Project Manager (North Vietnam)

PAID OPPORTUNITY (part-time/full-time)

Start Date - ASAP

What is the Lotus Project?

The Lotus Project is a research organization operating in Vietnam created to alleviate poverty and set the foundation of economic development in rural areas. The organization researches and implements renewable energy solutions within ethnic minority groups, while alleviating poverty by catalyzing economic development in the more remote unattended regions.

How can you help?

  • Manage the execution of 2 pilot projects on the ground

  • Liaise with local stakeholders (communities, villagers, local government, suppliers, contractors, partners, legal, etc.) to execute the project development plan and implementation of 2 solar micro-grid systems

  • Manage/delegate tasks among stakeholders

  • Monitor progress

Required attributes and skills

  • Ability to initiate, build, and maintain sustainable key stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally

  • Experience with cross-team project management, including budgeting, managing timelines, and working with external partners

  • Experience with operational programme delivery/management in an NGO or in the energy industry setting

  • Located in North Vietnam, in proximity to the project sites

Benefits

  • Exciting and challenging experience

  • Develop research and technical skills

  • Gain insight and awareness of renewable energy solutions in unattended regions

  • You will learn not only to increase your cross-cultural understanding by getting an idea of the day-to-day reality and living standards of the people in remote areas but more importantly you will evolve your self-reliance skills and gain experience in a professional setting.

About the team

We are an interdisciplinary and international team with engineering, politics, math, physics, finance and economics backgrounds. We all share a passion to help those less fortunate and to expand the research and use of renewable energies within developing countries. Our aim is to develop a replicable community-based framework for remote village in rapidly developing countries.