Social Cohesion and Outreach Officer

The Social Cohesion and Outreach Officer will report to the Head of Cross-Cutting Unit. As part of the Operations Department, the Social Cohesion and Outreach Officer will contribute to the efficient and effective completion of relevant tasks within the mandate of EUAM.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Social Cohesion and Outreach Officer will be required, in accordance with the EUAM Ukraine Mandate, Code of Conduct and the General Service Conditions for Locally Contracted Staff Employed by EUAM Ukraine, Serving in Ukraine, to perform the following tasks:

• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, especially with civil society, law enforcement, and local government involved in regional and local dialogue fora; advise on and organize meetings of the Component/Unit or/and other Mission members with the relevant stakeholders; 
• Establish and maintain networks with Ukrainian and international experts in social cohesion, peacebuilding, conflict management and reintegration;
• Assist the Line Manager in support of his/her contribution to the development of Ukrainian government and ministerial reform policy and in accordance with Mission policy and guidelines; 
• Assist in coordinating governance outreach related activities with EUAM’s field offices and the Mobile Unit;
• Follow overall developments, collect and analyse information contained in communications and publications received from different sources, including the press, with regards to social cohesion and reintegration, in particular in the de-occupied and adjacent territories of Ukraine;
• Co-develop with Ukrainian partners proposals and activities in the fields of conflict management, reintegration and social cohesion in the de-occupied and adjacent territories.
• Organize workshops, conferences and other events related to the Component’s/Unit’s priorities within the civilian security sector and assist in the development of curricula and deliver training where required;
• Co-develop proposals to strengthen supply and demand sides of governance through effective internal coordination and in cooperation with external partners;
• Assist other EUAM colleagues/teams in preparing and implementing activities;
• Take notes/minutes;
• Draft written analysis, reports and presentations;
• Perform translations of all types of documents related to the area of expertise from English to Ukrainian language and vice-versa;
• Perform interpretation in liaison and consecutive mode from English to Ukrainian language and vice-versa, inter alia at meetings and mentoring sessions for the international members of EUAM as assigned; 
• Assist and support the coordination of projects;
• To work and travel within the Mission's area of operations;
• Maintain, develop, and file documents and recorded data in appropriate database, spreadsheets and all data-related files;
• Handle information with confidentiality and discretion;
• Perform any other related tasks as requested by the Line Manager.

Qualifications and experience

Eligibility criteria:

• Enjoy full civil rights and have no criminal records; 
• Citizenship of Ukraine and/or holding permanent resident and work permits according to Ukrainian laws;
• Successful completion of a full course of university studies attested by a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy, Law, Economics, Social Sciences, Public Administration or a closely related field of study (Bachelor’s degree is a requirement);
• After having obtained the university degree, at least five (5) years of relevant and proven full-time professional experience in the private or public sector.

Essential criteria:

• Be physically fit to perform the duties relating to the post;
• Professional fluency in English and Ukrainian languages, both oral and written;
• Experience in reaching out/establishing networks with civil society or government stakeholders at the national and local levels;
• Experience in bringing together state agencies and civil society organisations to identify and address mutual issues of concern at the local and national levels;
• Thorough knowledge of the political, cultural and security situation in Ukraine, especially in the areas of civil society, security sector and its reform process; 
• Thorough knowledge of approaches and methodologies in the fields of social cohesion, conflict management, reintegration or mediation; 
• Very good knowledge and experience of Office Suite Package;
• Experience in positions requiring organizational skills, with a service approach;
• Experience in compiling reports.

Additional advantageous assets:

• Having relevant professional experience of working in an international organization present in Ukraine (EU, CoE, UN, OSCE, USAID, etc); 
• Knowledge of Ukrainian Governmental Institutions;
• Knowledge of Ukrainian civil society organisations;
• Work experience in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine;
• Professional experience in an EU or International environment;  
• Experience of working in an intercultural environment, with respect of diversity.

Personality assets:

• Have strong sense of initiative, responsibility and autonomy; 
• Ability to build productive and cooperative working relationships with other staff members;
• Ability to deal helpfully and courteously with people, including outside contacts;
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver high quality of work in a timely manner even under pressure;
• Ability to perform on-call and irregular working schedule if required.