Program Coordinator/Manager (Protection & Livelihoods)

Project HOPE is an international NGO of more than 900 engaged employees and 

hundreds of volunteers who work  in more than 25 countries, responding to the 

world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 65-year  legacy, 

Project HOPE has treated millions of patients and provided more than $3 billion 

worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world. We have 

helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up and responded to 

humanitarian crises worldwide.  

Project HOPE in Ukraine Private Funded Program Portfolio is focused on next major 

components: 

 - Equipment, Pharma, Medical Supply for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary health 

facilities 

-  Capacity   building  for  the   health  care  workers   including  specialized  training 

programs. 

-  Support   in  renovation  of   Health  care  facilities   and  other  crucial   community 

facilities  to   strengthen  community  resilience   and  decrease  workload   on  other 

health facilities. 

-  Improving   IPC/WASH  standards  within   Health  Facilities  and   facilities  serving 

affected population 

- Supporting establishment of Mobile Medical Units with Ukraine Health system to 

establish  better   access  to  healthcare   services  to  affected   populations  and 

vulnerable groups. 

- Strengthening community cohesion and resilience with big influx of IDPs 

- MHPSS support to health care workers and affected population and vulnerable 

groups 

- Emergency Response to healthcare needs in case of crisis escalation

Position Purpose

 The Program Coordinator/Manager (Protection &  Livelihoods)   is responsible to 

organize program management processes and documents according to the best 

program  management   practices  ensuring  the   success  of  his/her   designated 

projects and initiatives related to protection and livelihoods.  

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in strategic program discussions on the planning of protection & livelihoods programs. Identify potential response activities or anticipated response needs. 

•  Provides operational support for the projects related to protection and livelihoods   to  improve  the   quality  and  effectiveness   of  field  programs focused on several oblasts of Ukraine. 

• Ensuring project  is sharply focused on programming goals and essential communications with key stakeholders are actively managed. 

• Work  closely with   a  range of  stakeholders,   coordinate with Protection, Food   &  livelihoods  Clusters,   Cash  Working  Group,   represent   the organization  and  contribute   to  collective  response   efforts,   establish partnerships, share tailored relevant contextual information. 

• Lead  the   planning,  implementation,  monitoring,   and  evaluation  of protection and livelihood assistance programs in line with humanitarian standards and organizational guidelines. 

• Ensure  that  all   relevant protection and   livelihood SoPs and procedures are in place for programming. 

• Lead the development of protection and livelihoods technical sections of project  proposals,   including  writing  narratives,   budgets,  and  logical frameworks. 

• Track  budgets,  procurement   plans,  and  work   plans  to  ensure   proper personnel,   facilities,  and  supplies   are  available  to   meet  program deliverables. 

• Maintain   relationships with  existing  donors   and  engage  new   potential donors. 

• Ensure  efficient  use   of  program  resources,   including  human,  financial, and material resources. 

• Provide  technical  support   and  training  in   areas  such  as   protection mainstreaming,   protection  principles,  Minimum   Standards  for  Child Protection  in   Humanitarian  Action  (CPMS),   Humanitarian  inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities (HIS),   Minimum Standard  for Market   Analysis  (MISMA),    Minimum   Economic  Recovery Standards (MERS), Standards for Supporting Crop-related Livelihoods in Emergencies  (SEADS),   accountability  to  affected   population,    Gender equality,  social   and  disability  inclusion   livelihoods  programming,  and project management. 

• Promote understanding of international humanitarian law, Ukraine law, and national legal frameworks relevant to protection and livelihoods. 

• Conduct  field  visits   to  monitor  and   support  Protection  &   Livelihoods activities and interventions and support technical quality of programming by providing feedback and mentorship. 

• Collect,  analyze  and   maintain  data  and   information,  compiling  high quality reports for senior staff. 

• Ensure programs are responsive to the needs of affected populations and align with international standards and best practices. 

• Ensure all program activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and organizational policies. 

• Аnalyze and explore data in interactive views, such as charts andtables,   create  and  share   interactive  reports,  scorecards,   and dashboards, view, sort, and organize small to medium datasets in spreadsheets, create charts and tables quickly and easily.

Educational background

Master’s degree in law or in directly relevant area required (Legal education). 

Project Management knowledge and skills 

Strong Analytical Skills 

Years of Experience:

  -  3-5 years of experience in a similar position in the humanitarian field 

  - Experience in communication with high volume of diverse stakeholders (cold 

and warm contacts) 

- Experience in data collection, conversion and analysis is highly preferred. 

- Experience in proposals/reports.    

- Experience in writing research and analytical articles on Human Right issues (in 

English) is preferred (could be shared with portfolio materials).   

Language Skills :  

- Ukrainian – fluent 

- Russian – fluent 

- Fluency in English and excellent writing skills are required. Minimum English requirement: C1    

IT Technical Skills: 

  - Proficiency with MS Word and Excel (advanced skills). 

 -  Proficiency   with  computers  both   in  word  processing   and  data  gathering 

spreadsheet programs, with presentation and report writing capability.     

Thank you for interst to Project HOPE!