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Capacity Development and Environmental Services Advisor (Component 2) for Ukraine’s Cohesion and Regional Development project (UCORD)

NIRAS is looking for a Capacity Development and Environmental Services Advisor for Ukraine’s Cohesion and Regional Development project funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Duration of assignment: Inception Phase (ongoing until 30.09.2022) and Phase I (01.10.2022 – 30.09.2026).

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine and pilot oblasts of Ukraine.

Expected start date: 1^st of September 2022.

Description of the assignment context

The overall goal of the UCORD project is that citizens, businesses and public authorities contribute to and equally benefit from effective and coherent regional development that fosters improved quality of life, resilience, peace and social cohesion in Ukraine. The project consists of three components: 1) Support to Regional Development Agencies, 2) Improved public services delivery with a focus on environment, 3) Social cohesion through culture. The project will work at the national level and in target regions covering two cycles of state strategies for regional development.

Assignment

• Under the supervision of Project Leader, efficient management and coordination of activities under component 2 “Improved public services delivery with a focus on environment” of UCORD, including implementing partners
• Insure liaison with MinEcology and other project stakeholders under component 2
• Support WASAW policy dialogue initiatives at national and regional levels
• Provision of technical assistance and capacity building to partner institutions at the national and regional levels, ensuring sustainability, effective upscaling and dissemination of project results
• Support the RDAs to review existing WASAW strategies and action plan and assess the capacity of regional and local stakeholders for the planning and provision of WASAW services
• Design and co-ordinate the delivery of capacity building programme(s) for regional stakeholders
• Support the RDAs to establish and facilitate regional working groups, develop roadmaps and regional projects for UCORD, national and international funds
• Lead the work of the Technical Working Group of component 2
• Ongoing monitoring of progress and achievement of planned outputs and outcomes of component 2 in line with the result framework
• Constant monitoring of the WASAW national and regional contexts, identification of new development opportunities that can be covered by the project to amplify the project impact
• Ensure know-how exchange, sharing of experience an emerging practices within SDC Governance Network
• Ensure integration of gender and other cross-cutting aspects into project planning and activities
• Provide other services of relevance for the implementation, as stated in the contract with SDC

 Qualifications:

• Profound knowledge and understanding of Ukraine’s political context, governance system and key reform priorities (in particular in WASAW, local self-government, decentralization, regional development and cohesion, public services provision)
• Strong familiarity with pertinent legislation and policies, as well as good practices in the above areas
• Min 10 years of experience in WASAW policy advice, facilitation, advocacy and support in implementation of complex reforms
• Proven ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders (government, parliament, regional and local authorities, local self-government associations, private sector, civil society, international development partners, international financial institutions, etc.)
• Min 10 years of demonstrated experience with capacity building programs/coaching in the areas of WASAW, decentralization, local self-government, regional development and cohesion, public services provision at multiple governance levels
• Competence in consolidating data and writing evidence-based, results-oriented reports
• High level of understanding of conflict-sensitive and culture-sensitive topics
• Strong communication skills and fluency in written and spoken Ukrainian and English

 Evaluation of response & selection

Interested applicants should send their proposals to NIRAS no later than August 20th, 2022 9 a.m. Kyiv time.

The proposal should contain the following documents:

1. a) A short explanation of the applicant’s suitability for the assignment (maximum one A4-page)
2. b) Up-to-date CV indicating relevant experience and qualifications, indicating at least three contact references.

Capacity Development and Environmental Services Advisor will be selected based on the expert’s competence and suit-ability – based on the requirements described above. Test of English skills might be required. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted to be followed by an interview with selection panel.

Proposals and questions should be sent by email to: [email protected]