I. Major Function
The Project Manager will lead the overall implementation of the Sustainable Production project “Catalysing Sustainable Water and Energy Management in Food and Beverage Industries in the Ayeyarwady River Basin”, which aims to demonstrate and scale up green investments in energy efficiency and waste water treatment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the F&B Sector.

The overall objective of the project is: “Cleaner production in the Myanmar F&B sector is promoted, improving the sector’s environmental performance and contributing to a ‘green economy’”.
In order to achieve this, the specific objective is: “As a result of policies, business support structures, increased capacity and improved access to finance, SMEs in the F&B sector in Myanmar are enabled to adopt sustainable energy and water management practices by 2021”.

Major Responsibilities
1. Overall project Management: Responsible for the management and implementation of Sustainable Production project and contribute to WWF Myanmar’s conservation targets on energy and freshwater. The key responsibilities include:
Managerial Responsibilities:
a. Working closely with project partners –MFPEA, SBFIC and WWF Germany - to develop and implement an annual work plan, budget plan and timelines
b. Stengthening relations/cooperation with key ministeries and administrative bodies and developing and implementing annual workplan and budget for policy and monitoring component of the project
c. Working with project partners and collaborators to develop a mechanism to unlock local and international capital in energy efficiency and water stewardship
d. Developing and managing a high performance project team of total five members, assigning roles and responsibilities and ensuring high quality outputs and outcomes
e. Leveraging strategic communication tools to enhance the impact of the project, its visibility and promote sharing of knowledge within Myanmar and outside in line with the communication guidelines of EU Switch Asia Network Facility
f. Organising and conducting workshops, study tours, trainings, experiments and site assessments with the SMEs, experts and associated partners as part of the activities of the project
g. Drawing on synergies and cooperations with existing projects from other donors on sustainable production and innovative green financing mechanism
h. Ensuring highest quality and timely monitoring and reporting to WWF Germany and EU delegation in Myanmar
i. Ensuring close exchange with WWF Germany on strategic decisions, planning and management as well as technical support
j. Convening semi-annual project steering group meeting and provide update on the progress of the project
k. Managing overall project activities, human resources and budget/administrative related issues in compliance with EU and WWF standards


Technical responsibilities:
l. Understanding the industrial level energy and water related issues in the country in terms of potentials and barriers of the industries to invest in green technologies
m. Understanding development work, project’s theory of change and developing simple communication tools and documents on why environmental conservation is critically important and beneficial to industries and other stakeholders
n. Communicating value proposition and building trust with key stakeholders. The stakeholders include, but are not limited to, government, MFPEA, banks, communities, universities, investment funds, and CSOs
o. Supporting the ministries in strengthening their capabilities and providing them tools and methods to incentivize and monitor waste water and energy efficiency in industry
p. Initiating a public-private dialoge with key stakeholders to agree on policy changes, timelines, support mechanism and roles and responsibilities for a more sustainable industrial sector

III. Requirements

Education and Experience
• Bachelor and/or Master degree in economics, business, finance, engineering, environmental management, sustainable production or related field
• 5 years of extensive practical experience in managing and implementing projects in development cooperation in the fields of private sector/ SME development, corporate environmental management, natural resource management, sustainable finance, energy management, freshwater management/waste water treatment, or related area, out of which 2 years should be related to sustainable production, preferably in SMEs
• Proven experiences in project management, including technical and financial management
• Experiences in leadership position & staff management
• Experience in facilitating public-private dialogue and developing a shared understanding, strategies and action plan
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Knowledge of Myanmar language is desirable. This position is open to both Myanmar and International applicants
• Proven experience of working in Myanmar or South East Asia
• Experience in Managing EU funded projects will be a distint advantage

General Skill
• People management, coaching and capacity building/development
• Presentation and communications
• Planning and organisation
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Financial management
• Strategic thinking, decision making, report writing
• Problem solving and management of conflict, risk, and crisis
• Monitoring and evaluation