Programme Manager

Title: Programme Manager Place of assignment: Initially Kyiv, Ukraine (move to region of implementation when possible) Type of posting: International Delegate, non-family posting Desired starting date: As soon as possible Contract period: 12 months, with the possibility of extension

Background

Swedish Red Cross (SRC) is increasing its engagement in Ukraine following the escalation of the conflict in February 2022. This includes establishing a bilateral partnership with Ukraine Red Cross Society (URCS), as well as closer collaboration with the ICRC, IFRC, and other Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement partners. SRC will have a Country Representative in Kyiv, whose priorities are to actively participate in Movement Coordination, manage partnerships with URCS and other partners, oversee the country portfolio, and manage the SRC country office. The country portfolio is under development but will include support to URCS’s national response plan and support to the implementation of specific projects at one or more of URCS’s regional branches. SRC aims at systematically mainstreaming the cross-cutting issues of Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) and Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) into the programme.

Your role in the organisation

As the Programme Manager in Ukraine for SRC, you are part of the Ukraine Crisis Response Team led by the Head of Ukraine Crisis Response based in Stockholm. The Programme Manager will be based in Ukraine, as close to the area of implementation as the security situation allows. You are part of the SRC in-country team reporting to the Country Representative, who is responsible for the SRC portfolio in Ukraine. You will guide, coach and train staff and volunteers in the URCS, especially at branch level, to ensure sustainability and ownership of the programming, while conducting proper monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on the programme to ensure compliance to plans and regulations. You will work closely with technical advisors at SRC headquarters, when relevant.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the host National Society in managing and coordinating program implementation, including design and planning, while ensuring adequate monitoring, reporting and evaluation as well as financial monitoring to ensure that donor requirements are met during program implementation
• With URCS counterparts, jointly conduct regular field visits to operational sites, identifying and helping to solve any critical challenges/issues faced in the programme
• Responsible for maintaining a continuous dialogue with the URCS branch management about opportunities, achievements, and challenges in the cooperation with SRC, including requests for technical support
• The Programme Manager may be called upon to provide support in strengthening internal systems and processes in areas such as procurement, fleet management, risk register tracking including fraud and corruption mitigation, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), volunteering development and recruitment processes

Your profile

The position demands that you are constructive, flexible and solution oriented. You need to be analytical and able to develop project proposals and reports. You need to be systematic and structured, with the ability to handle high workloads. You meet deadlines and can work with an elevated level of independence in culturally diverse environments. You are also able to travel to remote locations.

As a successful candidate you have solid interpersonal and communication skills, are team oriented and able to positively interact with all levels of society. You have demonstrated experiences of holding similar responsibilities as outlined above.

As an SRC employee, you share the Red Cross Red Crescent humanitarian values including diversity and actively work against all forms of discrimination. You understand, respect, and comply with the SRC Code of Conduct and security rules and regulations.

Ukraine is a high-risk environment. At all times, the Programme Manager respects and follows relevant communication as well as security rules.

Required qualifications and experience

• Relevant academic degree (3-5 years of full-time study) in a relevant field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience from positions in the humanitarian and/or development cooperation sector holding similar responsibilities
• Significant field experience in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented experience of project/programme cycle management (PMER, budget and financial management, proposal writing, training and coaching staff and volunteers)
• Proficient knowledge of written and spoken English

Desired qualifications

• Experience of working or volunteering within the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement
• Experience working with Sida and EU/ECHO funded projects
• Experience from one or several of the following fields is an asset, protection, gender and inclusion, community engagement and accountability, environmental sustainability/Green Response, organizational development, volunteer management, resource mobilization
• Understanding of the current political, social, and humanitarian situation of the region
• Knowledge of Ukrainian and/or Russian is a strong asset

Other Requirements

• In line with the principle of neutrality, SRC does not assign personnel to a country of which they are nationals
• Relevant security training for work in a high-risk environment (HEAT or equivalent)
• Candidates must be in good health and are required to pass a medical check-up prior to departure to the duty station
• Candidates must hold a manual driving license and have experience in driving manual transmission vehicles