Terms of Reference

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 Portal Development

2. Duration of employment: 3 months

3. Part 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:

·  Identify opportunities for further development of the Civic Portal for supporting of the Ukrainian Civic sector and Ukraine’s open society agenda in general;

·  Organize and support the Portal development strategy creation;

·  Package ideas and mobilize partnership and resources needed for implementation;

·  Schedule, monitor and evaluate the strategy/ideas implementation, including composition of technical requirements for external or internal software developers, define formats for  technological documentation, formulate technical requirements for program developers group etc.;

·  Develop and execute strategy and plans to build visibility and drive traffic/new users for Civic Portal nationally and internationally;

·  Develop and maintain productive working relationships with variety of partners on the national, regional and local levels;

·  Proactively support national e-capacity building;

·  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;

·  Explore growing needs of the Ukrainian Civic sector and show creative approach to the development of new services to satisfy them. 

6. Experience and Qualifications:

·  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 business development experience, (references required).

·  Knowledge of Ukrainian legislative, policy and human resource issue as they apply for ICT.

·  Upwards of a Master’s degree in relevant field.

·  Fluent Ukrainian, Russian, English an important asset.

·  Knowledge of and complete comfort with computer applications is essential (including organization of public presentations on PowerPoint).

If you are interested in this specific vacancy, feel free to send your complete resume in English to the following e-mail address: vegorov@un.kiev.ua, or fax (044) 253-26-07.