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The Senior Project Manager Lawyer (Category 1, State-owned banks’ reform) will be a full-time consultant in the Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine (MoF).

The Reform Support Team (RST) is a group of Ukrainian professionals (non-public servants) funded on a temporary basis by the donors that provides targeted technical support and assists the Ministry in the design and implementation of sectorial strategies and priority reforms.

Competencies of the RST include the following core capacities:

-       Economic and legal analysis (preparation of reform proposals supported by evidence-based analysis, preparation of policy and legal drafts, regulatory impact assessment etc.), and

-       Reform program planning, implementation and coordination (inc. performance indicators, progress reports, program management, monitoring and coordination, project proposals preparation etc.).

RST MoF was launched in October 2016. Currently the RST MoF is helping the Ministry to implement six priority reforms: Development of the Public Finance Management Strategy; Public Administration Reform and Capacity Building in the Ministry of Finance; Tax Reform and Establishment of the New Finance Police Service; Customs Reform; Optimization of Social Security System; and Reform of State-Owned banks and Improvement of International Financial Cooperation process.

State-owned banks reform initiative is an important part of financial sector reform, which has been indicated in the IMF Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP). The main goals, tasks and stages of state-owned banks’ reform are stipulated in the Principles of State Banking Sector Strategic Reforming (Principles), approved by the Government in February 2016 and briefly described below.

Objectives of reform priority are:

- to create conditions for SOBs full or partial privatization by build-up institutional capacity within the Ministry of Finance in managing the State’s interest in SOBs;

- to strengthen SOBs’ corporate governance by establishing new supervisory boards with majority independent directors;

- to design and implement a relationship framework between the MoF and each bank to safeguard each bank’s commercial independence in achieving its objectives.

1. 1.     Duration and proposed timeframe:

Duration of assignment is until 31 December 2018 (with possible extension until June 2019, subject to availability of donor funding) with starting date not later than 1 September 2018, including a 2-month probation period.

1. 2.     Main Duties and Responsibilities:

-          Analysis of Ukrainian banking system legislation, general legal assistance;

-          Legal support in drafting reform proposals, legislation, legal documents;

-          Preparation of analytical materials (presentations, reports, commentaries, policy papers etc.);

-          Cooperation/interacting with MoF senior management and employees, other state bodies, state-owned banks, IFIs, experts, and other stakeholders;

-          Preparation of timely and quality reports and status updates on reform implementation progress.

1. 3.     Main anticipated deliverables:

-          Development of effective working relationship between MoF and SOBs: design of new cooperation processes between MoF and SOBs, monitoring procedures;

-          Support of amendments in the Corporate Governance model in SOBs: support the development of legislation to establish new corporate governance model, support the selection process of new supervisory board members within the MoF;

-          Support of NPLs resolution in SOBs: participation in development of a concept of Public assets Resolution Company, design of recommendations for SOBs how to resolve NPLs and draft of amendments to the legislation (if needed).

1. 4.     Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

5.1  Qualifications and skills:

-          Master’s degree in law;

-          Strong organizational management, communication and presentation skills;

-          PC literacy (PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Word; Visio is an asset);

-          Fluency in Ukrainian and English.

5.2  General professional experience:

-          Minimum 10 years of general professional experience;

-          Preferably 5 years of experience in banking law.

5.3  Specific professional experience:

-          Proven knowledge and professional experience in banking law;

-          Deep knowledge in banking legal/regulatory framework;

-          Experience in corporate governance and administration of large modern companies in Ukraine or abroad;

-          LLM degree in banking and financial law is an asset;

-          Familiarity with the reform agenda in Ukraine (especially in financial sector), good understanding of policy formulation process is an asset.

1. 6.     Assignment Value

The proposed RST Member Gross pay range for Category 1 positions is EUR 1200 – 1800. The exact rate will be made by the Recruitment Committee comprised of representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and international donors.

1. 7.     Submissions

Submissions must be prepared in English only and be delivered electronically by August 19, 2018 to the following address: [email protected]

All submissions must include a completed Application Form [https://www.minfin.gov.ua/vacancy/vakansii-v-proektakh-ministerstva-finansiv-ukrainy], the candidate’s Curriculum Vitae and Reference Letter from a recent supervisor.

Only applications which have been submitted using the correct template and are completed will be considered.