Вакансія: Specialized Social Service Expert (with a legal background)

About Alinea International:

Alinea International is one of Canada’s leading international development firms, providing management and technical expertise to developing and transitional country partners on projects that promote sustainable growth and meaningful opportunities for people to improve their lives. Over the past 30 years, we have implemented over 370 projects in more than 65 countries.

Alinea International has two offices in Canada and 11 offices around the world, including an office in Ukraine. Over the almost thirteen-year of Alinea International presence in Ukraine, the team successfully implemented five international technical assistance projects.

At Alinea International we value equity, diversity and inclusivity in everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer opposed to all forms of discrimination. We actively seek and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds recognizing that an inclusive workforce enriches our organization and achieves smarter, more innovative results.

Alinea is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be subject to due diligence checks and extensive background checks where appropriate.

About the project:

In October 2019, Alinea International launched a new five-year project in Ukraine: Support Ukraine Reforms in Governance (SURGe). SURGe is a technical assistance project in Ukraine, funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by Alinea International Ltd.

SURGe’s Ultimate Outcome is to help the Government of Ukraine (GoU) to deliver governance and economic reforms that better respond to the needs of its citizens. To achieve this, the Project will strategically enhance and strengthen the GoU’s reform management functions, namely its capacity to undertake planning and analysis of reforms that consider citizen impact and to implement these reforms.

Reform initiative and position summary:

Through this Reform Initiative, SURGe supports the Government of Ukraine with implementation of the National Strategy of Reforming the Institutional Care and Upbringing of Children for 2017-2026. SURGe is working with the Ministry of Social Policy on developing state standards and guidelines on social services provision and building the capacity of local governments and service providers to deliver services most needed by the population during the war and early recovery. The major goal of this Reform Initiative is to build the capacity of communities for better management of social services locally to ensure that families have the support they need, and that each child is protected by the state and raised in family-based care.

To achieve this goal, SURGe Project is looking for Specialized Services Expert who will be working with the team of the Ministry of Social Policy and provide support in the laws and regulations development with regard to child’s rights protection and specialized social services development.

Location: remote job position for now, with meetings in Ukraine once the security situation allows.
Reports to: Team Lead, Sector Lead.
Employment type: full-time, Monday-Friday.
Remuneration: fees are subject to negotiation and must not exceed established market rates.

The duration of the contract is 6 months with a possibility of extensions (subject of approval and implemented deliverables during a previous deployment).

For contracting (after the job offer is made), the selected candidate is expected to be registered as a Private Entrepreneur of the 3d group (consultancy services).

Indicative duties and responsibilities (scope of work):

• Advise the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine on the content of or draft legislative and other documents including but not limited to laws, sub-laws (including comparison tables, explanatory notes), memoranda, agreements, explanatory letters, guidelines etc. related to:
– child’s rights protection during martial law and early recovery period;
– development and functioning of child’s rights protection system;
– ensuring access to social services for children and families with children which are the most demanded during war and at early recovery stage; etc.
• Provide recommendations to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine as to potential adjustments (if necessary) in terms of the current legislation and its application, to eliminate gaps.
• Coordinate development and conduct legal analysis of the drafts of the legal documents developed by the experts of the Children Protection and Social Services Development Reform Initiative to align them with the current national legislation and international standards.
• Conduct analysis of international treaties and best practices in the area of child’s rights protection and child-oriented social serviced development, draft respective analytical notes and recommendations.

Preferred qualifications and skills:

• University degree in Law or other related sphere.
• At least 5 years of experience in legal, regulatory and related area.
• Child’s rights legislation knowledge, and full understanding of current challenges in Ukraine in this sector is a plus.
• Experience in the child protection area (preferably).
• Clearly demonstrated ability to conceptualize issues and write quality analytical materials is essential.

Other experience and skills:

• Strong ethics, well-balanced and mature personality, positive attitude to the job.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian, ability to speak and write clearly and correctly.
• Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills.
• PC literacy (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Liga and Rada proficient).
• Citizen of Ukraine.

Application Instructions:

1. Cover letter is mandatory to be considered. Cover letters should detail how you fit the opportunity, your daily fee and current availability.
2. Alinea International accepts electronic submissions only. Send your cover letter and CV to [email protected] till indicated deadline for applications.
3. Please, include following in the email subject line: [Specialized Social Service Expert: your last name, your first name].

Please note, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for follow-up. We do not welcome unsolicited phone calls.
Applications received after the indicated deadline and/or without letter of interest will not be reviewed and considered.