Руслан

Ruslan Minich

Date of birth: 04/02/1992 Nationality: Ukrainian Gender: Male Phone number: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») (Mobile)

Email address: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Address: Kyiv, Ukraine (Work)

WORK EXPERIENCE

 CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTING THE USAID/UKRAINE HARVEST ACTIVITY – KYIV, UKRAINE
MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING (MEL) SPECIALIST – 26/06/2024 – 06/05/2025
1. MEL implementation and data management:
• support implementing the Activity MEL plan, ensuring it aligns with contract requirements and client
objectives;
• develop and update data collection tools necessary for capturing and reporting on project indicator data,
and coordinate development and utilization of tools;
• maintain project data in DevResults and AirTable;
• identify opportunities for integration of new technology and automation into MEL tasks.
2. Data analysis, reporting, and learning:
• ensure that project staff are considering and applying data to maximize learning from data and using data
in making project decisions;
• contribute to the development of annual work plans and regular project reports, and reviewing the MEL
plan accordingly;
• compile and analyze data on project indicators for contractual reports to show the progress against
project objectives and targets, and report findings to project senior leaderships, as well as prepare reports
for submission to USAID;
• collect and disseminate lessons learned and best practices to internal (home office) and external
stakeholders, as appropriate.
3. Capacity-building and cross-team collaboration:
• participate in training project staff on general MEL concepts and terms, data collection, and reporting
procedures;
• collaborates with the wider MEL, Communications, and GESI teams to monitor and analyze disaggregated
program data.

 CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT (SEED) – KYIV, UKRAINE
SENIOR RESEARCHER AND PROJECT MANAGER – 01/09/2022 – 31/05/2024
1. Leading research:
• provide strategic leadership to major research projects and liaise with key clients and stakeholders
(including USAID's DGE, USAID's TCA, UNDP, PFRU);
• conceptualize and design new research frameworks and analysis plans;
• develop and adopt research tools and approaches for qualitative and quantitative studies (e.g., surveys,
metrics);
• provide oversight and overall guidance on the use and implementation of the various research
approaches (co-creation and co-implementation) and methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) for
each research stage;
• write up research findings and oversee the production of research outputs;
• lead desk review, literature review, expert interviews, focus groups and employ other qualitative methods
to develop an in-depth topical and contextual understanding and amalgamate these with SCORE findings
to produce different high quality research deliverables;
• lead work of the project teams and data analysts to understand and interpret research findings, elicit key
messages and policy and programmatic recommendations.
2. Methodological innovation, development, and sustainability:
• respond to new opportunities, seize new trends and address new research needs (experimental or
otherwise such as QCA) and contribute to the development of new qualitative and quantitative
methodological and analytical approaches;
• develop joint proposals and contribute to fundraising.
3. Supporting country operations, stakeholder liaison, and impact:
• oversee research implementation, including liaising with agencies, trouble shooting and maintaining
frequent communication with all necessary staff to ensure smooth implementation of projects, including
 present findings to SeeD staff and external partners, and contributing to use of findings by decision-
makers;
• liaise and sustain productive and efficient relationships with research and MEL departments of the
relevant project’s partners;
• act as a resource person for key SeeD meetings and advocacy activities with key political and societal
stakeholders for evidence uptake;
• contribute to research visibility and outreach;
• contribute to portfolio and team management within the Team.

 CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT (SEED) – KYIV, UKRAINE
PROGRAMME RESEARCHER – 05/10/2020 – 31/08/2022
• support the design, logistics, and coordination of tasks and activities in Ukraine and elsewhere;
• conceptualize, design, implement research processes, report about implementation stages and findings,
contribute to the coordination and implementation of project deliverables and activities;
• conduct literature reviews and content analysis of secondary sources and policy documents;
• shape and guide data analysis;
• understand and interpret research findings and their policy implications;
• produce evidence-driven products and outreach materials from policy briefs to policy reports, infographics to
presentations;
• communicate research findings to clients (including USAID's DGE, USAID's TCA, UNDP) and a wide range of
stakeholders.

 CENTRE OF UNITED ACTIONS THINK TANK – KYIV, UKRAINE
JOURNALIST – 13/04/2020 – 02/10/2020
• write analytical articles on public institutions, Ukrainian legislation, local authorities;
• produce text and video stories about local communities;
• interview officials and experts on public policies;
• write scripts for explainer video and podcasts;
• produce materials explaining legislative initiatives in plain language;
• make products on programmes of political parties and candidates during the 2020 local elections.

 EUROPE WITHOUT BARRIERS NGO – KYIV, UKRAINE
POLICY ANALYST – 01/03/2019 – 31/03/2020
• conduct research and analysis on migration and border management, in particular, develop research
methodology, statistically analyse big data of the mobile operator, conduct semi-structured interviews with key
informants, participate in field trips, conduct desk research, and write final papers;
• prepare expert conclusions and propositions on drafted integrated border management strategy and action
plan; EU-Ukraine agenda on justice, freedom, and security; government transition book on European and Euro-
Atlantic integration;
• present research findings to public, experts, officials, and media;
• draft funding proposals;
• organise events.

 INTERNEWS-UKRAINE NGO – KYIV, UKRAINE
ANALYST / EU PROJECT COORDINATOR – 08/02/2017 – 20/02/2019
1. As EU project coordinator, EU Delegation to Ukraine's media support project
• analysing and writing for EU library on EU-related policy reforms;
• translating in English, Ukrainian, and Russian;
• monitoring Ukrainian media and writing analytic reports, when needed;
• updating EU manual for journalists;
• organising visit of Ukrainian journalists to the Eastern Partnership summit (2017) and the EU-Ukraine
summit (2018);
• drafting project reports.
2. As analyst and journalist:
• analysing Ukraine's media, disinformation, policies and foreign affairs;
• collecting data and conducting research;
• elaborating factsheets, features stories, analytical articles;
• drafting scripts and coordinating video production;
• creating infographics with a designer;
• interviewing experts;
• elaborating funding proposals.
 'FOURTH ESTATE OF UKRAINE' NGO (3S.TV CHANNEL) – KYIV, UKRAINE
LINE PRODUCER – 01/09/2016 – 31/12/2016
• organisation, coordination, and control of TV programme pre-production, production, and post-production;
• supervising video and graphics production (programme materials, promo, ads, TV programme editing);
• video and graphics release during shootings ;
• editing titles and voice-overs;
• liaising with stylists and make-up artists;
• controlling seating plan of TV hosts and guests;
• paperwork;
• conducting other tasks, when necessary.

 BROADCASTING COMPANY 'WORLDWIDE INFORMATIONAL SERVICE' LLC (3S.TV CHANNEL) – KYIV, UKRAINE
EDITOR (MONITORING JOURNALIST) – 04/02/2016 – 22/07/2016
•d​ aily review of international media;
• research on political, social, economic, and legal issues;
• writing content;
• searching for videos and graphics, creating or adapting them with a video editor and a designer;
• translation of quotes, videos, speeches from English and Italian into Russian.​

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

30/09/2013 – 29/06/2015 Pavia, Italy
MASTER'S DEGREE IN WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CUM LAUDE) (IN ENGLISH)
University of Pavia

31/08/2009 – 26/06/2013 Ostroh, Ukraine
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CUM LAUDE) The National University of Ostroh
Academy

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): UKRAINIAN
Other language(s):

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

ITALIAN C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

RUSSIAN C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

SKILLS

Office & Communication Platforms

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) Communication
Platforms (Skype, Zoom, Teams, Slack) Google Suite (Doc, Slides, Form, Sheet, Drive)

Data Management & Analytics

IBM Statistical package for Sciences (SPSS) DevResults Airtable (Management Tool) Gen AI Python (Numpy,
Pandas, Sklearn, Matplotlib, Seaborn) R (Basic) Kobo Toolbox

Data Visualization

Flourish Data Visualization Power BI Tableau (Basics)

PUBLICATIONS
2024
Understanding Social Contract For Citizen-State Unity: Based on ReSCORE 2023 and SCORE 2021
Surveys

Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development - SeeD

2024
Vulnerability and Human Recovery Capital Indices: Based on ReSCORE Ukraine 2023

Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development - SeeD

2022
Displacement and Life in Ukraine During Russia’s Full-Scale Military Aggression: Analysis of GeoPoll’s
Survey Results, April-May 2022

with Nestor Cheryba, Nadiia Novosolova, Kando Serge Gbagbeu, Dr. Orestis Panayiotou

Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development - SeeD

2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Ukrainian Labour Migrants in Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Italy

with Pavlo Kravchuk

policy brief, Prague Process, International Centre for Migration Policy Development

2020
Lviv Region (Ukraine) – Poland: Mobile Border In Between

big data study

2019
Living Near the Border: The Cases of Shehyni and Uhryniv Communities

qualitative research