Livelihoods and Economic Recovery Advisor

World Vision International (WVI)—a leading international non-governmental organization — is looking for Livelihoods and Economic Recovery Advisor

World Vision’s focus is helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

World Vision is committed to safeguarding children and adult beneficiaries believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation and expects all employees, interns, volunteers and all WV affiliates share the same commitment. WV takes diligent measures to screen out all people who might seek to use WV to harm children or adult beneficiaries, or whose past actions indicate an unacceptable risk of such harm. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedures include extensive identification checks prior to employment or engagement with WV in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.

Join a highly motivated team of world-class international and local humanitarian professionals to establish, build, and grow World Vision’s presence in Ukraine. You will work alongside global professionals, improving your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a multinational organization that will prepare you for work in the world’s best-in-class companies in the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any area related to Livelihoods, Economy, Economic Development / Economic Recovery, Food Security, Agriculture, Value chain Development, etc.
• Master’s Degree in the following areas is preferred: Economic development, Business administration, Food security
• Three to five years of technical expertise in the areas of Economic Recovery Experience in capacity building processes, tools, and methodologies
• Two years or more NGO experience in the humanitarian and development fields respectively
• Experience participating in project /program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation processes
• Strong understanding of Livelihood and Economic Recovery systems, standards, good practices, Minimum Economic Recovery Standards, EMMA, etc.
• Creative and able to come up with, embrace and coordinate innovative thinking, partnership building and problem-solving skills
• Good analytical and writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills, influencing skills and cross-cultural sensitivity
• Effective in written and oral communication in English
• Able to work on multifunctional tasks in the pressure of time and organizational changes
• Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of LER technical programme
• Engage with donors to discuss new program ideas and models, ensuring these are evidence-based
• Collaborate with GAM, MEAL, and Operations teams to develop the sectoral components of new proposals and design potential new LER projects
• Provide mentorship and guidance to field LER staff, including coaching, resource sharing, feedback incorporation into reports, and lesson analysis
• Oversee project execution from a technical standpoint, establish impact measurement systems, and document evidence
• Perform regular field audits to monitor project progress and address challenges with field teams
• Collaborate with the MEAL team to develop evidence building plans for Technical Programs and new projects
• Conduct technical evaluations of procurement bids related to LER to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness
• Analyse grant progress reports and M&E reports, focusing on program findings and recommendations
• Orient and train WV UCR relevant staff (including direct/ matrix reports) on LER Technical Program, standards, tools, models, etc.
• Provide regular feedback on performance for matrix reports
• Engage in networking and coordination with external Food Security and Livelihood Cluster and Livelihood Technical Working Group stakeholders and partners
• Participate in design and roll out of new research proposals and initiatives of WV UCR as needed
• Conduct regular situational analysis of the sector and feed recommendations back to WV UCR for decision making on future priorities

Additional Information

• Full-time in office presence
• Official employment according to Ukrainian labour law
• Medical insurance
• Foreign language courses
• WVI Institutional trainings
• The position requires 25% of travel
• Only candidates with Ukrainian citizenship or authorization to work in Ukraine will be considered
• Submit resume and cover letter IN ENGLISH

Resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this position may close sooner than anticipated