Senior Water Governance Specialist

Alluvium International

Mekong Countries

๐—”๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
We are looking for a ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ to lead our work in the Lower Mekong Basin.

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
The role will lead water policy and strategy engagement with Government and private sector clients, deliver technical advice, and oversee project delivery of our water management-related projects across the Lower Mekong Basin and more broadly across Southeast Asia.

๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
We are looking for someone who:
๐Ÿ”ธPhD or Masterโ€™s Degree in relevant field
๐Ÿ”ธMinimum 10 yearsโ€™ of relevant professional experience in one of the following: hydrology, climate change (water focus), river basin planning and governance or environmental engineering.
๐Ÿ”ธDemonstrated experience advising government counterparts on water policy, river basin planning, or transboundary water governance in at least one Lower Mekong Basin country.
๐Ÿ”ธTrack record of translating technical evidence into policy reform, regulatory instruments, or institutional strengthening.
๐Ÿ”ธProven ability to lead proposals and convert relationships into a pipeline of work; including bid strategy, partner negotiation, and technical writing under tight timelines.
๐Ÿ”ธHigh-quality written and spoken English suitable for ministerial briefings, donor reports, and board-level audiences, with confidence representing the firm at regional fora and to mixed government, donor, private sector, and community audiences.
๐Ÿ”ธFluency in one of the following languages: Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, or Thai.
๐Ÿ”ธEstablished relationships with water sector decision-makers in at least one Lower Mekong Basin country, including line ministries, basin organisations, or development partners.
๐—›๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ต ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (cities such as Hanoi, Bangkok, Vientiane and Phnom Penh will be considered for excellent candidates).

๐Ÿ“ง To apply for this role, email your CV and a cover letter (maximum two pages, outlining why you are good fit for this role) to phuongtt@alluvium.com by ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.
๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

If youโ€™d like to discuss the role before applying, please email Simon Tilleard at simon.tilleard@alluvium.com

8 days remaining

Apply by 12 June, 2026

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IHE Delft - MSc in Water and Sustainable Development