Вакансія: Construction Advisor

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking a qualified professional for the project “Strengthening of Urban Resilience in the Areas of Supply Infrastructure and Housing” (SUR) to fill the position:

Construction Advisor (full-time, Kyiv)

(internal SAP code: Construction Advisor)

The project “Strengthening of Urban Resilience in the Areas of Supply Infrastructure and Housing” (SUR), initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is dedicated to rebuilding essential urban infrastructure in Ukraine’s war-affected regions.

The program’s primary objectives include the reconstruction of basic infrastructure, enhancing digital and planning competencies in local administrations for efficient damage assessment and infrastructure planning, and implementing disaster risk management strategies to bolster resilience against current and future crises. Measures of the program focus on restoring critical services such as drinking water, electricity, heating, and housing in cities severely impacted by the conflict.

In alignment with the EU’s 2030 urban, climate, and energy policies, the SUR program contributes to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that focus on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all (SDG 7), building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation (SDG 9), and making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable (SDG 11). It works in synergy with other GIZ initiatives like ISU II, U-LEAD, and FEER to enhance urban resilience and essential services across Ukrainian municipalities.

Responsibilities:

• providing all technical services in agreement with the management and in line with the governing GIZ rules and regulations;
• performing technical activities and providing technical support to the project on infrastructure and construction projects throughout projects planning, design, tendering and execution/supervision;
• handling all technical aspects related to consultancy services contracts of infrastructure and construction projects from initiation to closing;
• undertaking daily operational aspects of all issues related to infrastructure and construction projects;
• coordinating infrastructure and construction project matters with GIZ Head office;
• coordinates relevant activities with other GIZ SUR units;
• represents the SUR Construction Unit in coordination with local authorities in close coordination with the Project Manager (Construction);
• conducts technical clarification meeting with relevant authorities and civil society organizations in close coordination with the Project Manager (Construction);
• coordinating data collection and compilation, and providing technical advices related to the monitoring and evaluation of infrastructure and construction projects.

Tasks:

• provides technical assistance and advises on all issues related to scope identification, planning, design and supervision of infrastructure and construction projects that get identified;
• is jointly responsible with the Project Manager (Construction) for the supervision of the preparation of terms of reference for infrastructure and construction projects preliminary and feasibility studies, design, and supervision;
• performs consultants’ procurement, evaluation activities and consultancy services for contracts preparation in coordination with relevant colleagues;
• monitors the work of international and national engineering consultants on the design, tendering, procurement and supervision activities;
• participates in formulating projects action plans and helps in synchronising the planning and budgeting systems and counterparts relevant work ;
• conducts regular monitoring and evaluation site visits, writes technical reports on site visits and coordinates recommended actions with relevant parties;
• takes a lead role in preparing progress and completion reports, and following up on the reporting process of infrastructure and construction projects;
• is responsible for the elaboration of Minutes of Meeting for all meetings conducted with Authorities and Beneficiaries;
• participates in the elaboration of reports as per BMZ requirements;
• coordinates and provides technical support in payments processes and administration between consultants/contractors and relevant colleagues;
• ensures the timely implementation of construction projects according to agreed time schedules;
• conducts evaluation of contractors’ claims in terms of additional works;
• provides technical assistance on the elaboration of operational and maintenance plans;
• ensures compliance between GIZ and the national procedures related to issuing of building licenses, procurement, contracts preparation and implementation;
• provides technical orientation for junior advisors and internships;
• ensures cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners; carries out PR work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the project/programme environment and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships;
• is responsible to liaise with local governments and other appropriate bodies to ensure smooth implementation of the measures/interventions;
• provides technical assistance to local and international experts;
• communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project/programme;
• maintains repeated field visits to the regions in accordance with the requirements of the Construction Unit and the project;
• travels (abroad) in the region regularly, in accordance with project requirements;
• develops and maintains contacts with key actors from local authorities, community representatives and consultants as well as other stakeholders and maintain regular contact and dialogue;
• communicates local interests and efforts, and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project;
• gets involved in advisory activities and meetings with relevant stakeholder (e.g. Districts, Governorates, Communities) when needed;
• provides technical and operational assistance to local and international experts;
• supports the project personnel with their communication and networking activities on technical related matters;
• compiles lessons learnt from projects implementation and makes them available to the company.

Required qualifications and experience:

Qualifications

• master’s degree in engineering (civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, infrastructure planning, architecture or comparable qualification).

Professional experience

• at least 15 years of command experience in construction and infrastructure projects of the whole project cycle (planning, design, procurement, supervision, public sector and government bodies work relationships etc.);
• demonstrated ability to provide advisory and consultancy services, especially in the field of technical infrastructure and construction;
• in depth knowledge in management, design and construction supervision of urban infrastructure projects;
• in depth knowledge and relevant professional experience in working with Ukraine local authorities on Governorate and District level;
• specific experience in preparing tender documents according to applicable procurement procedures is obligatory;
• in depth knowledge about work contracts and their stipulations;
• ability to collect, collate and assess information from different sources prior to disseminating relevant reports and conclusions.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills;
• capacity to liaise easily in a multicultural and multilingual environment;
• high sense of responsibility and confidentiality and the ability to work in politically sensitive areas as well as in a big team;
• experience in dealing with international development cooperation would be an asset;
• good working knowledge of IT related software, computer applications (e.g. MS Office, MS Project and engineering software AutoCAD, etc.);
• digital literacy
• advanced communication skills; ability to explain complex problems to a non-technical audience;
• experience to serve a wide range of clients and multiple stakeholder interests at the same time;
• fluent in Ukrainian and English languages is mandatory;
• willingness to travel to fields regularly;
• willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management.

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 (up to 10 days a month) and flexible work;
• meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. The place of assignment is Kyiv. The assignment starts as soon as possible.

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 to [email protected] until COB June 18, 2025, Wednesday.

Candidates are requested to submit their documents with the following title:

• Surname Name_CV
• Surname Name_Cover letter

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