: 90% VN-ADAPT, 10% Sustainable Coffee Exchange.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and adjustment of the VN-ADAPT and SCE M&E framework and plan;
• Coordinate the data collection, verification, and analysis of MEL data, by working with SNV technical advisors and consultants for coherent evidence gathering;
• Ensure quality control and timeliness of TA and MEL deliverables, implementation in the three countries in the different workstream, seeking for synergies, overarching learnings, and proof of concepts;
• Design and execute the knowledge and learning agenda for the programme, including the development and implementation of the learning framework and action research;
• Coordinate staff and partners on MEL data gathering, storage and analytical approaches outlined in the MEL framework;
• Support SNV and partners in base-, mid-, and end-line information / data gathering for impact, outcome and output indicators, ensuring consistency with measurement of indicators.
• Provide quality assurance of the implementation of VN-ADAPT and SCE: provide guidance to the consortium and partners on verification of activities, data quality assurance, monitoring of project performance, assurance of compliance with the requirements of the donor’s reporting; as such, oversees that the IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative) and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) standards must be respected;
• Ensure that MEL data is fully digitised and systematically captured within SNV’s corporate data platform (LogAlto) or, where appropriate, in another GDPR-compliant platform;
• Co-lead the preparation and facilitation of pause & reflect sessions with SNV staff and partners, to reflect on programme design and results, leading to the MEL framework adjustments (ToC, Logframe, learning framework, among others) and programming adjustments where necessary;
• Ensure synthesis, analysis and documentation on innovations, learnings and sharing of project insights and results;
• Conduct capacity building for implementation teams and partners to master the approaches and tools necessary to feed into the MEL system;
• Ensure the integration and measurement of gender and social inclusion aspects (GESI) and Social & Environmental Safeguards (SES), making sure that the results of GESI and SES analyses are integrated into the M&E Framework, and that national teams are supported for their measurement;
• Maintain the monitoring and evaluation database and the programme dashboard, in coordination with the service provider.
• Contribute to quarterly and annual work planning and reporting.
• Other duties as assigned by the line manager.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Development, Sociology, Economic or related field. (Master’s degree is an added advantage).
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in development sector (NGOs, CSO), with at least 5 years of full-time experience with M&E tasks, preferably related to inclusive agriculture value chain development projects, Climate adaptation or mitigation, or related sectors.
• Strong background in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) including quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of M&E systems (result chains, logical frameworks, indicators, tools of verification etc.), impacts assessment, learning frameworks, results-based orientation and approaches.
• Experience in leading and managing MEL technology, such as digital data collection tools, indicator databases, and dashboards (e.g. Excel, kobo toolbox, ONA, power BI, etc.).
• Experience in contributing to or facilitating learning processes and products.
• Demonstrated capacity with data analysis and production of concise reports.
• Experience leading or supporting pause and reflects, evaluations and learning reviews desirable.
• Experience in guiding or advising staff and partners on MEL approaches and practices is desirable.
• Experience working at the national and provincial level desirable.
• Good understanding of business and private sector.

Competencies

• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage a range of task requests, prioritize, and subsequently decline and defer where necessary, while communicating carefully to key stakeholders.
• Very good written and spoken English, and fluency in Vietnamese.
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong technical and organizational skills who takes individual accountability seriously.
• Willingness to travel for work.
• Strong evidence-based writing skills including reporting, visualization and presentation skills;

Report Line: VN – ADAPT Project Manager (PM)

Desired start date: ideally in April or May 2026

Location: Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with travel within the Project area in the Mekong Delta and beyond (ca.up to 25%)

Working at SNV:

SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. We offer a challenging work environment, opportunities to lead and innovate, and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit from, and contribute to, an internal global network of experts. For more information, please visit our website: www.snv.org/careers.

How to Apply:

If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and letter of motivation before 5.00pm on 26 February 2026.

SNV reserves the right to close the vacancy before the indicated deadline if the appropriate candidate is identified.

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