A Deputy Country Director Support

Votre environnement de travail

The recent development in Ukraine have led over 7.6 million refugees to flee over the borders from Ukraine and a further 6.3 million have been displaced within Ukraine. The estimated 17,7 million people that are stranded in Ukraine face shortages of basic needs such as water, food and medicine.

5,796,748 refugees have crossed the Polish border, 591,947 refugees have crossed the Moldavian border and 1,127,998 refugees the Romanian border.

This situation has led ACF France to open Country Offices, in Ukraine, Poland and Romania and ACF Spain in Moldova.

ACF has deployed a regional multi-sectorial strategy through direct implementation and partnership. Core activities are Food Security & Livelihood (canned and dry food distribution, hot meals, cash) and Mental Health & Care Practices (psychosocial support, PFA training, Baby Friendly Space, psychiatric referrals). In Ukraine strategy includes WASH activities (rehabilitation/repair of centralized water and sanitation networks as well as gas networks and boiler plants, minor repair of Collective/Transit Centers and hygiene kit distribution) as well as Health & Nutrition ones (primary health care structures support).

In Ukraine ACF intervenes in the East (Dnipro, Kharkiv and Zapporizhzhia in particular), the West (Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi) and is extending its coverage to the southern part of the country (Odessa and Mykolaiv).
Votre poste et vos responsabilités

As Deputy Country Director Support, you'll coordinate the mission’s Finance, HR and Logistics departments ensuring the use of the ACF and donors procedures are known as well as developing and implementing support department startegies within the overall Mission strategy.

More precisely, you will :

Stabilise the structure and functioning of the three support departments of Ukraine mission
Review and improve the level of compliance within Logistics, Finance and HR processes according to ACF and Ukrainian requirements.
Harmonise and roll out support functions throughout ACF partnerships in Ukraine.

The main challenge will be to coordinate support services and increase the level of support it brings to ACF operations in Ukraine. The main objectives are

Develop the 3 support departments
Team Management
Provide quality support to operations (MHPSS, FSL, Health and Nutrition and WaSH)

Votre profil

Education & experience

Master's degree in relevant sector (accounting, finance, suppy chain, management, HR etc)
At least 5 years of experience in operations in international INGOs
At least 2 years experience at senior management level with ability to support and empower a large team
Experience in security and safety management in volatile environments

Skills & qualifications

Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills
Ability to absord a significant workload and work under pressure
Adaptability, cultural awareness and ability to work with various nationalities
Fluency in English
Knowledge of ACF internal logistics processes would be a plus (Link software, etc.)
Knowledge of the region and local languages (Ukrainian and / or Russian) would be a great plus too

Vos conditions d’emploi

6 months fixed term contract under French legislation
Monthly gross salary from 2735 to 3185€ upon experience
Monthly per diem and living allowance: 686€ net, field paid
Monthly country allowance: 300€
Child allowance: 1500€ per year per child present in the country of origin (maximum 6000€/year)
16% of the gross monthly salary for pension insurance reimbursement for non-French citizens
Transportation and accommodation: Coverage of transportation costs and guest house
Medical coverage: 100% coverage of health contributions (social security + health insurance) and repatriation insurance
Leaves and RnR: 25 days of paid leaves per year, 20 RnR per year and 215 € at each RnR period
Training: Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge ©

ACF is committed to people with disabilities and actively fights against all forms of discrimination.
Pourquoi nous rejoindre ?

Challenging and stimulating working context (implementation with gaps and a lot of needs), but a great motivated team and comfortable working environment (living conditions) despite the ongoing conflict. Ukraine is a highly developed, beautiful country!