Community Development Associate у ПРООН в Україні

At the United Nations Sustainable Summit held in September 2015, 193 UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, operationalizing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 specific targets. The Agenda commits all countries to work together to promote sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic growth and environmental protection for future generations, including women, men, girls, and boys across all levels — national, sub-national, and local.

In 2017, the European Commission adopted a new Energy Efficiency Support Programme for Ukraine (EE4U), aimed at contributing to increased energy efficiency in the Ukrainian residential sector and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, the EU, together with Germany, will support the activities of the Energy Efficiency Fund in providing grants to energy efficient renovations of multi-apartment buildings across Ukraine. UNDP was called upon by the EU to contribute, through technical assistance, to the improvement of the Ukrainian housing stock energy efficiency within the project «Home Owners of Ukraine for Sustainable Energy Solutions (HOUSES)»

In this context, United Nations Development Programme is recruiting a professional with relevant experience and track record for the position of Community Development Associate of the project «Home-Owners of Ukraine for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Solutions» (HOUSES).

The incumbent will prioritize gender equality and women’s empowerment within all implementations and promote UNDP’s mandate as a gender-responsive organization with zero tolerance to any kind of discriminatory and abusive behaviour, including sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the strategic guidance and overall supervision of the Oblast SDG Portfolio Manager and under direct supervision of the Community Development Specialist, who will work in close collaboration and coordination with the Project Team Leader, Community Development Associate will:

    Co-manage regional support unit and coordinate with local and regional stakeholders for achieving objective of the HOUSES project in a gender-responsive manner;
    Mobilize local communities (residents of multi-apartment buildings), develop and nurture Home Owners Associations (HOAs) to enable them to serve as development partners in local development;
    Ensure close cooperation with HOAs to promote community led development including preparation and prioritization of community development plans for local improvement;
    Ensure close cooperation with HOAs members to facilitate the implementation of community projects and design of sustainable strategies for operation and maintenance of resulting object and/or services;
    Expand partnerships and cooperation between HOAs and the city councils for the implementation of local community projects and to have local women’s and men’s needs, priorities and initiatives integrated into development planning of the city council;
    Work on conducting community based experimentation in the areas of alternative energy, energy efficiency, environment improvement and other priority areas of the Project;
    Develop training designs and modules, work plan and organize training programs in relation to the project implementation; prepare regular progress reports, and other reports as required in line with UNDP’s principles of gender-responsive communications and non-discriminatory language;
    Support establishment/strengthening of rayon/regional level networks in the Houses Project area;
    Prepare progress reports, and other reports as per required by the organization;
    Promote project by providing substantive stories, articles and other PR activities, ensure implementation of EU visibility strategy;
    Organize special events based on key UN days or UN/UNDP themes in particular region;
    Assist with donor visits, provides services of donor guide during donor visits and events;
    Supervise the work of the project vehicle driver;
    Perform other duties as required.

Measurable outputs of the work assignment:

    Effectiveness of the support structures in promoting participatory governance measured through percentage of the decisions (made by these structures) that resulted into action;
    Quality of process in implementing project interventions;
    Sustainable socio-economic development promoted at local level through participatory governance and community-based initiatives.

Performance indicators for evaluation of results:

    Contribution to policy dialogues on housing reform provided;
    Delivery of project resources against annual target;
    Number of HOAs established/strengthened;
    Number of micro-projects developed by supported HOAs;
    Number of media events and media coverage;
    Timeliness and quality of reporting.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

    Bachelor Degree in Social sciences, Law, International Relations, Political Science or other relevant areas.

Experience:

    At least 3 years of experience in the areas of social mobilization, community development;
    Experience in the Ukrainian state or commercial sectors in the area of energy efficiency, housing, urban development or communal services supply will be an asset;
    Experience of work with local government and non-government organizations;
    Sound knowledge of the concept of sustainable development.

Language Requirements:

    Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian;
    Knowledge of English is an asset.

Application Instruction: If you wish to apply for this or other positions, please visit UNDP website, section jobs and apply only:

https://jobs.partneragencies.net/erecruitjobs.html?JobOpeningId=26821&hrs_jo_pst_seq=1&hrs_site_id=2

Deadline for applications is 13 November 2019