Local Capacity Development Project (LCDP) Coordinator

Opening Date: September, 2013

Contract Duration: 1 year with possible extension

Deadline: August 15th, 2013

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Availability: this position is available to nationals of Ukraine.

General overview: Local Capacity Development Project (LCDP) Coordinator is responsible for coordinating LCDP, a sub-project in the framework of the Community Development Project of Peace Corps Ukraine focused on assisting Ukrainian NGOs that are USAID partners in increasing their organizational capacity through cooperation with Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) assigned to these NGOs. LCDP Coordinator will work closely and under supervision of Peace Corps Community Development Lead Specialist and will coordinate the work of PCVs with the targeted NGOs, providing general support to PCVs and technical support in NGO Organizational Development area.

Responsibilities include: preparing targeted NGOs for hosting a PCV, observing Peace Corps policies and housing standards, communicating regularly with PCVs, providing communication and mediation assistance to PCVs in maintaining their relationships with their hosting NGOs, providing technical consultations and advice to PCVs and hosting NGOs on organizational capacity improvement, performing necessary administrative and clerical duties (filing, creating logs and forms, filling in forms, collecting and analyzing data, monitoring project budget expenses, reporting).

Position requirements:

• An A.B. or B.S., preferably an MA in a relevant subject;
• 2-3 years of experience working with NGO sector in Ukraine and/or with international volunteer organization;
• Level IV (Fluency) in spoken and written English, Ukrainian and Russian;
• Knowledge of MS Office Applications.

Other Skills: high level organizational management and capacity building skills, monitoring, evaluation and reporting skills, networking and partnership building, good communication and interpersonal skills. Office skills to include: filing, telephone, fax, and copy machine usage, advanced computer skills, translation skills.

Additional Comments: Position is contingent on provision of funding. After an initial application screening, the best-qualified applicants will be invited to a testing process and oral interviews. A background security investigation will be required for all hires.  The successful applicant must be able to receive a security certification.

Please send a cover letter explaining your interest in the vacancy, CV, and two-three letters of references to the address below: Peace Corps/Administration, P.O. Box 204, Kiev, 01032 or to e-mail address: [email protected] before 5 pm on August 15th, 2013. Receipt of applications cannot be acknowledged individually. Applications and letters, which are inadequate or incomplete, will not be considered.  Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.