Hril Siu

Experience

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  Handspan Indochina Travel

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2010

  English speaking Tour guide/coordinator
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  Choice Translating, Inc.

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2021

  English - Jarai Translator

  Freelance translation from indigenous languages: English - Jrai

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  CAPRA International Inc.

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  English - Jrai Interpreter/ Research Assistant

  Work as an interpreter from Jrai to English/research assistant to assist in conducting an evaluation project, which aims to evaluate Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education of UNICEF in Gia Lai province, Central Highlands of Viet Nam.

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  The third Rock Development

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  Expert/Consultant on Culture-Based Tourism and Ethnic Minorities

  Joined team members work with this project are professor, and associate professor from Univerity of Clemson, and University of Hawai’i at Manoa, United States for international consultant in the field of community tourism and nature conversation.

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  Dalattourist,

  Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

  Deputy Manager of Operation Department & Travel, Service Center

  Management of Adventure Parks (Datanla High Rope Course, and Dalat Cayon Tours), Tour Operation and Services Department, as well as design some tourism products such as trekking tours, camping, and local street food tours.

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  Plei Jrai

  Oct 2016 - Jul 2019

  Founder

  Based on my community development and culture preservation projects of Jrai, I have developed community based enterprises in the traditional wood carving, bamboo wind chines, weaving, and music based on my Jrai community assets. I am working with local musians, artisans and young Jrai workers to find good outcomes of our products in order to manage our preservation works in a sustainable way!Collecting and publishing two Jrai Epic (Sử thi) volumes. Record oral Jrai folk epics (Sử Thi) from local elder artists, transcribe into written Jrai language, translate into Vietnamese, edit both language versions, and publish 2 Jrai Epic volumes (bilingual) to preserve traditional Jrai folk epics and disseminate among the population, schools, and research institutions. Scheduling visits to local boarding schools in the province to introduce and distribute these Jrai Epic (Sử Thi) collections. Organizing meetings to present the Jrai Epic publication. Show less

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  Franfurt Zoological Society in Vietnam

  Sept 2018 - Nov 2018

  Expert/Consultant on Community-Based Tourism and Culture Preservation

  Pre-training of some tourism services for some households at the village. Ideas to set up cooking class for local households at the village, which their local specialty traditional food, and drink. Helping and support households for sanitation issues in the village such as consulate to fix and improve bathroom for homestay owner. Consulting with events management and planning; environmental stewardship (for village children and youth), and English phrases.

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  The Civil Peace Service of the der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  Consultant on Social dimension in sustainable green growth in Vietnam

  Consultancy on the project “Social dimension in sustainable green growth in Vietnam” , which case study in the livelihood improvement for ethnic minorities/ women (Rahđê, Jrai, and Bahnar) based on the traditional handicrafts and rural/cultural tourism in Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Kon Tum provinces of Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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  The Blue Circle Pte Ltd

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  - Support the Project Development Manager, and Director in their daily tasks and Team Management- Research and gather information from Government policies on wind projects- Negotiate and execute land rights agreements with landowners and with authorities- Obtain necessary provincial and municipal government approvals (permits and community impact assessments)- Coordinate environmental assessment reporting- Maintain databases of stakeholder and supplier information- Foster and maintain positive relationships with local community (head and chief of villages) and other project stakeholders- Negotiate and execute land rights agreements with landowners and with authorities- General tracking of other project developments, construction and operations in the market Show less

  • Deputy Project Development Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Consultant/expert on Culture Heritage, Community impact assessment

    Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
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  Levanta Renewables

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2021

  Land Acquisition Manager

  • Primary responsibility to manage land acquisition process for the Kon Plong wind power project• Secondary responsibility to manage ESG tasks over multiple projects• Collaborate closely with project finance and project execution teams

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  Alboum Translation Services

  Dec 2021 - now

  English - Jarai Translator/interpreter

  Freelance translation from indigenous languages: English - Jrai

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  Levanta Renewables

  Mar 2022 - Apr 2023

  Project Development Manager
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  British Council

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  Project Consultant

  Play as project advisor for the project activities on Community Living Cultural Heritage Challenge in Gia Lai

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  Lobo Workplace Solutions, Inc.

  Dec 2022 - now

  English - Jarai Interpreter
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  KisStartup

  Jul 2023 - Jun 2024

  Project Manager

  Primary responsibility to manage project “Vietnam-Canda Impact Tech and Investment Exchange Forum” of UNDP Vietnam, Embassy of Canada in Vietnam, and SME Tra Vinh.