Capacity Development Manager – Community Аction for HIV Control project

Pact Overview

At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow.  The promise of a healthy life.  Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities.  Now more than ever in its 42 -year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.

Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.

Pact Inc, is implementing a USAID-funded project Community Action for HIV Control. The project goal is to accelerate Ukraine’s efforts to achieve HIV epidemic control by 2030 by improved prevention, testing and linkage to care among key and priority populations.

Position Purpose

The CD Manager will provide technical leadership and oversight of the project’s strategy to strengthen local partners’ management and technical functions through the provision of high-quality, demand-driven support services. The CD Manager will lead the coordination and articulation of CD activities to local partners across a diverse array of geographies and technical areas of focus towards achieving results. The CD Manager will supervise a team with the shared responsibility to facilitate assessments, provide direct support, and coordinate the provision of support to local partners with other Project team.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction in activity planning for all capacity development components under the Project
• Lead the development and implementation of the project’s comprehensive CD strategy to strengthen the organizational and technical capacity of local partners and to enhance a local market of CD service provision among Ukrainian NGOs and CBOs that target key populations. 
• Coordinate the development, implementation, and monitoring of all project activities concerning CD. 
• Lead the technical and contextual adaptation of Pact’s organizational assessment tools and supervise or directly implement baseline and follow-up assessments. 
• Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of Capacity Action Plans (CAPs) for each local partner to ensure achievement of expected outcomes. 
• Ensure high-quality technical programming through participatory methodologies, co-creation, and contextualization, per Pact’s capacity development overarching principles, approaches, and tools. 
• Support the development of materials and processes for specific areas/topics identified as needed for capacity development of local partners, including trainings, mentoring and coaching, partners peer learning and other methodologies
• Conduct periodic review/mapping of the technical and organizational strengths/assets and needs that exist among the partners so that best practices and expertise can be exchanged locally.
• Serve as a liaison between capacity development team and other Project teams to ensure complexity of technical assistance and support, fostering strong collaboration and coordination with the grants management team to integrate CD and subaward monitoring processes and to ensure that capacity development is incorporated into subawards, as appropriate.
• Design strategies and tools to guide project capacity and institution strengthening activities with local partners transitioning to direct USAID funding.
• Lead the design, delivery and monitoring of technical assistance plans to strengthen local partners’ ability to directly support PEPFAR goals as well as receiving direct funding.
• Manage and maintain updated programmatic data in Pact’s Capacity Solutions Platform and the project’s imPact site in close coordination with the MEL Advisor. 
• Support knowledge management, linkages and exchange of learnings and best practices across program activities and project teams. 
• Contribute to the development of annual workplans, performance monitoring and program reporting
• Promote sustainability of project activities with effective networking, coordination, and linkages to other programs, partners and counterparts, capacity building of project staff, and institutional strengthening of implementing partners and community- based organizations.
• Represent the project in technical meetings, conferences, and coordination platforms.
• Supervise and mentor a team of CD Specialists who will share in the responsibility of conducting assessments, creating CAPs, delivering direct support services, and providing ongoing mentorship to local partners. 

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university and 8+ years experience or equitable combination of education and experience, including the management experience
• Master’s degree in a relevant field including organizational development, social or behavioral sciences, education, public administration etc. is preferable
• At least 6 years of experience in civil society strengthening, governance, community mobilization, or other relevant programming.
• Excellent grasp and demonstrated experience in participatory CD methodologies
• Knowledge of NGO landscape in Ukraine, including processes for organizational development, service provision and HIV policy.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Track record of effectively managing a diverse team of employees and partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work in complex environments and work with and between different stakeholders.
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving and consensus building.
• The candidate must be demonstrably proficient in (oral, writing and reading) Ukrainian and English.
• Ability to travel within Ukraine and occasionally internationally, when health and safety situation allows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience overseeing and coordinating with international field offices preferred.
• Experience implementing USG-funded programs in Ukraine.
• Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Ukraine.
• Experience working with community-based organizations and/or key populations in Ukraine

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.

To Apply

Please send your CV and motivation letter to [email protected] with “ComAxn – Capacity Development Manager” in the subject line. Please include at least three contacts of your former supervisors who can provide reference for you. The position is open until filled. Only short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview.