• Job number: SRH06098
• Status: Employee
• Area of expertise: Other
• Position: Missions
• Region: Kyiv Region
• Country: Ukraine
• Contract Type: Short term contract

About us

Desired start date: 13/01/2025
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Location: Kyiv

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, the SI teams – 3200 people in total, made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at HQ, and a few volunteers – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultural norms.

About the mission

The conflict in Ukraine has seen a dramatic and rapid escalation since 24th February 2022 with massive multidimensional attacks from Russian troops throughout Ukraine, from the East, North, and Southern borders that affected a large part of the country including the capital, Kyiv. This attack has been immediately followed by massive displacements, and more than 4 500 000 Ukrainians have taken refuge in neighboring countries. About 6 500 000 are internally displaced, mostly in the Western part of the country. In the East, impacts of the conflict are felt and humanitarian operations support people remaining on the frontlines.

SI strategy is to respond to both acute and chronic emergency as well as to contribute to creating conducive conditions for a dignified return and stay of the populations in stabilized areas through the support to local authorities for them to be better able to deliver the public services (eg WASH). Main sectors of interventions are WASH and Shelter

The 2025 setup of the mission is as follows : 1 coordination office in Kyiv, 3 field bases (Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro), 100 staffs, 27 internationals. Key current donors include BHA, ECHO, CDCS and AFD.

About the job

General objective:

Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Director for Programs , and in close coordination with the Field Coordinators and the Deputy Field Coordinators for Programs, train the localized multi-projecst Projet Managers on project cycle management and use of SI project piloting tools such as APU, OFU, LFU etc…

The main challenges:

Fairly beginner national PM. Transition to Multi-projects PM.

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

Identify needs of each PM. Build personalized training plans, including inputs from other departments. Provide trainings.

Security constraints:

Security is fairly good in Kyiv. More volatile on bases. But security incidents linked to missile or drone attacks can be mostly anticipated and their impact therefore mitigated.

Your profile

Education / academic background:

High diploma in political science, humanitarian action, development, international relations, international law.

Specific skills and experience:

EXPERIMENT IN THE HUMANITARIAN SECTOR : 3-4 years
EXPERIMENT ON SIMILAR POSITIONS : 0-2 years

TECHNICAL SKILLS

1. Experience as Project Manager (minimum 3 significant/long term experiences) 2. Good Knowledge of SI project cycle management tools
3. Training skills

TRANSVERSAL SKILLS

1. Pedagogy/Patience/Adaptability
2. Capacity to design personal and strategic action plans
3. HR backgroung an asset

Language:

• English
• Ukrainian or Russian would be an asset

SI will offer you

A salaried position:
According to experience, starting from EUR 2100 gross per month (1890 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem of USD 700.

SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.

Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

LIVING CONDITIONS:

Good living conditions in Kyiv : access to all comodities, ATMs available, internet everywhere, free movement in the green zone. On bases conditions are also very good with less options for entetainement though in Kharkiv due to security situations

Application Process

Do you recognize yourself in this description? If yes, please send us your CV and cover letter!

Please note that CV-only applications will not be considered, and that the vacancy may close before the deadline.

Thank you for your understanding.

To learn more about Sl: www.solidarites.org

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Solidarités International (SI) est déterminé à prévenir et à combattre tout type d’abus – tout acte d’exploitation, d’abus et/ou de harcèlement sexuels (SEAH) à l’encontre des membres des communautés bénéficiaires ou de ses collaborateurs et collaboratrices, atteinte aux personnes et/ou aux biens, fraude, corruption, conflit d’intérêt non déclaré, financement d’activités portant atteinte aux droits de l’homme – qui pourrait être perpétré dans le cadre de ses interventions. SI applique une tolérance zéro à l’égard de tout type d’abus, particulièrement des actes de SEAH.

Solidarités International est un employeur équitable qui combat toute forme de discrimination. SI ne demandera jamais une rétribution quelconque en vue de participer à un processus de recrutement.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.