Principal Social Impact Consultant

**Posting Date**:25 Aug 2025

**City**:Ho Chi Minh

**Location**:Ho Chi Minh, VN, 70000

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Division**:Sustainability and Business Innovation

**Level of experience**:Senior
- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Principal Social Impact Consultant** to join its office in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam within the **Sustainability and Business Innovation** Division.

**Mission**
- The Principal Social Consultant focuses on leading and overseeing comprehensive social impact assessments, developing robust social management plans, and fostering meaningful stakeholder engagement processes with a focus on complex projects.**Key Accountabilities**
- Lead Social Impact Assessments and Stakeholder Engagement Processes:

- Spearhead the design and execution of comprehensive social impact assessments (e.g. human rights impact assessment, supply chain assessment) to evaluate project effects on communities, cultures, and stakeholders.
- Facilitate inclusive and participatory stakeholder engagement initiatives to gather diverse perspectives, address concerns, and promote transparency.

Develop Comprehensive Social Management Plans:

- Oversee the development of robust social management plans (e.g. social impacts management plans), emphasizing social inclusion, community participation, and sustainable practices.
- Incorporate advanced mitigation measures and enhancement strategies to proactively address social impacts and optimize project outcomes.

Collaborate with Communities and Stakeholders:

- Forge and maintain strong partnerships with communities, local authorities, NGOs, and stakeholders to build trust and address social concerns collaboratively.
- Lead joint efforts to identify and implement context-specific measures that mitigate social risks and enhance project benefits.

Ensure Compliance with International Standards:

- Ensure the delivery of social consultancy services aligns with the highest international standards, regulations, and best practices.
- Provide expert guidance and strategic advice to clients on navigating complex environmental and social requirements throughout project lifecycles.

Support Proposal Preparation and Client Liaison:

- Drive the development of project proposals by leveraging advanced expertise in social and environmental standards, methodologies, and compliance.
- Cultivate and nurture client relationships by understanding their environmental and social sustainability objectives, offering tailored solutions and support.

Conduct Site Visits and Documentation Review:

- Undertake international travel to project sites for comprehensive on-site assessments, documentation review, and monitoring of environmental, health, safety, and social aspects.
- Effectively document findings, observations, and recommendations to inform decision-making processes and ensure compliance with standards.

Provide Strategic Direction in Project Management Tasks:

- Collaborate closely with project managers to monitor budgets, schedules, and deliverables related to environmental and social aspects, offering senior-level oversight and guidance.
- Champion the integration of environmental and social considerations into project planning and execution, contributing to the success of cross-functional teams.

**Education**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology or Science Other**Qualifications**
- 15+ years experience: Demonstrated expertise in leading social impact assessments and stakeholder engagement processes for complex projects, showcasing a track record of designing, executing, and managing comprehensive assessments and initiatives.
- In-depth understanding of international standards, regulations, and best practices related to social impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable development, with the ability to ensure compliance throughout project lifecycles.
- In-depth knowledge of international standards such as IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles, and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- At least 15 years’ work experience as well as prior 10+ years consulting experience.

**Competencies**
- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
- BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
- PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
- PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
- THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the fut