Country Director - Ukraine

Overview

Provide strategic leadership for humanitarian health programs in Ukraine.

You have:

• Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian relief work.
• Health sector specific experience and capacity building.
• Proven experience managing and coordinating emergency programmes.
• Experience in a field-based humanitarian context.
• Experience of security management in insecure environments.
• Right to enter Schengen Zone countries.

Can you provide excellent leadership and strategic direction to our humanitarian health programming in Ukraine?

• Hours: Full time, with some weekend and evening working required to support the humanitarian programme delivery

• Pay: £4,900 –£5,500 gross per month (dependent on experience)

• Location: Dnipro-based

• Duration: Open – Ended (funding pipeline dependent) with potential extension

This role is within our Ukraine Programme and will be carried out in Ukraine.

Preferably applicants need to have an existing right to enter Schengen Zone countries in order to transit to Ukraine e.g. citizenship/residence of a Schengen Zone country, r an ETIAS eligible country (https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-requirements) but this is not essential.

UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.

We are recruiting a Country Director to lead and ensure both operational effectiveness, financial security and strategic direction of our work in Ukraine.

The Country Director will be responsible for the leadership and management of a complex health programme, with multiple streams of activity including direct secondary and primary health care, MHPSS and highly specialised clinical training, with multi-million-dollar budgets, and a staff complement of over 90 people.

UK-Med have been in Ukraine since the start of the war in 2022 and have honed our activities to focus on delivering care and building capacity to those people and health facilities closest to the frontline, adding some innovative elements to ensure we remain dynamic and responsive to ever-changing needs and priorities.

Our ideal candidate will have demonstrable understanding of humanitarian relief work as well as health sector specific experience and capacity building, including relevant experience in a field-based humanitarian context.

You will be highly skilled at external representation and expected to position UK-Med optimally with external stakeholders including donor, UN and INGO agencies.

You will have proven experience of managing and coordinating emergency programmes in complex and insecure environments, including experience of security management in insecure environments.

You will be able to demonstrate how you have set strategic direction and led people and teams to successful delivery in demanding environments and applied your skill in strategic planning to build impactful programmes.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference.

How to apply

We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack – Country Director - Ukraine - August 2024 before applying for this role.

To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.

Please apply below, and no later than 16th September 2024. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and so encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

The question you will be asked to answer are:

Applicants must have an existing right to enter Schengen Zone countries in order to transit to Ukraine e.g. citizenship/residence of a Schengen Zone country, or an ETIAS eligible country. Do you have an existing right? Please state what right to work you hold in the Ukraine? E.g. Right to work in the Schengen area/ Ukrainian citizen/ specific Visa. Please state details. Not sure what Schengen rights are? Follow this link (https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-requirements) UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.

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