Project Officer (Must Have A Legal Background)

Reporting to: Project Manager, Executive Director.
Supervising: Project Assistant.
**Job Summary: The Project Officer performs both operational and research tasks related to organizing events and partnership coordination, attending matchmaking events, in-house research for publications, marketing and developing training materials.
**Key Working Relationships:
- Internal: the project team at EuroCham Vietnam and coordination with consortium members
- External: European companies in South-East Asia, the European Delegation to Vietnam, EuroCham’s partners in South-East Asia, IP lawyers in the Helpdesk’s expert network, goods and services suppliers
**Main Duties and Key Performance Indicators:
1. Represent the project during events, trade fairs and match-making events in Hanoi and/or HCMC and occasionally in other cities of Southeast Asia to strengthen the visibility activities of the project and distributing promotion materials;
2. Attend matchmaking events e.g. international trade fairs and proactively approach European exhibitors to generate IPR questions.
3. Support in organizing training events, securing experts and arranging logistics in partnership with the intermediary network;
4. Manage the database of enquiries regarding IP in South-East Asia from EU SMEs or intermediary organizations; produce reports and statistics on different aspects of enquiries;
5. Support the project’s IP Business Advisor in the production of training materials and publications by conducting initial research, creating first draft and providing further content and design input;
6. Attend meetings and conferences concerning IP in Vietnam and support in monitoring changes in regulations and IP landscape in Vietnam;
7. The candidate will be required to travel nationally and internationally;
8. The candidate will be required to network with the European business community on a regular basis.
9. Other tasks as assigned.
**Location: Candidates based in Hanoi or HCMC can apply.
**Type of Contract
- 2-year fixed term contract (with possible extension) upon successful completion of a 2-month probation period;
- Expected start date: as soon as possible