Вакансія: Procurement and Contracting Specialist

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is seeking qualified professionals for the project “Vocational Integration of Internally Displaced Persons/ EU4Skills” (hereafter “Project”) for its office in Kyiv to fill the position of the

Procurement and Contracting Specialist (Full-time, Kyiv)

The project “Vocational Integration of Internally Displaced Persons/EU4Skills” improves the employability of internally displaced in Eastern Ukraine and supports the reform of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Ukraine. The project provides technical support to the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Qualification Agency, regional administrations and selected schools. The project will strengthen social partnership and structures such as regional VET councils to improve links between VET and employers from the public as well as the private sector.

Areas of Responsibility

• Ensures that contracts are awarded in accordance with legal requirements, in a proper, audit-proof and economical manner;
• Ensures proper documentation and filing in paper folders as well as in the internal document management system in line with GIZ’s filing rules;
• Provides trainings to Project staff;
• Ensures smooth communication and cooperation with financial and procurement professionals of the Service Unit, technical staff of the Project and GIZ Ukraine Country Office;
• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Requirements

• BA/MA in accounting, economics, business administration or similar area;
• Good knowledge of EU procurement law would be an advantage;
• Good knowledge of Ukrainian legislation, basic knowledge of accounting would be an advantage;
• At least 3 years professional experience in a comparable position;
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of English, Russian and Ukrainian, knowledge of German would be an advantage;
• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications, particularly EXCEL and other MS Office applications;
• Experienced to work in an international team;
• Ability to work under pressure, reliability and flexibility;
• Good self-organizational skills;
• Customer and service-oriented attitude;
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed.

We offer

• Official employment;
• Salary fixed in EUR, performance-related bonuses and 13th salary;
• Medical insurance, 29 vacation days annually;
• Language classes, hard and soft skills trainings;
• Individual and group psychological support;
• Possible remote and flexible work;
• Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.

Employment conditions

Full-time position with 40-hours working week. Place of assignment is Kyiv. The assignment starts as soon as possible till 30.06.2023.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.

Application

Application comprising of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent to [email protected] until COB 06.12.2022, Tuesday.

By sending the application the candidate gives the consent for the personal data processing for recruitment processes solely.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.