Vacancy: Program Manager

Дата публікації: 21.09.2017

LEGAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK is a national coalition of Ukrainian NGOs that develop communities through providing free legal aid and expert support. We are looking for a Program Manager at the central office of our organization located in Kyiv (Pozniaky).

The Program Manager is responsible for the day-to-day implementation and management of the organization programs in legal empowerment, legal support for communities and reports to the Executive Director of the organization.

Qualification requirements

• Knowledge and experience (at least 2 years) on the work in the human rights and legal aid field;
• Awareness in the human rights development, dynamics, trends, and tendencies in Ukraine and beyond, knowledge in international and national human rights and legal aid legislation and practices;
• Some experience in managing and implementing donor-funded technical assistance projects focusing on human rights preferably with national and international donors in Ukraine;
• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in law, human rights or related fields;
• Ability to work in a team and establish strong working relations with officials, donors, media and civic leaders;
• Excellent writing skills as well as strong analytical aptitude, communication and presentation skills;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Strong computer skills;
• Advanced level of written and spoken English and Ukrainian;
• Readiness for business trips;
• Registered individual entrepreneur or readiness to register.

Responsibilities

• Developing a long-term strategy and contributing to short-term plans within the organization programs together with the projects key staff;
• Drafting project proposals;
• Ensuring effective project management, performing overall control and monitoring, risk assessment, measuring project progress, making adjustments if required for achievement of its strategic tasks and envisaged objectives;
• Securing timely project reporting in line with donors’ requirements and Ukrainian legislation;
• Financial planning and control over financial procedures within the projects;
• Performing control over compliance of the projects activities with donors’ rules, procedures as well as organization’s internal policies and regulations;
• Representing the leading programs in relations with other organization’s projects/programs, authorities, donors, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders;
• Leading the project team and building its capacities;
• Coordination of programs efforts with the local authorities;
• Participation in development and implementation of organization’s taining projects;
• Website management: updating the relevant information, statistics and preparation of analytical papers;
• Analysis of national and international practices, innovations in the field of access to justice, local communities’ development;
• Providing coordination with other organization projects and initiatives to ensure synergy, avoid duplication of efforts and double funding;
• Monitoring of funding and grant opportunities.

Expected start date – October 2017.

To submit your application, send your CV and motivation letter with expected salary level to office@ldn.org.ua before October 15, 2017.

Please, indicate “Program Manager” in the subject line of the e-mail.

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