East Europe Foundation, within the framework of the USAID/UK aid Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services (TAPAS) project, announces a competition for the position of Project Manager for the project on the development and implementation of the Urban Planning Cadaster at the state level.

The integrated information system “Geoinformation system Urban Planning Cadaster of the State Level” (hereinafter referred to as GIS UPCS) is a state system for storing and using geospatial data on the unified digital topographic base of the country, planning and cartographic base, state border, boundaries of administrative and territorial units (provided from the state land cadaster), the General Scheme of Planning of the Territory of Ukraine, planning schemes for certain parts of the territory of Ukraine, results of monitoring the development of master plans of settlements (based on data from regional-level urban planning cadasters), urban planning documentation, legal and regulatory acts on urban planning, and other information resources of sectoral cadasters and information systems.

The development of the GIS UPCS is crucial for the reform of the construction sector aimed at full automation of urban planning and construction processes. The introduction of this system will minimize the human factor in most processes and, first of all, in the provision of construction services to citizens and businesses and is expected to have a significant anti-corruption impact. The state will also receive a tool to monitor the implementation of urban planning policy and support the adoption of operational management decisions, as well as to take into account state and regional interests in territory planning.

Scope of work and responsibilities of the expert:

• Participate in the development of the project concept and implementation plans;
• Hold regular meetings with stakeholders to clarify information system requirements;
• Manage a team of experts working on the project;
• Determine project priorities, KPIs and set appropriate tasks for the team;
• Participate in the development of technical requirements for the search for software development contractors;
• Coordinate all stages of software development (SDLC) using Scrum/Kanban/XP approaches and methodologies, etc;
• Document the functionality of information systems;
• Monitor all stages of software development and prepare relevant reports as requested by the customer;
• Communicate with all stakeholders involved in the project implementation, including representatives of government agencies, developers, etc;
• Coordinate project partners and contractors;
• Maintain project documentation in Confluence/Jira.

Qualification Requirements:

• More than three (3) years of software development project management experience;
• Understanding and skills in IT development project management using Agile approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc;
• Experience in developing electronic services for the public and business, understanding of such technologies as interoperable solutions, etc;
• Understanding of the software design and development process, formulation of high-level technical requirements for a software product;
• Ability to structure elements of information systems and identify technologies and possible software solutions;
• Experience in writing technical specifications, requirements and specifications for IT projects.

Desired skills and experience:

• More than two (2) years of experience with Jira and Confluence;
• Experience in communications with government agencies (clarifying requirements, making presentations);
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail;
• Knowledge of English will be an advantage;
• Experience with geographic information systems will be an advantage;
• Knowledge of urban planning legislation will be an advantage.

Applications (CV with relevant work experience and skills, direct contact details) should be sent by 23:00 on August 10, 2023 to the address: [email protected] with a note “Cadaster Project Manager“.

Contact information:

Yuliia Zaplavna, Project Manager, East Europe Foundation

[email protected]