East Europe Foundation is seeking a program manager for project for support of civil society, which will accompany management of the project under the direct supervision of the vice president of the Foundation programs.

Start date: January 2025

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Full time

Work format: hybrid

Requirements:

• Ensure complex program control – results-aimed management.
• Implement program management focused on achieving program goals, including planning program activities, ensuring their effective implementation, and reporting on program achievements.
• Showing leadership and building up an effective work effort from the programming team, overseeing the work of contractors and grantees in order to reach project goals in a timely manner.
• Cultivate and support effective collaboration with beneficiaries and stakeholders of the program.
• Create program approaches, focused on development of civil society organizations, particularly increasing their abilities in the civic-tech sphere, and related innovations.
• To work according the the EU requirements and policies and procedures of the Foundation for the duration of the program.
• Perform other relevant requirements necessary for the successful implementation of the program,

Qualifications:

• Management, social work, public administration, related specialties. Ideally, possession of professional certification in project or program management.
• 3-5 years experience in a similar position – management of donor financing programs. Work experience in the civic sector, experience in donor financing programs. Understanding nuances in the aforementioned sectors.
• Attention to detail, with excellent organizational skills, are mandatory.
• Skilled user of a PC, and MS Office (particularly MS Word, Excel, Power Point), ideally work skills with the use of project management and collaboration instruments (MS Project, Jira, etc.).
• Ability to work independently and in a multi-tasking setting, with high requirements and specific deadlines, ability to prioritize tasks to ensure efficient results.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to establish and support effective collaboration with colleagues and partners.
• Strong Ukrainian language skills are mandatory, professional level English language skills (minimum B2 level) for progress reports and communication with the donor.

Please send a resume and cover letter to the address: [email protected] until December 22, 2024.

Indicate the name of the position in the subject line of the email. Please do not call over telephone.