Chemonics International Inc. шукає Community Development Consultant

The United States Agency for International Development in Ukraine (USAID/Ukraine) has awarded Chemonics International a contract (USAID Democratic Governance East Activity) to support USAID/Ukraine’s objectives of promoting inclusive civic identity, common civic values, and a unified Ukraine by addressing the divisive impacts of Russia’s aggression, cases of far-right Ukrainian nationalism, and the consequences of ongoing armed conflict through increased citizen participation, improved service delivery and more responsive governance. The Ukraine Democratic Governance East Activity’s (DG East) purpose is to “to strengthen the connection and trust between citizens and their government in Eastern Ukraine” and methodology is to (1) [develop] greater acceptance of a shared civic culture based on common values and understandings, and (2) increase participation to improve Ukraine’s governance and reform processes and help to resolve community problems. Activities across the two objectives will be implemented across four project offices: Kyiv, Kramatorsk, Severodonetsk and Mariupol. 

The overall goal of this assignment is to support advocacy capacities and cooperation mechanisms between Public Councils (PC) and respective LGEs. The Community Development Consultant, under the guidance of the Lead Community Development Consultant, will assist Public Councils (PCs) to increase interest and participation of citizens in Public Councils, as well as promote accountability of Public Councils to citizens.

Title: Community Development Consultant

Length of Assignment: Short-term

Estimated LOE: 80 LOE

Assignment Location: Kramatorsk, Druzkovka, Bahmut, Pokrovsk, Sloviansk (Donetsk Oblasts) and  Severodonetsk, Kriminna, Rubizhne, Popasna (Luhansk Oblast) 

Dates: o/a April 02, 2021 through December 31, 2021

Detailed responsibilities:

• Under guidance from the Lead community development consultant, participate in conducting a workshop (up to 20 participants) on PC needs assessment and analysis;
• With guidance from the Lead community development consultant, participate in conducting meetings and interviews with PCs, LGEs, and stakeholders (including opposition party members and young people);
• Conduct interviews in each community with the relevant stakeholders identified including municipality staff that work routinely with public councils, the Chairmen of the public councils, member groups within the public councils, and (if applicable) parties in opposition to the public council;
• With guidance from the Lead community development consultant, consolidate input received from meetings and interviews in a mission report;
• Develop training modules with a strategic focus on advocacy campaign development and implementation and policy paper development;
• With guidance from the Lead Community Development Consultant, participate in delivering two (2) three-day long training courses for members of the Public Councils and municipal servants; each training will include up to 20 participants;
• Provide support to the Lead Community Development Consultant on working closely with PCs during one-on-one follow up consultations and providing legal support from experts to organize the work of the PC;
• Provide support to the Lead Community Development Consultant technical assistance (consultations) in implementing citizen and public councils advocacy campaigns with a real time influence on local policy;
• In cooperation with the Lead Community Development Consultant, deliver at least two (2) in-country Study Tours for up to 15 representatives from PCs to learn the best practices;
• In cooperation with the Lead Community Development Consultant, conduct training session in volunteer management (implementing an event / initiative in communities with the involvement of volunteers) – this can be done together with Youth Councils;
• In cooperation with the Lead Community Development Consultant, deliver one two-day Hakathon “It’s cool to be active” for up to 20 participants;
• Provide technical assistance (consultations) in implementation of advocacy campaign by active citizen groups;
• In cooperation with the Lead Community Development Consultant, design guidelines for drafting policy papers by members of PCs;
• In cooperation with the Short-term consultant on Strengthening Public Council Capacity, deliver training in PR-management and graphic design for public council centers. During this 2-day training for up to 15 representatives of 3 centers of the local Public Councils functioning in three partner municipalities, participants will learn about public relations and communication methods, including topics of successful messages for youth and members of public council and communication channels and design approaches, as well as how to attract stakeholders to work with public council topics. The participants will be given homework assignments to develop communications campaigns, including key messaging, for their respective centers of the local Public Councils;
• Submit the results of implemented advocacy campaign to the Local Government bodies for further consideration and implementation;
• In cooperation with the Short-term consultant on Strengthening Public Council Capacity deliver 1 Forum (1.5 days) for 50 participants to promote dialogue between PCs and LGEs. The forum is a great chance for young people to express their thoughts about their future through photos. They can share their thoughts about challenges and threats they are worried about;
• Develop strategies (Advocacy plans) to influence solution to members and citizens local problems;
• In cooperation with the Lead Community Development Consultant, develop a policy paper in each Public council which would include citizens input.

Requirements:

• Degree in Public Business Administration, Economics, International Relations of other relevant field;
• Demonstrated professional experience in working with representatives of PCs, local government and governance focused projects;
• Demonstrated professional experience in the field of citizen participation Donbas region;
• Understanding of the political context in the East Ukraine;
• Demonstrated professional experience as a trainer;
• Proven experience with municipal/local budget systems and action plans per target areas to address problems of citizens in the partner cities, etc.;
• Proven experience in drafting manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support PCs at the municipal level;
• Capacity to prepare professional presentations, information materials, and serve as a speaker/lecturer/trainer;
• Experience working in large capacity-building programs funded by international donors;
• Fluency in Ukrainian, additional knowledge of English and Russian will be an advantage;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc).
• in developing strategies for addressing issues through PCs.;
• Understanding of the regional context preferably earlier experience working in Ukraine or in

 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to [email protected] with the subject line: “CDC” by 18:00 on Monday, April 05, 2021. No telephone inquiries, please. Only selected candidates will be contacted and shortlisted for an interview.

  “Chemonics 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.”