Reporting Officer – UNV jobs in Ukraine

• Location: Ukraine
• Vacancy No: N/A 
• Salary: N/A
• Organization: UNV
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-21

Details
Mission and objectives
UNDP supports strategic capacity development initiatives to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Together with national, regional and local authorities, civil societies, private sector, UNDP strives to support Ukraine in its efforts to eliminate poverty, develop people’s capacity, achieve equitable results, sustain the environment, and advance democratic governance. UNDP is in line with 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to achieve national strategic capacity development.

Context
UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so that countries can sustain progress. As the United Nations’ development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In Ukraine, UNDP operates in five programmatic areas of support: government capacities for crisis response and management; sustaining provision of public services; emergency works facilitating return and reconstruction; incomes, livelihoods and the private sector response; and civil society and maintenance of the social fabric.

The war in Ukraine has already resulted in significant loss of life; unprecedented displacement, internally and towards neighbouring countries; and devastating destruction of infrastructure. Eighteen years of socio-economic achievements in Ukraine are at risk. UNDP’s core engagement is to preserve development gains as fully as possible, and to return Ukraine to pathways towards achieving the SDGs as quickly as possible.

UNDP launched its Resilience Building and Recovery (RBR) framework for Ukraine on 11 April 2022 to immediately respond to the development and humanitarian challenges. The overall objective is to preserve development gains in Ukraine, mitigating risks of descent into a governance and service delivery crisis, embedding activities for recovery from the onset of the humanitarian effort, and facilitating a swift return to development pathways and processes for national attainment of the SDGs.

Drawing from past experiences and aiming to bolster the resilience and recovery of communities affected by war in target areas of Ukraine, UNDP in Ukraine, together with its longstanding partner, the European Union, has launched the “EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine” (EU4Recovery) project. EU4Recovery interventions are grouped under the following key objectives:

• Target communities have increased access to quality public services that respond to the needs of all population groups, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable.
• Community security is enhanced, and the social fabric is maintained in project target areas.

EU4Recovery is being implemented via an area-based approach, whereby the synergies to be extracted from a multi-sectoral approach have maximum impact on the lives of individuals at community level and is an integral part of the UNDP’s Inclusive Development, Recovery and Peacebuilding (IDRPB) portfolio.

Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Data Analysis and Research Specialist, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support in donor reporting – design input collection forms; draft narrative reports; collect, and sort data from internal and external sources, and prepare statistical charts, tables and other visuals.
• Keep abreast of all developments in the country and regions of operation to prepare appropriate briefings and reports.
• Prepare inputs to other reporting and communication products, including briefing notes, reports to Oblast authorities and relevant line Ministries, strategy documents and other materials. This includes a compilation of information, editing and layout, as well as ensuring consistency with donor reporting and corporate requirements, previous reports and proposals.
• In collaboration with colleagues from all units, to gather and collate accurate data about programme beneficiaries and results of development activities.
• Develop draft reports for internal and corporate needs, including ROAR, IWP, and other ad-hoc requests.
• Support ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities, including contributing to the update and maintenance of information on all relevant projects.
• Help to ensure that results-based information from the IMRP, IDRPB Portfolio Dashboard and other monitoring systems is accurate, reflected and used for communication and reporting purposes.
• Manage and prepare all supporting documents and relevant annexes to donor reports.
• Ensure human interest stories (“stories of change”) are prepared for various purposes, including donor reports.
• Assist in the preparation of other communications products and support all aspects of their production, including fact checking, proofreading and quality control.
• Conduct desk review and basic research to prepare background materials for meetings, missions, and field visits.
• Maintain knowledge management platforms and processes to capture and share relevant knowledge, reports and lessons learned, produced by the Programme.
• Work closely with the Data Analysis and Research Specialist and other colleagues to ensure accurate and attractive data presentation, including maps.
• Support the preparation of programme work plans as required.
• Prepare and distribute minutes of the Programme Board and other coordination meetings.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Results/Expected Outputs:
• Timely and quality preparation of donor reports, in compliance with specific donor reporting requirements.
• Inputs to higher-level corporate reports, context analysis and presentations are provided in a timely, professional, and quality manner.
• Programme-specific data and results are updated across all UNDP monitoring systems weekly and used for reporting purposes.
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for recovery and peacebuilding during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in, and capacities developed.

Eligibility criteria
Age
27 – 80

Nationality
Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements
Required experience
3 years of experience in media, communications, external and donor relations, policy advocacy, or copywriting.

• Experience working in the UN or other international development or humanitarian organizations will be an advantage.

The incumbent must be a dynamic, multi-functional person, who supports UNDP with professionalism, dedication and client orientation, and who must be willing both to work on programmatic/substantive aspects and reporting. The following qualifications are required:
• Excellent drafting, formulation, and reporting skills.
• Solid computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members and local authorities.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team.
• Ability to perform duties under stress and in insecure, isolated and potentially hostile environments.
• Sound security awareness.
• Have affinity with or interest in humanitarian action, post-conflict or natural disaster situations, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Area(s) of expertise
Communication

Driving license
–

Languages
Ukrainian, Level: Fluent, Required
English, Level: Fluent, Required

Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in Journalism, Law, English, International Relations, Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences or a related field.

• Master’s degree will be considered an advantage.

Competencies and values
• Accountability
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Commitment and Motivation
• Communication
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity
• Managing Performance
• Planning and Organizing
• Professionalism
• Working in Teams

Other information
Living conditions and remarks
As it is a national UN Volunteer’s assignment, the UN volunteer shall organize his/her accommodation by themselves.

Entitlements of National UN Volunteer (Specialist)

The contract lasts for the period indicated in the vacancy with the possibility of extensions subject to the availability of funding, operational necessity, and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. This is a full-time contract.

Allowances:
• Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA): A Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) USD 1587 (equivalent in UAH) is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities, and normal cost of living expenses. This includes Well-Being Differentials for the period, while the ICSC applies hardship classification to duty stations in Ukraine as “E”.
• USD 400 entry lump sum, one-time payment.

Medical and life insurance:
• Medical insurance: The UN Volunteer and eligible PFU dependents will receive UNV provided medical insurance coverage. Coverage for UN Volunteers begins from the Commencement of Service and normally ceases one month after the last day of the UN Volunteer Contract date.
• Life Insurance: UN Volunteers are covered by life insurance for the duration of the UN Volunteer assignment. If a UN Volunteer dies during the UN Volunteer assignment, the eligible designated beneficiaries will be entitled to receive a life insurance lump sum.

Leave entitlements:
• Annual leave:  UN Volunteers accrue an entitlement to 2.5 days of Annual Leave per completed month of the UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave up to a maximum of 30 days is carried over in case of a contract extension within the same UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave may not be carried over in case of reassignment or a new assignment.
• Learning leave: Subject to supervisor approval and exigencies of service, UN Volunteers may request up to ten working days of Learning Leave per consecutive 12 months of the UN Volunteer assignment, starting with the Commencement of Service date, provided the Learning Leave is used within the contract period.
• Certified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers are entitled to up to 30 days of certified sick leave based on a 12-month cycle. This amount is reset every 12-month cycle.
• Uncertified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers receive seven days of uncertified sick leave working days in a calendar year. This amount will be reset at the established interval period.

Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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