Вакансія: Policy Advisor (Municipal Management and Recovery) in Zakarpattya regional office

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is looking for qualified professionals for U-LEAD with Europe | Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Programme to fill the position of

Policy Advisor (Municipal Management and Recovery) in Zakarpattya regional office

 (internal SAP code: Decentralisation Advisor)

(full-time, Uzhhorod or any other oblast capital city at GCA of Ukraine)

In the last few years, Ukraine has developed and adopted various laws in favour of an ambitious decentralisation reform, which reshapes the relations between the national, regional and local levels and builds institutional capacity. The success of the decentralisation reform greatly depends on the coordination and cooperation between different stakeholders involved into reform implementation at the national, regional and local levels. Given the important new tasks, responsibilities and financial resources that local self-governments have gained, the implementation of the reform must be accompanied by expert advice, trainings and diverse support measures. U-LEAD (Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development) is a special measure which is conducted as a multi-donor action by the EU and its member states Germany, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Slovenia to support the Ukrainian government in the implementation of the decentralisation reform.

For our regional team in Zakarpattya oblast (the employee will be able to operate from any oblast capital city at GCA of Ukraine) we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated policy advisor with an innovative mind-set, a strong team player with solid knowledge of decentralisation aspects of local self-government with the practical experience of supporting municipalities in the course of decentralisation reform implementation.

Responsibilities:

The position holder is responsible for:

• Providing capacity development and consultative support to municipalities in the field of municipal management and recovery aimed at assisting them to efficiently perform tasks and carry out new responsibilities they acquire in the course of the reforms’ implementation and resulting from the new war realities.
• Contributing to policy analysis.
• Ensuring good communication and information flow with all stakeholders (political and implementation partners and within the GIZ team) and supporting them.
• Contributing to the planning, monitoring, evaluation reporting processes at U-LEAD Regional Office.

Tasks:

The position holder

• Delivers consultations, trainings and other capacity development events for local self-government servants on municipal management and recovery issues with the focus on implementation of recovery projects, communal property and municipal resources management, delivery of municipal services.
• Participate in the internal Task Forces, contributes with inputs, materials, presentations on municipal management and recovery topics.
• Contributes to the preparation and delivery of online courses on municipal management and recovery topics.
• Contributes to U-DATA monitoring systems with the data on provided consultations, provides to Administrative Officer responsible for the data entry into U-DATA data for all events (e.g. trainings, seminars, conferences) within his/her responsibility as well as further necessary data (e.g. trainers, good practices, support to municipalities, etc.) according to U-DATA guidelines.
• Follows personal data protection rules during handling of participant lists and entry of personal data into UDATA.
• Provides consultations and advice on cross-cutting topics such as integrity and anti-corruption, digitalization, citizens engagement and applying a gender-sensitive approach.
• Coordinates the organisation of trainings and professional advice to hromadas by externally contracted experts according to GIZ values, standards and rules. Contributes to the quality assurance of the experts’ work.
• Collects and analyses hromadas’ feedback on challenges they face as well as their needs in terms of amending policy and legislation in the field of the Policy Adviser’s expertise.
• Participates and contributes to public discussions and policy dialogue events aimed at supporting reforms’ implementation, contributes to U-LEAD communication and visibility activities.
• Participates and contributes to the strategic and operational planning, monitoring and reporting of U-LEAD.
• Contributes to the overall knowledge and data management of U-LEAD Programme.
• Collects good practices and success stories, checks their progression over time and shares the information in the respective field for public awareness raising and communication purposes.
• Provides technical support to international and local experts during their field.
• Communicates regularly with local stakeholders.
• Communicates and cooperates effectively with the colleagues in the Regional Offices, the U-LEAD team and other GIZ projects in Ukraine.
• Ensures discreet behaviour vis-a-vis third parties in all internal matters.
• Communicates and reports regularly to the Head of Regional Office.

• Provides short reports from the delivered events on time upon request.

Required qualifications, competences and experience:

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Management, Economics, Architecture, Public Administration or other relevant fields.

Professional experience

• At least 2 years’ work experience in reconstruction projects preparation, municipal management, communal property in public service, in local government bodies or in an NGO.

• Proven track record of involvement in the implementation of the decentralisation reform.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Deep knowledge of project management, communal property and municipal resources management, municipal services delivery.

• Knowledge and experience of capacity building of adults.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Team player with excellent communication skills, including public outreach.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• High degree of self-organisation.
• Very good Ukrainian language skills. English or/and German is an asset.
• Good computer skills (MS Office Suite, Excel, Powerpoint etc.).

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 and flexible work.
• Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Starting as soon as possible. The end of the contract – 31.10.2024 with possible prolongation. Place of assignment is Uzhhorod, Zakarpattya oblast, or any other oblast capital city at GCA of Ukraine (with mobile working mode).

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 03 October 2023, Tuesday.

By sending the application the candidate gives the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.