Kateryna

Kateryna Melikhova

Date of birth: 22 Sep 1995 Phone number: [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация») (Mobile) Email address:

[открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация») Address: 6 Deputatska st., apt. 268, 03115, Kyiv, Ukraine (Home)

WORK EXPERIENCE

15 DEC 2024 – 7 APR 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine
PROGRAM MANAGER IMPACT FORCE NGO

My responsibilities:
• Ideates, creates, and develops new program concepts that address critical needs with a strong focus on
sustainability and social impact.
• Works closely with funders, government agencies, and partner organizations to build relationships, gather
feedback, and ensure alignment with program objectives.
• Develops, implements, and oversees programs, including timelines, budgets, ensuring successful and timely
completion of all projects.
• Leads, motivates, and supports internal team members and external partners to achieve program goals and
foster collaboration and accountability.
• tracks program progress, assess outcomes, and make data-driven adjustments to improve program
performance and impact.
• Identifies and addresses potential risks to ensure the smooth execution of programs, including operational,
financial, and reputational risks.
• Prepares regular updates and comprehensive reports for stakeholders, highlighting program achievements,
challenges, and strategic adjustments.
My achievements:
• Designed ten program proposals for countering GBV and TF GBV, women empowerment, workforce
development, upskilling and reskilling, advocating for impact entrepreneurship, MHPSS, veteran reintegrantion,
energy efficiency, civic engagement, and cybersecurity. It included full context and needs analysis,
methodologies, project design, risk analysis, budgets, communications, sustainability and MEL plans.
• Conducted desktop research on impact entrepreneurship in Ukraine.
• Received UN funding
• Created stakeholders map and partnerships database.
• Created analysis of grants issued by the Swedish Institute and EU Commissions.
• Established partnerships with stakeholders from various countries

22 JUN 2023 – 30 OCT 2024 Kyiv, Ukraine
PROJECT MANAGER PFRU, CHEMONICS

• Supports the Component Director in the design and development of projects under the program, including grant
activities, working in close coordination with potential partners, government (central, regional, local) and civil
society stakeholders.
• Prepares, presents, analyses and evaluates concept notes, applications, and grant agreement/award documents
to ensure consistency with programme priorities, goals and objectives.
• Drafts scopes of work, with clear project deliverables, including alignment with overall program strategy and
Theory of Change.
• Manages the assigned project portfolio, coordinating inputs from relevant consultants and partners, ensuring
successful delivery against workplan and project requirements.
• Manages and provides input to needs assessments aimed at identifying priority project needs with government
and civil society actors and drafts terms of reference for potential project proposals.
• Maps potential partners, including NGOs, CSOs as well as government, including central, regional, local through
networking and outreach, in line with projects needs.
• Ensures projects incorporate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) principles, in coordination with the GESI
lead.
• Coordinates with research and monitoring, evaluation and learning (RMEL) team to align projects with MEL plan
and ensure projects are informed by evidence.
• Uses the fund management tools and project trackers for tracking and detailing activities, and liaises with the
Fund Management Team, procurement and finance staff to ensure compliance with internal processes and
donor requirements; supported by the Project Officer.
 • Communicates with Fund Management Team to ensure projects are financially viable and can be delivered in
the required timeframes.
• Provides technical and administrative assistance and training to partners, grantees and local government
administrations, where relevant during project design and implementation.
• Assists with operational planning for projects, in coordination with the operations and security teams.
• Works with delivery partners to identify and manage risks and ensure projects are delivered within required
budgets, regularly briefing the Component Director.
• Monitors and evaluates project progress, coordinating with the Monitoring & Evaluation team and funding
recipients to provide quality assurance and input into project reporting.
• Contributes to technical workshops, presentations and stakeholder meetings, as required and requested by
PFRU leadership.
• Provides inputs to client technical reporting relating to the project portfolio, including drafting project
summaries and monthly report inputs.
• Analyses Ukraine’s rapidly changing context on an ongoing basis to inform project design and delivery, sharing
relevant updates with the wider team where appropriate.
• Engages with staff, partners and stakeholders.

17 JAN 2022 – 21 JUN 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE CRDF GLOBAL

• Ensures the functioning of the National Cybersecurity Cluster.
• Coordinates implementation of the nationwide awareness-raising campaign on cyber hygiene.
• Supports baseline, mid-term and final evaluation survey delivery.
• support the requests exchange between the GoU, critical infrastructure facilities, and donor community.
• Leads communication with key stakeholders from private, governmental, and non-governmental sectors and
academia.
• maintain the National Cybersecurity Cluster's website.
• Provides inputs for budget management and MEL.
• designing timelines and work plans.
• Drafts PPTs, agendas, meeting minutes, press releases, social media publications, and reports.
• Provides automation of routine processes for finance and operations.
• Reports monthly, quarterly and annually.
My achievements:
• Successfully conducted 9 National Cybersecurity Cluster sessions, including an international session in Warsaw
and two regional events in Uzhgorod and Vinnytsia;
• Launched the Nationwide awareness-raising campaign

15 JAN 2019 – 15 OCT 2021 Kyiv, Ukraine
PROGRAM COORDINATOR IREX

• Ensures implementation of the Veteran reintegration and Media Literacy program, containing 3 objectives, 8
components, and 20+ outputs and 10+ outcomes.
• Takes responsibilities for programs' deliverables.
• Coordinates the capacity building for the Ministry for Veteran Affairs.
• Coordinates the development of the e-registry of veterans of Ukraine.
• Assists at every stage of the nationwide survey, focus-group discussions, online surveys, and in-depth interviews.
• Contributes to data-driven programming based on the Theory of Change.
• Manages online and offline events;
• Works closely with partners and sub-grantees;
• Manages subgrants and procurement in compliance with internal policies and US regulations.
• Develops and maintains workplans, timelines, and budgets.
• Maintains social networks pages of the program and organization.
• Drafts proposals, concept notes, MEL plans, PPTs, reports, memos, MoUs, contracts, program extensions,
meeting minutes, and other project documentation.
• Supports state registration of the program as international technical assistance, quarterly reporting to the GoU.
• Drafts quarterly reports, provide inputs for donors' weekly meetings.
• Contributes to hiring processes: sourcing, interviewing, onboarding.
• Coordinates 100+ SMEs simultaneously.
• Performs monitoring visits.
• Coordinates day-to-day MOOC development.
• Prepares Ukrainian-English translations of technical and program documents.
My achievements:
Successfully implemented activities:
• guidelines development;
 • surveys;
• curriculum and training programs for different audiences: healthcare and mental health providers, employers,
veterans, civil servants, teachers, students, and pupils;
• provided various services to beneficiaries;
• developed online course;
• organized promotional entertainment events for up to 100 people;
• delivered blended learning for 1800 students simultaneously.

1 AUG 2018 – 30 OCT 2018 Kyiv, Ukraine
PROGRAM ASSISTANT GIZ

▪ Ensures the daily office work runs smoothly
▪ Assists in travel management
▪ Accompanies unit members during meetings to take minutes
▪ Organises and coordinates appointments
▪ Manages incoming and outgoing correspondence (post, fax, email)
▪ Assists in organising events, meetings, workshops and seminars
▪ Coordinates and monitors schedules
▪ Coordinates purchases of office supplies
▪ Drafts routine letters or reports

1 SEP 2017 – 1 JAN 2018 Lviv, Ukraine
LAWYER/CEO ASSOCIATE FEROX

My responsibilities:
• Coordinates LEAN implementation and ISO 9001 certification.
• Develops BPMN.
• Develops internal policies and guidelines.
• Ensures hiring and onboarding.
• Provides legal support.
• Drafts contracts.
• Negotiates with foreign partners.
• Coordinates international deliveries.
• Ensures coordination between Financial, Sales, Constructors, Engineering, Manufactory, Quality Management,
and Delivery departments.

My achievements:
• Passed state labor protection audit.
• Automated timekeeping data processing that reduced.
• Automated payroll, reducing salary calculation time from hours to several seconds.

1 AUG 2013 – 1 AUG 2016 Kyiv, Ukraine
FOREIGN TRADE OFFICER UA PELLET

My responsibilities:
• Legal and operational support to new business launches.
• Prepare a database of potential German customers.
• Cold calls.
• Mailing and advertisement.
• Negotiation, contracting.
• Delivery management, customs clearance.
• Assistance to the CEO at processes establishment.
• Storage audits.

My achievements:
• Launched sales for Germany from scratch.
• Established operations and processes.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1 SEP 2017 – 31 JAN 2018 Lviv, Ukraine
MASTER OF LAW National Ivan Franko University

Website https://lnu.edu.ua/en/ Level in EQF EQF level 8

1 SEP 2012 – 14 JUL 2016 Kyiv, Ukraine
BACHELOR OF LAW National University of Technology and Design

Website https://en.knutd.edu.ua/ Level in EQF EQF level 8

15 JUL 2017 – 15 AUG 2017 Münster, Germany
C1 GERMAN LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE German Language for International Lawyers

Level in EQF EQF level 8

1 SEP 2017 – 1 AUG 2018 Lviv-Bonn, Germany
SCHOOL OF GERMAN LAW German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation

LANGUAGE SKILLS

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

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

GERMAN B2 B2 B2 B2

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

SKILLS

Microsoft Word Microsoft Office SQL Social Media Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Excel VBA Java
HTML CSS