Ukraine: Project Manager – Ukraine Response

War Child, an international humanitarian organization and the specialist charity for children affected by war across 14 conflict-affected countries, established local partnerships in Moldova, Romania, Hungary, and Ukraine in 2022 to address the challenges faced by children and caregivers affected by the full-scale war in Ukraine. As of 2024, War Child’s operations shifted entirely to Ukraine with the focus on child protection (CP) and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in implementing evidence-based interventions for the well-being of children and caregivers.

Your Challenge: 

As Project Manager, you will be an in-country member of War Child Ukraine Response team providing excellent oversight of in-country project that aims to meet urgent needs of children and their caregivers in war-affected communities of Ukraine by focusing on addressing trauma, distress and child protection risks in community, kindergarten and school settings. Under the management of the Country Representative, the Project Manager will oversee the implementation of War Child Ukraine project(s) to ensure impact, quality program implementation and delivery. The role plays a key coordination role between project teams while managing donor-funded project(s) and working closely with local partners on implementing War Child’s evidence-based interventions & tools, and scaling. This role is critical to the sustainability of our funding and safeguarding as War Child Ukraine begins planning for the next strategic period.

Your Responsibilities

• Provide direct program management by establishing key project management tools, systems and processes and effectively compile high-quality and impact-oriented narrative and financial progress reports.
• Lead grant management and monitoring in coordination with finance team, project implementing partners.
• Ensure the implementation of and compliance with the grant management policy.
• Ensure appropriate due diligence and risk management of the project, including risk management, financial management, safeguarding and duty of care.
• Oversee operational planning (budgets and activity planning) and coordinate project’s implementation, monitoring and close out.
• Liaise with the donor and stakeholders on all project-related correspondence, updates and reporting.
• Provide capacity building and technical assistance to project’s implementing partners.
• Assess project performance to identify areas for improvement(s).
• Act in accordance with War Child’s core values of creativity, inspiration, impact and integrity, while ensuring these are integrated into all project activities.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of institutional donor compliance requirements related to a project grant.
• With guidance and support from relevant Technical Advisor(s), ensure that program quality standards are being met by all implementing partners.
• Ensure compliance with applicable donor rules and regulations, and timely report any (potential) compliance breaches.

Your Profile: 

• Skills and experience in project/program planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
• Skills in budget and grant management and donor reporting / accountability / compliance.
• Experience in capacity building of local partners.
• Demonstrated experience with developing and/or implementing projects/research in at least two of the following areas: Child Protection, Psychosocial Support, Education, Cash.
• Excellent organisational and coordination skills with the ability to build and sustain good working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Ability to produce timely and high-quality project reports.
• Experience in financial management including sound budgeting skills.
• Cultural sensitivity, tact and diplomacy.
• Professional proficiency in English and Ukrainian language is essential.

Important Note: This position is to be based in Ukraine with expected travel to the project’s sites (Dnipropetrovska, Donetska, Zaporizka, Mykolayivska and Kharkivska oblasts), subject to security considerations.

The successful candidate must have the right to work in Ukraine. Please also note, this role is subject to funding.

Our Offer: 

• Local contract with salary and secondary labour conditions based on the in-country salary scale, local T&C's will apply. Initially the contract will be via a consultancy agreement through December 31, 2024 with the possibility of extension.
• The role is based on full-time working hours (40 hours per week).
• Good atmosphere, great colleagues and of course the meaningful purpose of our work!

Our Culture: War Child is a dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused, and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs.

War Child Alliance offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace.

How to Apply: 

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply by 01 April 2024. Make sure to upload your English CV (maximum of two pages) and cover letter via this hyperlink: https://www.warchild.net/jobs/project-manager-ukraine-response/

N.B. War Child will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the vacancy if a successful candidate is identified prior to the closing date.

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The safety of children is essential to War Child. War Child does not tolerate or accept any form of abuse. This subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures. Moreover, the accepted candidates will be required to state their commitment/ intent to be aware, consider and adhere to the minimum standards applicable in development and humanitarian settings, such as Sphere Humanitarian Charter, Standards in the Humanitarian Standards Partnership, Core Humanitarian Standard, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Disclaimer: 

• Only applications received via our website are processed.
• If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
• It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain live.