Вакансія в Сади Перемоги: Schools Gardening Projects Expert

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:

To address the risks of food insecurity for Ukrainian citizens, SURGe has launched the initiative Food Security (Victory Gardens) to encourage Ukrainians to take the issue of food security into their own hands, and to produce food for themselves, their families, and their communities. The RI aims to ensure that every person in Ukraine has sufficient food during the war and afterwards.

SURGe Project is looking for а Schools Gardening Projects Expert who will be responsible for school gardening implementation through the learning process in Ukrainian schools as well as in pilot schools, including development of pilot plan for schools, selection of pilots, development of curriculum for schools, learning activities for teachers, provision of necessary materials, collecting information regarding best practices and examples of school gardening, monitoring and evaluation of pilots.

Location: remote job position for now, with meetings in Ukraine once the security situation allows.
Reports to: SURGe Sector Lead managing relevant initiative and Team Lead of the reform initiative.
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):

• Learn and implement international experience of school gardening (Canadian as an example).
• Develop school educational program on gardening practices for 4-5 grades.
• Develop programs, guidelines, curriculum or other technical tools to strengthen schools in implementation of food security measures based on the best practices.
• Develop programs for teachers that will implement the tools further.
• Maintain excellent working relations with selected pilot schools.
• Support pilot schools with development and implementation of their gardening projects, tools, capacity building activities according to their specific needs.
• Contributes to the assessment of learning needs in gardening practices, food security measures and responsible consumption measures.
• Provide recommendations as for the improvements of official curriculum in the sphere of food security and gardening.
• Identify and contribute to success stories and good practices in food security in educational sphere.
• Adhere to the principles of RBM, GBA+ and environmental sustainability in preparation of the deliverables.
• As agreed with SURGe, ensure visibility of the Government of Canada support to this initiative in conferences, meetings, seminars, working groups, interaction with public authorities, non-governmental organizations, and other international technical assistance projects.
• Prepare and draft other documents as requested by SURGe and GoU stakeholders, related to Food Security initiative.

Preferred qualifications and skills:

• University/Master’s degree in pedagogic science, social sciences, management, or other relevant discipline.
• Deep knowledge of educational system functioning and regulations (primary and secondary education).
• Proven experience in creating and implementing educational curriculum.
• Experience in the advisory to schools, the national, regional or local government is an advantage.
• Knowledge of agricultural process and practices, urban gardening is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, capacity development and communication skills.
• Fluent in Ukrainian, highly proficient in spoken and written English.
• 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: [Schools Gardening Projects 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.
The interview process might start before the vacancy deadline.