Duty station: Ho Chi Minh City Duration: 2 years contract starting from 15. February 2025Main tasks: • Implementing daily operational aspects of all issues related to technology for textile/leather SMEs• Advising on technology usage to help SMEs achieve business outcomes (reduced costs, efficiency gains) and climate goals (circular economy, energy efficiency, etc.)• Conceptually linking textile/leather technology to energy efficiency, sustainable energy usage, circular economy and other forms of sustainable resource usage• Technical advice and organizational development for the clients (textile/leather SMEs) of the project in the field of digitalization • Designing activities for SME sensitization, SME trainings, Train-The-Trainer, and other forms of technical assistance for textile/leather SMEs• Strategic partnership development in the South of Vietnam on textile/leather and other topics of sustainable economic development• Knowledge management within GIZ Viet Nam, regional GIZ officers, the GIZ headquarters as well as outside the GIZ on the topic of climate-neutral textile/leather technologies• Monitoring and evaluation of activities, specifically for helping SMEs measure energy and resource consumption• Strategic communication to donors, network partners, beneficiaries, and the general public• Procuring and managing contractors to deliver the designed activities• Working closely with finance mangers to handle procurement and invoicing• Ensuring operations planning is on track and managing the project implementation• Communicating closely with our ministry partner to align on activities, timelines, selection criteria• Setting up and managing SME digitalization support programs for textile/leather SMEs• Establishing and promoting regional and German-Vietnamese digital SME networks, exchange with regional networks, organizing and facilitating learning journeys (regionally and internationally) on the topic of technologies for textile/leather SMEs