Chemonics International шукає Diia.City Institutional Partnerships Development Manager

Chemonics International, a global consulting and international development firm, seeks a Diia.City Institutional Partnerships Development Manager, short-term position, for the USAID-funded Competitive Economy Program (CEP). CEP is a five-year program to increase the competitiveness of startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine, as well as to increase the competitiveness of Ukrainian products in foreign markets, through a combined focus on improving Ukraine’s business enabling environment, increasing private sector competitiveness, increasing access to finance and investments, promoting exports, and facilitating trade.

In support of project objectives, CEP is supporting the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (MDT) in developing Diia.City, a new voluntary special legal regime to enable the development of the technology industry in Ukraine. Diia.City’s purpose is to enhance the growth of SMEs, startup, and product companies within the tech sector in Ukraine via favorable taxation, friendly corporate and business regulations, flexible staff contracting opportunities, and other components, which are expected to last for 25 years and be guaranteed under Ukrainian law. Diia.City’s aims to increase the number of technology specialists in Ukraine to 450,000 people and increase the annual revenue of the sector to $11.8 billion.

Within this cooperation, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (MDT) requested CEP to support Diia City development with short-term Institutional Partnerships Development Manager (Manager) for the purpose of identifying relevant institutional partners (donors, private sector companies, international development and other institutions), which would be interested to assess and launch development initiatives within Diia City. S/he, on behalf of CEP, will work closely with Diia City Project Office to reach out to existing cold contacts as well build its own pipeline of perspective contacts among local and international donors, private sector and other organizations to present Diia City aspects and help perspective partners identify ways to launch development initiatives within Diia City and/or to support Diia City development. Potential areas of development initiatives may include, but are not limited to: workforce development, early-stage and venture funding, intellectual property development, tech ecosystem development and strengthening of its connection to international business circles, development of startups and IT products, development and stimulation of R&D, tech commercialization, etc. The Manager will identify perspective partners, manage negotiations with them with the goal to go from plans to commitments and launched initiatives. The Manager will also be tasked to represent Diia City at international and local platforms and conferences.

The Institutional Partnerships Development Manager’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Find new partners and engage with current partners for project implementation (identification of donors and institutional partners and other relevant organizations, including from private sector from Ukraine and outside of Ukraine);
• Prepare promotion materials and presentations on Diia City and associated initiatives for potential partners;
• Manage negotiations;
• Lead projects development, create work plans, budgets, seek approvals;
• Coordinate project management and documentation support on new development initiatives within Diia City;
• Provide support, coordination, and control of project implementation at all stages, reporting;
• Maintain regular contact with relevant CEP staff and submit brief fortnightly status reports highlighting progress made and challenges encountered;
• Other tasks as directed by MDT or CEP Chief of Party.

This assignment is expected to begin in February 2022 until October – November, 2022. The place of performance for this assignment is Kyiv, Ukraine (in-person and remotely). The local and international travel may be required to fulfil the assignment.

The required and/or preferred qualifications for the Institutional Partnerships Development Manager position are:

• Higher education (preferably in business or NGO administration fields);
• Experience working with institutions and donor organizations, understanding programs’ focus and compliance of their goals and objectives with the project needs;
• Over 2 years of experience in a similar role;
• High level of personal motivation and focus on the result;
• Relations development and maintenance skills;
• Communication skills;
• Impeccable spoken and written English;
• Experience of work in NGOs and technical assistance projects, social or charitable organizations, and in a public sector would be an advantage.

Deliverables

Deliverables include, among others:

• Sufficient representation of Diia City at local and international platforms and conferences (with the list of activities attended/presented)
• New perspective institutional partnerships approached (long-list)
• New perspective institutional partnerships, which are seriously considering to support Diia City development and/or launch of development initiatives within Diia City framework (short-list)
• New engaged institutional partnerships, support Diia City development (success list)

Application Instructions:

Please send a CV and brief letter of interest in English indicating related experience and achievements to [email protected]. Please include your name and “Diia City - Institutional Partnerships Development Manager” in the subject line. Please note the position is open for Ukrainian citizens only. Candidates will be reviewed and interviewed on a rolling basis until position is filled. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.