Дослідник-Консультант в Данську Раду у справах біженців. ДРБ успішно здійснює програми, спрямовані на забезпечення умов для вимушених переселенців та населення, що проживає в зоні конфлікту, для розширення можливостей отримання доходу (робота чи бізнес). Дедлайн - 17 серпня 2017 р. (далі - англ.).

Більше вакансій у розділі Вакансії.

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Researcher for development of the business and housing loan products.

About the job

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Ukraine DRC operates since 2007. From 2015 DRC successfully implements livelihoods programmes aimed to provide IDPs and conflict-affected population with income-earning opportunities thus strengthening their resilience. From July 2017 DRC has started implementation of the “Livelihoods Assistance Programme in Eastern Ukraine” (LAP), part of which is devoted to development of affordable loan solutions for IDPs and conflict affected people in Eastern Ukraine.

The overall objective of the consultancy is to research possibilities of improving access to affordable loans for IDPs and conflict affected people in Eastern Ukraine, specifically in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The researcher will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Under supervision of the expatriate Livelihoods Programme Manager and the LAP Manager, elaborate the pattern and modality of the research;
• Collect the baseline data on the overall situation with the loans in Ukraine, including desk research and site data collection;
• Make the primary and the secondary analysis of the situation related with business and housing loans available in Ukraine;
• Identify the problems the banking sector faces in terms of affordable loans;
• Develop possible solutions for the problems identified;
• Upon completion of the research, write a comprehensive report that will clearly and thoroughly describe the situation, the problems identified and the solutions offered.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to be reliable, rigorous and well organized, committed to professional development, able and willing to learn and extend scope of work and to organize prioritization and planning, possess excellent inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills. All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

To be successful in this role we expect you to have extensive knowledge of the banking sector in Ukraine and experience in loans, microfinance, professional research, analytical and writing skills.

Required

• University degree in economics, business administration, banking or law;
• At least 10 years of overall working experience, with at least 5 years working in banking sector and dealing with loan products;
• Proven experience and capacity of working making researches and writing recommendations;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Full working proficiency in both oral and written Ukrainian and Russian (equally important);
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.

 We offer

Contract length: 2.5-3 months

Start date: 17 August 2017

For questions regarding the consultancy please contact Mr. Vakhtang Piranishvili [email protected].

Application process

All applicants must submit a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English to https://drc.ngo/about-drc/vacancies/current-vacancies . Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 14August 2017. Due to the urgent nature of this recruitment, DRC reserves the right to interview candidates on rolling basis, so the candidate might be selected before the closing date.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.