Deputy Head of Regional Operations Unit at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the programme “Support to the Decentralisation Reform in Ukraine / U-LEAD with Europe” to fill the position:

Deputy Head of Regional Operations Unit (full-time, Kyiv or any other oblast center under GCA)

(internal SAP code: Project Manager)

In the last few years, Ukraine has developed and adopted various laws in favour of an ambitious decentralisation reform, which reshapes the relations between the national, regional and local levels and builds institutional capacity. The current Russian invasion has caused injuries and loss of life, and the widespread damage to housing and critical civilian infrastructure, there has been huge displacement of people. This has demanded an immediate response in emergency relief, and created a massive recovery and reconstruction challenge, in which the EU and its Member States play major roles in partnership with Ukraine, including through U-LEAD with Europe. The effects of the war will be felt for many years to come, as municipalities have to undertake massive efforts to recover, reconstruct and regenerate their communities.

To strengthen local self-government also during wartimes, U-LEAD (Ukraine-Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development) with Europe is a programme which is conducted as a multi-donor action by the EU and its member states Germany, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Slovenia to support the Ukrainian government in the implementation of the decentralisation reform.

Key responsibilities:

• Guiding and ensuring the sound strategic, operational, managerial, monitoring and reporting processes of the Regional Offices (RO) which are under the supervision of the position holder;
• Ensuring the application of GIZ standards and rules in all processes within the ROs under the supervision;
• Ensuring a good communication and information flow with all stakeholders (ROs, institutions, political partners, implementation partners and within the GIZ team) and supporting them;
• Manages staff including also Heads of 6 Regional Offices (RO) under the supervision of the position holder: Dnipropetrovsk RO, Zaporizhzhia RO, Kirovograd RO, Mykolayiv RO, Kherson RO, Odesa RO;
• Supports supervized Heads of Regional Offices in the RO staff related leadership decisions, which include recruitment, dismissal, MAG, onboarding of new staff, development of individual team members, resolution of arising conflicts;
• Supports Regional Offices and task forces managed by the staff of ROs under supervision in operations planning, implementation and reporting processes, ensures quality of monthly activity planning and its implementation;
• Provides professional and managerial advice according to GIZ values, standards and rules to the Ros;
• Supports Heads of Regional Offices in ensuring the application of GIZ standards and rules in all procedures (procurement, contracts, financial management, communications and visibility, integrity, monitoring, reporting, HR, filing of documents in DMS, U-DATA, PR & Communication, etc.);
• Ensures result-oriented monitoring, evaluation and reporting in the Regional Offices under the supervision;
• Communicates and cooperates effectively with the colleagues in the Regional Offices, the U-LEAD team, other GIZ projects, other stakeholders in Ukraine;
• Supports international and local short-term experts during visits/missions to the ROs, provides short reports;
• Supports communication and visibility activities of U-LEAD with Europe;
• Represents the Programme to all relevant stakeholders according to the GIZ and U-LEAD Rules of communication. Participates at the meetings on behalf of the Programme;
• Communicates and reports regularly to the Head of Unit.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Master’s degree in the fields Business Administration, Public Administration or other relevant fields;
• At least 3 years of managing and coordinating teams;
• Experience in the area of project management and international assistance projects;
• Experience in administration at municipal or regional level is an asset;
• Strong leadership skills;
• Excellent project management skills;
• Strong communication, cooperation and negotiation skills;
• Sound knowledge of decentralisation reform;
• Dedicated to perform as a member of the U-LEAD team;
• Willingness to enhance own skills as required by the dynamics of tasks to be performed;
• Good knowledge of MS-Office;
• Very good language skills in English and Ukrainian. German is an asset;
• Availability for frequent travel within the assigned area.

We offer:

• Official employment;
• Salary fixed in EUR, performance-related bonuses and 13th salary;
• Medical insurance, 29 vacation days annually;
• Language classes, hard and soft skills trainings;
• Individual and group psychological support;
• Possible remote and flexible work;
• Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions:

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Place of assignment is Kyiv or any other oblast center under GCA.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application:

Application comprising of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent until  16 May, 2023, Tuesday.

By sending the application the candidate gives the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process. The shortlisted candidates may be offered the task to complete to check the level of their proficiency and written English.

2023-05-02T07:49:50.000 2023-06-02T23:59:59.000 Full time / Повна зайнятість TELECOMMUTE Україна Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH