The incumbent is directly supervised by the Senior Project Associate and, if selected, will be tasked with the following:

1. Preparing working documents and background material pertaining to the issues addressed through Project activities; drafting spot reports on specific issues relating to Project activities, awareness raising and legalization initiatives and civil society organizations’ (CSO) engagement, for the use of the Programme; assisting in drafting other reports and requests, including interim and final reports for submission to the donor, Project evaluation reports and briefing papers on Project implementation; drafting Project inputs for periodic activity reports.
2. Assisting in the development of Project activities and liaising with counterparts, in order to facilitate their support and participation; preparing terms of reference for the employment of consultants and implementing partners and monitoring the implementation of activities and submission of reports by the implementing partners and consultants.
3. Organizing logistical requirements for Project events (awareness raising events, workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings), including preparation of agendas, and other Project documentation for approval by the supervisor, putting in place ICT and other equipment, stationery, refreshments etc., travel planning such as arrangement of accommodation (through submission of travel request/authorization) and transport requirements (in co-ordination with the Mission’s transport office), organization and technical facilitation of online events, and maintenance of communication with all event participants and the relevant administrative offices.
4. Monitoring budget expenditure, giving estimates of costs for individual Project activities and proposing budgetary and/or expenditure adjustments.
5. Liaising with international, regional and national governmental and non-governmental institutions with the purpose of collecting and sharing information and coordinating activities in the area covered by the Project.
6. Assisting in collating and gathering information necessary for the development of outreach events and the assessment of their impact.
7. Performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements: 

• Completed secondary education supplemented by formal training or studies in the field relevant to the Project.
• Minimum of 4 (four) years of working experience in the field, security sector, political affairs or democratization.
• Experience in project planning, implementation and reporting.
• Experience conducting research and collecting information from a variety of sources.
• Computer literate with practical experience using Microsoft applications.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and Ukrainian languages.
• Demonstrated gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into tasks and activities.
• Ability and willingness to work as a member of team, with people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, different gender, and diverse political views, while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.