Project Title: Leadership For Results

Project Number: UKR/01/004

Post Title: Programme Assistant to the Support Team

Duration of employment: 1 year

Full time

Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine

Duties and responsibilities:

The Programme Assistant to the Support Team will employed by UNDP and will be responsible for:

• Assist in the preparation of policy papers and agenda for regular meetings and follow-up activities for the State AIDS Commission;
• Participate in data collection, analysis and maintenance of projects related data base;
• Participate in project activities preparation, implementation and follow up,
• Maintain project finance related information.
• Keep updated project inventory and assures that UNDP regulations on the equipment use, storage and proper maintenance are adhered. Assures that the project equipment transfer/disposal is being done under UNDP rules.
• Facilitate project audit, monitoring, evaluation, field visits, missions of the experts, assures travel arrangements for the project staff. Participate in preparation on project TPRs/APRs.
• Prepare project related correspondence; maintain contacts with governmental and non-governmental institutions, local authorities, NGOs, academia, etc.
• Devise a system for effective communication between relevant parties;
• Translate documents from Ukrainian to English and English to Ukrainian;
• Provide logistic support for Leadership development component;
• Perform other functions/tasks when required.

Qualifications for the post:

• Ukrainian citizen with upwards of a Master’s degree in a relevant field (such as English, public relations/communication, organizational behavior, economics);
• At least 3 years of progressive experience in the area of operational support, personnel management, procurement, finance preferably in the international environment;
• Knowledge of the HIV/AIDS situation in Ukraine;
• Excellent language skills with an ability to translate texts from three languages (English, Russian and Ukrainian) with occasional interpretation in meetings;
• Experience with technical assistance projects is an asset;
• Ability to work in team, under continuous pressure and meet deadlines;
• Energetic optimistic approach to all possible problems;
• Knowledge of and complete comfort with computer applications/communication is essential (including organization of public presentations on PowerPoint).

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