Вакансія: Procurement and Contracting Specialist

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Ukraine is seeking qualified professionals for the Cluster “Sustainable Economic Development” in its office in Kyiv to fill the position of the:

Procurement and Contracting Specialist (full-time, Kyiv)

(internal SAP code: Procurement and Contracting Specialist)

The Sustainable Economic Development (SED) Cluster of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH comprises various Projects implemented on behalf of the German government supporting Ukraine to develop a resilient and competitive economic sector.

Partners of the Projects are Ukrainian ministries on the national level, administrations on regional level, stakeholders on the municipal level, and private sector companies. There are 8 bilateral, regional and global projects in the cluster portfolio. The position supports all Projects within the Cluster portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that contracts are awarded in accordance with legal requirements, in a proper, audit proof and economical manner.
• Ensuring proper documentation and filing in paper folders as well as in the internal document management system in line with GIZ’s filing rules.
• Providing trainings to Project staff.
• Ensuring smooth communication and cooperation with financial and procurement professionals of the Service Unit, Technical staff of the Projects and GIZ Ukraine Country Office.
• Performing other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Required qualifications, competences and experience:

• BA/MA in accounting, economics, business administration or similar area.
• Good knowledge of EU procurement law would be an advantage.
• Good knowledge of Ukrainian legislation, basic knowledge of accounting would be an advantage.
• At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position.
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English and Ukrainian, knowledge of German would be an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications, particularly EXCEL and other MS Office applications.
• Experienced working in an international team.
• Ability to work under pressure, reliability and flexibility.
• Good self-organizational skills.
• Customer and service-oriented attitude.
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed.

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. Place of assignment is Kyiv. The assignment starts in July 2025 till 30.06.2026 with the option of prolongation.

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 16, 2025, Monday.

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

• Surname Name_CV
• Surname Name_Cover letter

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.