USAID/OTI Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative is looking to fill the long-term position of Program Development Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in program development. Working with a small Kharkiv-based team, the program development assistant will be integral to developing, implementing, and monitoring activities that engage civil society and government partners.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other members of the Grants Management Unit (GMU) in accordance with the UCBI grant activity cycle through all stages (identification, development, implementation, close-out).
• Assist the GMU to develop new grant concepts, draft concept notes, and contribute to the writing of grant activities.
• Take a leading role for the GMU in updating the online database to track and report on grant activities at each phase in the activity cycle.
• Assist the GMU to monitor activities, and collect information against activity monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Evaluate grants progress, and coordinate with grantees and other UCBI staff to ensure that M&E data and final monitoring reports (FMRs) are drafted and finalized.
• Identify potential partners through networking and outreach, in coordination with other UCBI staff.
• Analyze the rapidly changing political and humanitarian situation and contribute to weekly, semi-annual, annual and ad hoc program reporting as requested.
• Travel as required to inspect equipment at grantee sites and report on grant progress.
• The PDA may be assigned ad hoc special tasks and duties as required to ensure the overall efficient implementation of UCBI activities.

Qualifications

• At least two years of relevant experience working with donor-funded community development projects in the region and/or NGOs
• Up-to-date understanding of the political environment and social conditions in the country, especially in eastern Ukraine
• Ability/willingness to travel throughout Kharkiv oblast and all other locations where UCBI works
• Fluent in MS Office software
• Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, and fluency in Ukrainian and Russian
• Bachelor’s degree

Send electronic submissions to [email protected] by April 14, 2015. Please put “Program Development Assistant-East” in the subject line and include your CV and cover letter. No telephone inquiries, please. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only finalists will be contacted.