Фахівець/чиня відділу із підзвітності громад

Будь ласка, надсилайте свої резюме: Community Accountability Officer (BLOOM) (Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipro) | Mercy Corps Ukraine

About Mercy Corps:

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.  

Now, and for the future. 

The Program:

Enhancing resilience is at the heart of what Mercy Corps does and how we work. Mercy Corps strengthens sources of resilience to enhance the capacities of people, markets, and institutions to handle shocks, reduce risk, build more equitable and responsive systems, and improve well-being. Through our programs, partnerships, and influence, we support communities to cope, adapt, and ultimately thrive.

The 3-year FCDO-funded Building Livelihoods and Opportunities for Optimised Markets (BLOOM) program aims to provide resilience support (farm & off-farm) to improve the food security and self-reliance of vulnerable, war-affected households and communities by protecting and restoring their food production and livelihoods. BLOOM will address immediate livelihood needs and market barriers in conflict-affected oblasts utilising a push-pull approach: Track 1 provides direct support (push) where needed, while Track 2 supports and strengthens the market systems Ukrainians rely on most both in and out of crisis (pull). Track 1 strengthens the resilience of vulnerable populations, helping them cope and adapt within ongoing crisis. This includes farm and off-farm cash grants, capacity strengthening, and protection services. These efforts, delivered in partnership with local actors, promote equity by enabling vulnerable households to transition from meeting immediate needs to economic self-reliance. Track 2 complements Track 1 with “pull” mechanisms to improve quality and responsiveness of the social and economic systems communities rely on. A Market Systems Diagnostic will identify systemic barriers that hinder micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises’ (MSME) resilience and growth. The program’s Growth and Resilience Opportunity Facility (GRO Facility) will offer a suite of customised support for local actors, including a Challenge Fund, to pilot inclusive business models and catalyse local investment. By integrating real-time learning from Track 1, the Diagnostic will inform evidence-based, targeted solutions to meet Ukraine’s evolving recovery needs.

The Department Summary:

Notably, nearly all our programming is delivered in partnership with local and national civil society organizations matching humanitarian action and resilience programing with capacity strengthening and a real commitment to localization.

Community Accountability Reporting Mechanism (CARM):

As an organization, Mercy Corps is committed to accountability to all our stakeholders, to the resources that are entrusted to us, and especially to the people we serve. Mercy Corps takes a participatory approach in engaging with local communities throughout the program design and implementation processes. 

Mercy Corps takes a participatory approach in engaging with local partners and communities throughout the program design and implementation processes. The Community Accountability Reporting Mechanism (CARM) is an essential part of Mercy Corps’ commitment to be accountable to affected populations, to program quality, to integrity, and to enable communities to provide feedback and continuously influence and shape programs. Further, it is a mechanism for the prevention of corruption, fraud, sexual exploitation, and abuse. Mercy Corps’ CARM in Ukraine consists of multiple two-way channels and a database system to manage feedback. CARM provides individuals, partner organizations, local groups, and other stakeholders with a way of raising questions, ideas, suggestions, and complaints with Mercy Corps – while also remaining safe and secure and receiving a timely response from our organization.

General Position Summary:

The Community Accountability Officer is an important team member who is responsible for ensuring adherence to Mercy Corps CARM minimum standards for the BLOOM program (Resilience portfolio), including both Mercy Corps and Partners, support implementing partners in addressing complex feedback cases, coordinating with the program team and Partners (including both Consortium organizations and local partners), and preparing relevant monthly reports. Additionally, the Community Accountability Officer represents CARM during program progress reviews and other meetings.

To ensure Mercy Corps CARM (Community Accountability Reporting Mechanism) standards are met, the Community Accountability Officer will support partners in implementing and enhancing their community feedback systems. If partners lack their own systems, they will use Mercy Corps’ CARM system, with the Officer ensuring that partners promote and advertise Mercy Corps CARM channels. All incoming feedback will be managed by Mercy Corps Community Accountability Officers according to the established standard operating procedures. In situations where the partner is developing their own community accountability reporting mechanism, the Community Accountability Officer will assist in capacity strengthening activities with those partners, including training and mentoring, while coordinating with Mercy Corps’ Community Accountability Manager and Program Officers in these duties.

Essential Responsibilities

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
• Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options.

Planning & Implementation

• Manage the efficiency of the CARM mechanism: ensure that context appropriate feedback channels are selected and incorporated into the BLOOM program activities.
• Coordinate community discussions to determine which feedback channels are appropriate and to ensure that feedback channels are accessible, known, and trusted by the community.
• Coordinate the implementation of CARM setup in all program activities: ensure CARM is included in program planning; draft and maintain CARM workplan for the program.
• Work with partners to enhance and/or establish their own CARM mechanisms.
• Develop and ensure the distribution of awareness raising materials and delivery of key messages that inform community members on how to use CARM across all field locations.
• Continuously monitor, review and update program CARM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with the program team.
• Prepare CARM reporting to identify trends in feedback/complaints and develop ways of working with the program teams that promote the use of feedback to inform continuous adjustments and adaptations to programming.

Monitoring & Adaption

• Monitor intervention sites, with help from program staff, to ensure that feedback channels are functioning, and learning and improvement opportunities are identified and implemented.
• Review dashboard reports with the Community Accountability Manager, on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) data related to CARM to identify trends in feedback and complaints, which can then be presented to the program team to facilitate adjustments and adaptations to programming.
• Develop, implement, and monitor action plans to improve CARM utilization and effectiveness – such as plans to remove barriers preventing participation by marginalized groups and ways to reduce average case closure times.

Team Management

• Promote accountability, communicate expectations and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one-on-ones and performance reviews.
• Assist CARM team members with information, tools, and resources to improve performance and reach objectives.

Capacity Development/Sharing

• Train and mentor CARM focal points from partners’ side.
• Help to implement capacity sharing plans with all partner organizations who are transitioning, with Mercy Corps’ support, to managing their own CARM systems.

Supervisory Responsibility N/A

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Community Accountability Manager

Works Directly With: Community Accountability Officers, Program CARM Focal Points, Program Managers and Officers, MEL Team, Operations Teams and Ethics/Assurance/Safeguarding/Protection.

Minimum Qualifications & Transferable Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in an area related to social science (sociology, anthropology, psychology, etc.), social work, IT, education, or other related fields is preferred.
• Candidates with previous professional experience in customer service, market research, project management, IT, or other related areas are encouraged to apply.
• Previous work experience in an international or local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is an asset.
• A sincere interest in the business sphere is an asset.
• Experience working in high-risk contexts is useful.
• Experience in remote data collection and data management.
• Excellent computer skills: proficiency in MS Office package, and strong knowledge of database management are required.
• Ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving context is necessary.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills; the ability to work with diversified populations.
• High level of self-awareness and self-development with the maturity to deal with constructive feedback.
• Fluency in Ukrainian is required. Proficiency in English is a strong asset.

Success Factors:

Any skills gained through education, volunteering, work, or life experience that are relevant for the position will be considered. Be sure to fully explain transferable skills and success factors and how they apply to this position in your cover letter.

The successful Community Accountability Officer will have good communication and interpersonal skills, good attention to detail, a high level of commitment and self-motivation, and a proactive position. The Community Accountability Officer will effectively collaborate with Mercy Corps stakeholders, respecting and valuing diversity regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, abilities, or gender. The Community Accountability Officer will be highly motivated, and capable to work with or without direct supervision.

Other factors include:

• The ability to work under pressure.
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new information/concepts and implement them.
• Strong team player with initiative and positive attitude towards problem solving.
• A learning approach to work with excellent capacity building skills.
• Attention to detail and patience to double check data results.
• Self-starter, multi-tasker, solution-seeker, and innovator.

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions

.During the field trips living conditions will be adjusted to the field conditions.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient, and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development.   

Team Engagement and Effectiveness 

Achieving our mission starts with how we build our team and collaborate. By bringing together individuals with a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives, we strengthen our ability to solve complex challenges and drive innovation. We foster a culture of trust and respect, where every team member is valued for their contributions, empowered to reach their full potential, and motivated to do their best work.

We recognize that building a strong and effective team is an ongoing process, and we remain committed to learning, improving, and growing together.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. By applying for this role an applicant confirms that they have not previously violated an employer’s sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation and abuse, child safeguarding or trafficking policy. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Ethics Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct eLearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

As an applicant, if you witness or experience any form of sexual misconduct during the recruitment process, please report this to Mercy Corps Integrity Hotline ([email protected]). 

Deadline for submission of applications: 21 August 2025

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