Local Economic Development Expert, Community-led Inclusive Recovery (CLIR), Strategic Planning Capacity Team at Alinea International

The duration of the contract is six months with a possibility of extensions (subject to approval and implemented deliverables during a previous deployment).

For contracting (after the job offer is made), the selected candidate is expected to be registered as a Private Entrepreneur of the 3d group (consultancy services).

Excellent command of English, both written and speaking skills.

2.       Alinea International accepts electronic submissions only. Interested applicants are asked to submit a CV and cover letter in English by the specified application deadline.

3.       Only successful candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Alinea is an international development consultancy providing technical and management expertise that helps people improve their lives. Alinea works with governments, investors, companies, and communities to create lasting change. Over 37 years, Alinea has successfully delivered more than 1,000 projects worldwide. For more information, please visit Alinea International website.

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SURGe’s Ultimate Outcome is to help the Government of Ukraine (GoU) to deliver governance and economic reforms that better respond to the needs of its citizens. To achieve this, the Project will strategically enhance and strengthen the GoU’s reform management functions, namely its capacity to undertake planning and analysis of reforms that consider citizen impact and to implement these reforms.

SURGe Project is looking for а Local Economic Development Expert who will support CLIR’s pilot communities in conducting needs assessment, analyzing issues and opportunities in economic development, contributing to the development of strategies, recovery plans and initiatives to improve economic development, ensuring it is designed in gender-responsive, citizen-oriented, inclusive, trauma-informed, environmentally sensitive manner, and supporting implementation of initiatives.

·       Advise pilot communities in conducting needs assessments based on developed methodology, and collecting disaggregated data needed for strategic and recovery planning.

·       Raise pilot communities’ capacity to conduct needs assessments, analyze the results and develop planning documents based on needs assessments.

·       Support pilot communities’ sectoral experts in strategic and recovery planning with regard to economic development (general analysis, SWOT, setting outcomes, Activity Plan).

·       Develop community’s economic passport.

·       Mentor pilot communities to develop economic recovery plans and initiatives, support the implementation of developed plans.

·       Advise pilot communities on various ways to foster local economic development (with a special focus on agricultural development).

·       Identify legal gaps in the economic sector at the local level to inform line Ministries.

·       Inform SURGe management and CLIR PMO team on the potential recovery initiatives.

• Maintain effective working relationships with territorial communities, sectoral stakeholders, line Ministry, other technical assistance projects and actors.
• Design selected recovery initiatives and improve capacity of the pilot communities to implement, monitor and report selected recovery initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with the best practices and principles of inclusive development in the field of economic development in the pilot communities.

·       Represent initiative deliverables at sectoral working groups, meetings and other official events.

·       Collaborate with other CLIR experts to achieve initiative’s objectives.

• Contribute to SURGe’s work plans and reports.
• Prepare and draft other documents and activities as requested by SURGe and Government of Ukraine related to CLIR initiative with prior approval by SURGe.
• Apply principles of RBM, GBA+ and environmental sustainability in preparation of the deliverables.
• As agreed with SURGe, ensure visibility of the Government of Canada support to this initiative in conferences, meetings, seminars, working groups, interaction with public authorities, non-governmental organizations, and other international technical assistance projects.

·       5+ years of professional experience in local economic development.

·       Understanding of tools and approaches to the local economic development.

·       Impeccable understanding of the economic situation in small communities and ability to identify opportunities.

·       Knowledge of the government policy making cycle and national reform agenda, local self-government, emergency response and reconstruction.

·       Experience in the advisory to the local self-government bodies of Ukraine is highly desirable.

·       Experience in facilitation and development of written materials.

Other experience and skills:

·       Results driven highly motivated expert with sound judgement and maturity.

·       Strong ethics, well-balanced and mature personality, positive attitude to the job.

·       Strong organizational skills, ability to work under tight deadlines.