Project Manager, Local Governance and Civil Society

General assignment description

Dear candidate if you are looking for a job that besides other benefits allows you to have positive impact on other people's lives and you would like to join friendly, creative and highly professional international team, this vacancy is just for you. Core values for us are responsibility; impact; enterprising-spirit and inspiration. If you're sharing these and is compliant with requirements send us your CV!

Under the AGORA program, ACTED and IMPACT will be supporting local authorities in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia in developing local development strategies using robust evidence. The liaison and mobilization manager will oversee engagement with regional and sub-regional authorities and civil society organizations in both the assessment and planning activities of the project.

Under the supervision of the IMPACT Assessment Manager and the ACTED Country Program Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for identifying and engaging with a variety of state and non-state stakeholders, managing productive partnerships, and providing quality technical assistance for supporting local development planning. The manager will oversee a team of two liaison and mobilization officers and one assistant and will be responsible for reporting and engagement activities of the project.

REMUNERATION 33425 UAH before taxation

FUNCTIONS

Management of the Liaison and Mobilization Team

• Develop and monitor team workplans
• Manage staff workload and deliverables
• Lead the design and implementation of technical assistance activities on supporting the stakeholders in local development planning
• Ensure timely appraisal of staff under direct supervision
• Ensure timely reporting of team activities and outputs
• Provide monthly inputs into project management tools (project monitoring framework, weekly coordination meetings) and project reporting processes
• Manage a partner engagement tracking tool

Stakeholder mapping and identification

• Lead a mapping of local, regional and CSO stakeholders in target oblasts
• Identify suitable engagement strategies
• Lead engagement of priority stakeholders
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive partner engagement database

Stakeholder and Partner Engagement

• Act as main focal point for local partners on AGORA projects
• Introduce IMPACT and ACTED projects to all relevant local stakeholders
• Lead the planning and organization of engagement meetings
• Prepare relevant program presentations
• Brief relevant ACTED and IMPACT team members on outcome of key meetings

External Relations

• Present finding of AGORA assessments to local stakeholders
• Represent AGORA at local level coordination forum

REQUIREMENTS

Education

• University level education in social sciences, political sciences, research or relevant field

Technical requirements

• At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in the humanitarian and development sector
• Previous experience in working with local authorities and NGOs
• Excellent understanding of decentralization and Ukrainian government structures
• Excellent reporting skills
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office suite especially Excel and Power point skills
• Excellent synthesizing and presentation skills
• Understanding of basic research methods
• Previous experience in managing complex professional relationships
• Excellent English, Russian and Ukrainian reporting writing skills
• Prior professional experience in eastern Ukraine

Additional capacities

• Proactive and problem solving personality
• High attention to detail
• Ability to manage and prioritise conflicting priorities
• Motivation and ability to independently grow professional capacities through self-training
• Ability to think outside the box

Conditions

• Official employment according to Ukrainian legislation;
• Competitive official salary defined by the ACTED salary grid;
• Regular performance evaluation and salary increase;
• 24 working days of paid vacation per year;
• Friendly international team of professionals;
• Cosy office in the central part of the city;
• Flexible working hours;
• Career development possibilities;
• Medical insurance in 6 month of work with ACTED.

Applications only in English should be submitted with the title or reference of the position (CV without mentioned position will not be considered) till 22 September 2020. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. ACTED and REACH is an equal opportunity employers.