Вакансія: Project’s assistant

About Alinea International:

Alinea International is one of Canada’s leading international development firms, providing management and technical expertise to developing and transitional country partners on projects that promote sustainable growth and meaningful opportunities for people to improve their lives. Over the past 30 years, we have implemented over 370 projects in more than 65 countries.

Alinea International has two offices in Canada and 11 offices around the world, including an office in Ukraine. Over the almost thirteen-year of Alinea International presence in Ukraine, the team successfully implemented five international technical assistance projects.

At Alinea International we value equity, diversity and inclusivity in everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer opposed to all forms of discrimination. We actively seek and encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds recognizing that an inclusive workforce enriches our organization and achieves smarter, more innovative results.

Alinea is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be subject to due diligence checks and extensive background checks where appropriate.

About the project:

In October 2019, Alinea International launched a new five-year project in Ukraine: Support Ukraine Reforms in Governance (SURGe). SURGe is a technical assistance project in Ukraine, funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by Alinea International Ltd.

SURGe’s Ultimate Outcome is to help the Government of Ukraine (GoU) to deliver governance and economic reforms that better respond to the needs of its citizens. To achieve this, the Project will strategically enhance and strengthen the GoU’s reform management functions, namely its capacity to undertake planning and analysis of reforms that consider citizen impact and to implement these reforms.

Reform initiative and position summary:

Renewing access to school education initiative of SURGe will support Ukrainian regions and hromadas to restore access to school education that was dramatically interrupted and distorted by the war. The initiative aims to help communities establish new approaches to provide access to educational activities for children affected by war, whether they are IDPs, do not have access to a physical school building or are trauma-affected.

Beside from improving access, SURGe assists the MoES and other stakeholders with the new academic year on the liberated territories of Ukraine by providing schools with instruments for diagnostic of learning gaps and methodological support to teachers to make up the learning loses of their students.

For this reform, SURGe Project is looking for а Project’s assistant to assist the initiative’s team to organize its work, assist in planning, reporting, help to arrange and keep good communication with the stakeholders.

Location: remote job position for now, with meetings in Ukraine once the security situation allows.
Reports to: Team Lead, Sector Lead.
Employment type: full-time, Monday-Friday (part time involvement might be discussed during the interviews with the selected applicants).
Remuneration: fees are subject to negotiation and must not exceed established market rates.

The duration of the contract is 4 months (till the end of December 2022) (subject of approval and implemented deliverables during a previous deployment).

For contracting (after the job offer is made), the selected candidate is expected to be registered as a Private Entrepreneur of the 3d group (consultancy services).

Indicative duties and responsibilities (scope of work):

• Prepare the necessary documents for cooperation with communities/schools of the regions regarding the restoration of access to school education for all children of the community.
• Support all processes of procurement of services and goods within the framework of the initiative.
• Support communication with representatives of communities and schools selected for cooperation.
• Organize meetings and other events within the framework of the initiative.
• Perform other tasks as defined by the team lead.

Preferred qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor degree.
• No less than 2-years work experience, preferably in the sphere of education.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Impeccable ethical standards.
• High level English and Ukrainian proficiency.

Application Instructions:

1. Cover letter is mandatory to be considered. Cover letters should detail how you fit the opportunity, your daily fee and current availability.
2. Alinea International accepts electronic submissions only. Send your cover letter and CV to [email protected] till indicated deadline for applications.
3. Please, include following in the email subject line: [Project’s assistant: your last name, your first name].

Please note, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for follow-up. We do not welcome unsolicited phone calls.
Applications received after the indicated deadline and/or without letter of interest will not be reviewed and considered.