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Job Description:
Reports:
The EIC will report to VCCI management and the Vanuatu National
Market Access Coordinator (NMAC), and will receive guidance from the Port Vila
based PHAMA Long Term Adviser (LTA). The EIC is expected to maintain a close
working relationship with the Chairs of the Industry Working Groups.
The EIC will be assigned a weekly work plan by PHAMA and VCCI, and
will be required to provide VCCI with a monthly report outlining achievements
and progress made against each weekly work plan.
The EIC will also participate in the reporting and planning
structures expected in the VCCI to ensure management are aware of their work
and planning, and that IWG activities and PHAMA resourcing of any activities
are recognized in those processes.
Description of position:
The EIC will be the key contact point for IWGs, and be responsible
for:
- Providing secretarial support and coordinating capacity building
support for the IWGsAssisting with development/review of IWG sector strategies,
implementation plans and corresponding budgets
- Promoting the role of each IWG to key stakeholders including the
government, grower-producers and exporters associations, national regulatory
agencies and as a contact point for the Vanuatu Government /donor designed
programs
- Liaising with the PHAMA program through the PHAMA NMAC and, where
appropriate, the PHAMA Long Term Adviser (LTA).
Essential functions:
- Provide secretariat and operational support to the IWGs including
planning, convening and coordinating meetings and progressing required action
items and decisions from the meeting minutes
- Facilitate communication and coordination between IWG members,
VCCI and other industry stakeholders, and government and development partners
- Provide IWGs with strategic guidance on development and
progression of IWG industry plans and IWG sustainability roadmaps with
reference to national and sectoral policy frameworks and relevant industry
environments
- Identify capacity building needs of the different IWGs and work
with the NMAC and VCCI management to mobilize technical assistance to build
capacity of groups to function as sustainable and effective representative
industry bodies
- Facilitate communication between the IWGs, PHAMA office and external
short term technical advisers (STA)
- Provide operational linkage between IWGs and the PHAMA office
- Assist LTA, NMAC and external STAs to review and develop IWG
sector strategies and their corresponding activities and budgets
- Monitor and evaluate performance [outputs] of IWGs including
number of meetings conducted, members’ attendance in meetings, costed plans
developed and progression of key industry issues identified. Assist in
monitoring of in-country activities through use of monitoring, evaluation and
reporting tools developed
- Provide regular reporting to the IWG membership and NMAC on IWG
meetings and progress with implementation of IWGs plans.
- Progress development of co-financing arrangements, including (in
association with the NMAC) liaison with private sector, Ministry officials,
regulatory agencies, donors and other relevant development programs
- Be ready to plan, organize and conduct IWGs and MAWGs meeting in
Santo and outer islands of Vanuatu
- Demonstrate analytical approach with initiatives in reporting
tasks
- Familiarize with the work, activities, and role of VCCI
- Carry out other tasks as required by the General Manager of VCCI.
A number of Industry Working Groups (IWGs) have been established
in Vanuatu to promote public/private sector partnership on export development
in the agricultural sector including kava, cocoa and livestock. The Vanuatu
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) is now seeking to engage a citizen for
the position of Export Industry Coordinator to progress
development of these IWGs into representative and sustainable industry bodies,
and to assist in relevant activities to assist in export industry growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Providing secretarial support and coordinating capacity building
for the industry groups
- Assisting with development of industry strategies, activity plans
and budgets
- Promoting the coordination role of industry groups to stakeholders
- Facilitate communication and coordination between IWG members,
VCCI and other industry stakeholders, government and development partners
- With reference to national and sectoral policy frameworks and
relevant industry environments provide strategic guidance on development of the
IWGs into sustainable and representative industry bodies
- Identify capacity building needs of the different IWGs and
coordinate technical assistance inputs
- Assist industry groups to progress development of co-financing
arrangements, with private sector, government and relevant development
programmes.
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