[English speaker] Researcher / Senior Officer for Japanese Cooperation Hanoi

• Liaison Role: Serve as a core liaison with the Vietnamese government and state-owned enterprises, ensuring smooth communication and relationship management.
• Client Understanding: Stand at the forefront to understand client organizations' true intentions, sentiments, and backgrounds, providing accurate feedback, advice, and recommendations to the team.
• Information Requests: Respond promptly to information requests from headquarters related to project formation and existing loans, coordinating with local counterparts for accurate data.
• Meeting Coordination: Arrange and coordinate meeting schedules and locations, ensuring all logistical aspects are managed efficiently.
• Communication Preparation: Prepare necessary letters and follow-up communications to maintain clear and effective communication channels.
• Interpretation Services: Provide English-Vietnamese interpretation during meetings, ensuring accurate translation of nuanced meanings and politically correct phrasing when possible.
• High-Level Meeting Coordination: Organize and coordinate high-level meetings between senior management and top Vietnamese government officials (Prime Minister, Ministers, Vice Ministers).
• Information Collection: Collect and analyze daily news and updates from various sources, including open sources and non-public information obtained through personal connections.
• Insightful Reporting: Provide high-value insights on incidents, their backgrounds, and future implications to inform strategic decisions.
• Political Updates: Monitor and report on updates regarding key Vietnamese government officials, including their relocation and changes in stance.
• Regulatory Trends: Track and analyze trends in Vietnamese electricity regulations and international responses, providing detailed reports.
• Research Requests: Respond to research requests from expatriates on various topics such as politics, economy, industry, and energy, ensuring comprehensive and timely responses.
• Administrative Tasks: Prepare and submit regular activity reports, update licenses, and coordinate with private consulting firms for research reports, meeting arrangements, and contract renewals.

• Advanced English Proficiency
• Experience with Vietnamese Government
• Knowledge of politics, electricity, and energy.
• Understanding of Japanese organizational and corporate culture.
• Possess dignity to act for Japan-Vietnam cooperation beyond personal interests, gain trust, and build long-term relationships.
• Professional mindset: Proactively collects, analyzes, and shares information within their area of responsibility.