Administrative Services consultant for USAID DOBRE program / Консультант/ка з надання адміністративних послуг в програму USAID DOBRE

Global Communities is seeking qualified consultant for USAID-funded Decentralization Offering Better Results and Efficiency Program (DOBRE):

POSITION:                                                  Administrative Services Consultant for DOBRE partner CCs

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:               October- December 2022

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:                 DOBRE partner CCs in 10 oblasts

LOE (Level of Effort) DAYS:                     20 working days

OBJECTIVE:

Decentralization Offering Better Results and Efficiency (DOBRE) Program is a program implemented by the international organization Global Communities and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Program is working to enhance good local governance and create improved conditions for the development of consolidated communities (CCs), increase citizen engagement in decision-making, and ensure accountability and transparency in public administration.

The USAID DOBRE Program is working closely with 100 CCs in 10 Oblasts of Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia.

Since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada and the government approved many changes related to administrative services. Also, many territorial communities were unable to provide administrative services due to the lack of access to state registries and needed to provide a lot of unusual for them administrative services like registration of IDPs, accounting of destroyed and damaged infrastructure, and social services for IDPs and conflict-affected populations. 

Administrative Services Consultant will develop a brief written recommendation for communities on the most urgent and sensitive issues of administrative services provision and conduct a series of online trainings for DOBRE partner communities.

The Consultant will work closely with Service Delivery Team and municipal authorities. 

The range of activity embraces: 

Task 1. Develop brief written recommendations and training materials, and conduct webinars for CCs on the following topics: 

• Updates in legislation and provision of administrative services under martial law 
• Challenges and solutions to provide administrative services for IDPs 
• Registration of a place of residence: challenges and solutions under martial low. 
• Provision of social administrative services under martial law. 
• Access to state registries and data security issues under martial law. 

The list of topics can be modified in cases of changes in the current situation, changes in legislation, or the identification of additional needs of communities. The assigned DOBRE representatives should approve such modifications. 

Estimated LOE for Task 1 – 20 days

Total LoE                                                                                                                   20 working days

Deliverables

1. Developed written one-pagers on the approved topics. 
2. Developed PowerPoint presentation on the approved topics. 
3. Conducted five webinars on the approved topics.  

Interested candidates are asked to submit their CVs and  Cover Letters to [email protected] by COB October 20, 2o22 indicating position title in the subject line.