Project Title: Leadership For Results

Project number: UKR/01/004

Post Title: Policy Advisor to the State AIDS Commission

Duration of employment: 1 year

Full time

Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine

The Policy Advisor will be employed by UNDP and will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Government in the development of appropriate policies and institutional systems to facilitate implementation of the National AIDS Programme;
• Interacting with senior policy-makers and encouraging policy dialogue;
• Producing and providing policy recommendations;
• Identifying the need for policy advisory groups and coordinating their provision of research and policy papers;
• Assisting the Government in reviewing implementation of the National Programme on HIV/AIDS in light of the UNGASS commitments;
• Contributing to meetings of the State AIDS Commission;
• Liaising with members of the State AIDS Commission;
• Preparing annual and quarterly work plans, updating them and submitting for clearance to the National Programme Director and UNDP Office;
• Providing substantive quarterly reports to the National Programme Director and regular feedback to the United Nations Theme Group on HIV/AIDS;
• Participating in the Theme Group meetings and the internal meetings of the UNCT and UNDP, as necessary;
• Traveling to the programme sites;
• Performing other activities, as appropriate.

Qualifications for the post:

• Proven track record of work with national and international organizations/technical assistance projects;
• Significant work experience with HIV/AIDS programming at the national level (International experience is desirable.);
• Master’s Degree with a minimum of 7 years experience or Ph.D with a minimum of 5 years experience in a field relevant to the position;
• Excellent writing and communication skills;
• Computer literacy;
• Good contacts with key national stakeholders and international organizations;
• Fluency in English is highly desirable.

In case of interest of this position please send your CV (both English and Ukrainian) via e-mail to the following person: Egorov Vyacheslav vegorov@un.kiev.ua