Country Representative - Ukraine

• Analyzes the context, issues, and needs in relation to BSF's mandate and global strategy;
• Analyzes the humanitarian response and public educational and social policies in the region and map the actors involved;
• Prioritizes contacts with stakeholders: public authorities, companies, foundations, and potential donors for BSF, and respond to incoming requests;
• Drafts and consolidates the corresponding reportings.

• Is BSF’s legal representative in Ukraine with relevant administrative implications;
• Coordinates with local and national authorities to secure humanitarian access and build acceptance;
• Represents BSF in relevant coordination spaces and clusters with local authorities, other NGOs and relevant actors;
• Contributes actively to BSF’s reach in Ukraine with regards to local and international actors.

• Develops and/or validates thematic, geographic, and partnership intervention strategies consistent with the organization's mandate, vision, and financial capacities, in consultation with the Operations Department and General Management;
• Builds relationships with potential financial and operational partners to strengthen existing relations and further develop BSF’s strategy and programs for scale-up and future funding;
• Identifies funding and operational opportunities;
• Oversees, develops and drafts the response to calls for proposals from donors with the support of the program teams;
• Develops BSF's network in Ukraine, building links with organizations and institutions and bringing together prominent personalities, friends and supporters of the NGO.

• Guarantees the quality of operations in the country of intervention;
• Ensures sound budgetary management of projects implemented;
• Ensures budget planning and monitoring of the budget;
• Ensures the feedback and dissemination of information on operations to headquarters and vice versa from headquarters to the field;
• Participates in cross-functional projects led by the Operations Department, aiming to reinforce and model the expected quality standards according to the needs identified.
• Validates reports from financial and operational partners;
• Inform desk at HQ through regular updates and request approvals from HQ in a timely, relevant, proactive manner;
• Actively contributes to the strengthening of procedures/processes both for programs and in conjunction with other departments (logistics, finance, etc.) in order to comply with donor requirements and ensure compliance with this regulatory and contractual framework in operations;
• Supports the updating of compliance and accountability procedures and ensures that these procedures are respected;
• Ensures compliance with local regulations including regular reports to authorities, compliance with tax and labor laws as well as any other regulations applying to NGOs;
• Carries out diagnosis and monitoring missions in the country.

• Oversees risk analysis and monitoring of the security environment;
• Oversees the development, review and implementation of mission security plans in coordination with the Director of Logistics & Security and the Deputy Director of International Operations;
• Is responsible for the implementation of the Security Plan & Measures in Ukraine;
• Participates in the crisis management team in the event of a security incident;
• Briefs new staff on security context of the country and the mission;
• Documents / updates relevant tools falling within the security management framework in a timely and relevant manner.

• Is responsible of his/her team. He/she has the Program coordinator and AFL officer under its direct supervision;
• Recruits, onboards, trains and supervises new staffs for the good functioning of the mission;
• Ensures the respect of local labor laws and support the elaboration of HR policies for national staff (including but not limited to salary scale and contract templates).

• You have a higher education degree and significant professional experience in an international position involving high-level representation to international networks, institutional donors and private funders. You have a good understanding of the humanitarian environment, and of international cooperation.
• Endowed with great leadership, you have a proven ability to raise funds, drive change, and build support around innovative projects. Recognized for your skills in organizational, transformation and internal structuring, you have experience in mobilizing human, financial, logistical and technical resources.
• Agile and with a great workload capacity, you master English at a professional level as well as the office pack and digital tools. Your relational, communication and writing skills are recognized, as well as your team spirit and good humor. You have a great sense of responsibility, are reliable and rigorous with an ability to organize and manage stress and priorities.

• Proven management skills
• Excellent writing and synthesis skills
• In-depth knowledge of public institutions, the private sector and institutional donors and their financing mechanisms
• Mastery of the project cycle
• Administrative and financial management/monitoring of projects and contract management
• Ability to work in sensitive and complex political and security contexts and in a multicultural environment
• Excellent listening, negotiation and communication skills
• Respect for BSF's values and principles
• Mobility in the field is essential
• Fluency in English.
• Ukrainian and/or Russian is an asset.

• Type of contract: Expatriate fixed-term contract (Contrat à Durée Déterminée d’Usage)
• Duration of the contract: 6 months
• Starting date : Asap
• Remuneration: According to BSF expatriate salary scale and experience
• Benefits of expatriate contract:

• Allowance for living expenses;
• Housing in guesthouse taken in charge by BSF;
• Social protection system adapted to expatriation (CFE, complementary health, providence, repatriation assistance and civil liability)
• Workplace: Lviv with frequent travel within Ukraine, with possibility to transfer the office to Kyiv throughout 2024 (TBC).
• Other informations: This is an unaccompanied position.

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