Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is looking for a qualified professional for the global project: “Centres for Migration and Development (ZME)” to fill the position of the:Advisor for Digital Services for Return and Reintegration (full-time, Kyiv)(internal SAP code: ICT and Digitalisation Specialist) Implemented by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the global programme “Centres for Migration and Developmen
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Ukraine is looking for a qualified professional for the global project: “Centres for Migration and Development (ZME)” to fill the position of the:
Advisor for Digital Services for Return and Reintegration (full-time, Kyiv)
(internal SAP code: ICT and Digitalisation Specialist)
Implemented by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the global programme “Centres for Migration and Development (ZME)” focuses on the topics of regular work or training migration as well as support for voluntary returnees from Germany and other countries to reintegrate socio-economically in their country of origin. In this way, the programme enables the partner structures to support people in all phases of the migration cycle. ZME operates in various countries, with the aim of promoting social and economic development as well as facilitating relevant migration processes.
With possible return and reintegration scenarios gaining traction and importance within the political discourse in Ukraine as well as in Germany and other EU member states, the ZME global programme will be extended to Ukraine. The aim of ZME in Ukraine is the provision of transnational advisory and information services. At the same time, the programme will provide migration policy advice to partners and strengthen their capacities to support Ukrainians abroad on their voluntary return and their sustainable reintegration, as well as with promoting regular migration in a target group-specific and sustainable manner. The approach includes the fields of research and data analysis, digital case management, policy advice on national level, capacity building and piloting on local level, as well as outreach to Ukrainians abroad.
As part of ZME-Ukraine, you will cooperate with public and private institutions, civil society and international partners national and local level, as well as ensure interaction with other (GIZ) projects. In addition, you will strengthen support mechanism and structures aiming at guiding and informing Ukrainians abroad on return and reintegration options. Within this component, you will be working in a very sensitive and complex environment, which is also highly dynamic and politically charged.
Key responsibilities:
- Overall support of the leader of ZME-Ukraine in the management of the component.
- Responsibility for the project field of action (2) of setting up an integrated digital service provision to facilitate Ukrainian refugees’ self-determined return and reintegration.
- Technical support to Ukrainian partners in the field of digital public goods for e-Governance as well as on good practices and global trends in the public sector.
- Advising project partners on the national and local/hromada level on the topics of digital service provision for facilitating return and reintegration and accompanying their respective capacity building and organisational development in the field of digital service provision.
- Facilitation of networking and knowledge sharing with relevant internal and external actors (e.g. GovStack initiative) and the global digital public goods community.
- Establishing, maintaining and ensuring excellent communication flows based on mutual confidence and trust with all relevant stakeholders (political and implementation partners as well as other relevant public, private or civil society entities).
- Management of grantees and contractors (coordination as well as content steering).
- Supporting the planning and the monitoring of ZME activities in Ukraine, including timely contributions of accurate information to the overall results-based monitoring, reporting and knowledge management processes at GIZ Ukraine / ZME.
Required qualifications, competencies, and experience
- Higher education in IT related fields, economics, or any other relevant field.
- Minimum 3 years of proven professional experience in a comparable position.
- Minimum 3 years of proven professional experience in the field of digital transformation.
- Minimum 1 year of proven cooperation experience with the public sector in Ukraine.
- Practical experience in the implementation of innovation / digital transformation processes, ideally in public sector institutions.
- Practical experience in human-centred design and agile methodologies (e.g. Design Thinking, Scrum, etc.).
- Practical experience in setting up digitalised services is required; digitalised public services especially on labour market integration or social services are an asset.
- Very good knowledge of the Ukrainian digital / GovTech ecosystem, and own extensive networks with relevant ecosystem stakeholders at national and local level.
- Advanced project management skills and ability to self-organise and prioritise tasks.
- Ability to perform under pressure, including timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Strong communication and team skills, including cooperation with people of different backgrounds and cultural backgrounds.
- Work experience in (international) development cooperation technical assistance, particularly in the field of technical assistance is considered an asset.
- Advanced knowledge of ICT technologies and relevant digital applications.
- Sound understanding of relevant international/ EU standards in the fields of data privacy and security as well as cyber security.
- High proficiency in written and spoken Ukrainian and English is mandatory; knowledge of German is considered an asset.
- Readiness and ability to take up new topics and/or tasks and upskill, if necessary.
- Willingness to travel locally and abroad (depending on the security situation).
We offer:
- Official employment.
- Salary fixed in EUR.
- Performance-related bonuses and 13th salary.
- Medical insurance.
- 29 vacation days annually.
- Language classes.
- Hard and soft skills trainings.
- Individual and group psychological support.
- Possibleremote and flexible work.
- Meaningful and valuable work, international environment.
Employment conditions
Full-time position with 40-hours working week. The place of assignment is Kyiv. Starting as soon as possible. The contract duration will be 12 months with the possibility of prolongation.
GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and offers an attractive and challenging working environment with opportunities for skill enhancement.
Application
Application comprising of the candidate’s CV and a cover letter in the English language explaining the motivation to apply for the job is to be sent to [email protected] until COB 23, April 2025, Wednesday.
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