United Nations Development Program Office is seeking highly qualified professional to fill in position of Expert on Civic Sector

Programme/Project Title: “Innovations Springboard”: Leveraging Information and Communications Technologies for Ukraine’s Prosperity

Programme/Project Number: UKR/01/007

1. Post title: Expert on Civic Sector
2. Duration of employment: 3 months
3. Full time job
4. Duty station: Kyiv, Ukraine
5. Duties and Responsibilities:

Under overall supervision of the National Programme Manager and Senior Technical Expert, the incumbent will be expected to:

· Enrich the project team by the knowledge of Ukrainian civic sector, including its structure, development, problems, needs and priorities;
· Ensure Civic Portal outreach to civic sector of Ukraine including open line of communication, networking and coordination of joint activities;
· Ensure Civic Portal’s compliance with the real needs of the Ukrainian civic sector;
· Work out of recommendations on new types of services for civic sector;
· Identify IT opportunities for the purpose of Civic Sector/society development in Ukraine;
· Package ideas, identify and mobilize partnership and resources needed for implementation;
· Proactively support national e-capacity building;
· To be well informed on and perfectly aware of the major tendencies in international and national civic sector;
· To establish proper working relations with the key players in the Ukrainian civic sector area;
· Monitor and analyze the implementation of on-going activities as well as write periodic progress reports;
· Prepare work-plans;
· Facilitate implementation of Civic Portal activities;
· Assure proper reporting under the project;
· Perform other duties as required.

6. Qualifications and experience:

· Mature judgment combined with proactive, energetic approach to problem solving; excellent impersonal and communication skills; strong organizational and time management skills; resourceful in finding solutions;
· At least 5 years of practical managerial and/or development experience in the Ukrainian civic sector, (references required).
· Knowledge of Ukrainian legislative policy and human resource issue as they apply to the civic sector/society.
· Upwards of a Master’s degree.
· Proven analytical and writing skills.
· Fluent Ukrainian, Russian, English is an important asset.
· Knowledge of and complete comfort with computer applications is essential (including organization of public presentations in PowerPoint).

Applications in English language with the reference to this position are to be submitted:

to e-mail address : vegorov@un.kiev.ua, or fax (044) 253-26-07.

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UNDP will use a transparent and competitive screening process, though will only contact those applicants in whom there is further interest. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.