Country Representative

The ERC’s Country Representative (CR) in Ukraine will be deployed to the Kyiv office as the overall humanitarian response lead for ERC’s humanitarian portfolio, particularly the cash assistance, livelihoods and food security programmes, making sure that the overall humanitarian work is implemented in a timely and quality manner in line with ERC’s standard operating procedures and mandate. The post-holder will ensure that humanitarian programmes delivered are to the appropriate scale, scope, quality and accountability expected of the ERC. The CR reports to the ERC Director and works closely with the HQ Programme staff and Country office technical staff.

The CR is responsible for general leadership at and managing the Country office, incl. programme development and coordination, HR management, ensuring security and safety of staff members, and ensuring effective communication and information flow between the Country office and HQ.

In particular, the CR is responsible for identifying needs and resources and elaborating programmatic, operational and leadership recommendations for the ERC’s response in line with ERC’s national and global priorities. In so doing, the CR will ensure that all relevant policies and procedures with respect to safety and security, Code of Conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies are in place and followed. The post holder will play a leading role in the effective scale up and management of ERC’s emergency and livelihoods programmes in Ukraine. The CR will also be expected to liaise and work in collaboration with other humanitarian organizations, donors and coordination structures active in the country, and to support the organisational strategy, policy and advocacy initiatives and fundraising.

Our expectations to you:

• Minimum of Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent field experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of previous field experience in a humanitarian (I)NGO.
• Minimum of 1 year of previous experience in a managerial position.
• High-level language skills in English; language skills of local languages (Ukrainian and/or Russian) are an asset.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and environments.
• Ability to create and maintain a productive and safe working environment in line with ERC Code of Conduct.

What we offer?

• Innovative Projects: Join us in working on cutting-edge humanitarian assistance projects.
• Gross salary of 3800-4500€.
• Collaborative Culture: We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member is valued.
• Diverse and Inclusive Workplace: We welcome all people of different races, genders, religions, colours, national or ethnic origins, languages, marital statuses, sexual orientations, ages, socio-economic statuses, (dis)abilities, political convictions, or any other distinguishing feature in our workplace.
• Good Benefits: We have a cosy office in the city centre, +4 vacation days, sports compensation, health insurance.