Overview
The Deputy Director leads the NGO Platform’s subnational coordination and engagement, creating spaces for information sharing and coordination across NGO Area Managers to inform national coordination and advocacy efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the NGO Platform’s engagement with NGO actors operating in eastern Ukraine.
- Facilitate coordination and dialogue among Area Managers of member NGOs.
- Convene and support Area Manager Working Groups.
- Monitor coordination needs across frontline and high-impact areas.
- Promote principled and effective humanitarian coordination.
- Facilitate opportunities for peer learning, lessons learned and exchange of best practices among NGOs.
- Support NGO engagement with humanitarian coordination mechanisms at regional level.
- Maintain regular engagement with Humanitarian Operations Coordination Groups (HOCGs) and other relevant coordination structures.
- Ensure transparent information flows between these structures and NGO Platform members.
- Ensure operational realities from frontline regions inform national-level discussions and advocacy.
- Monitor the evolution of area-based coordination approaches.
- Support constructive collective engagement between NGOs and relevant authorities at regional level.
- Maintain dialogue with local and regional authorities on humanitarian NGO priorities and coordination challenges.
- Support members in navigating operational challenges related to humanitarian access, regulations and coordination with authorities.
- Represent the NGO Platform in relevant subnational coordination forums where delegated.
- Act as a strategic deputy to the Director and support the overall functioning of the NGO Platform.
- Support the Director in implementation and follow-up of the NGO Platform strategy.
- Represent the NGO Platform in external engagements when delegated.
- Maintain situational awareness of humanitarian, political and operational developments in Ukraine.
- Support development of updates, briefings and analytical inputs.
- Promote meaningful participation of national and local NGOs.
- Facilitate exchange of practices and lessons learned.
- Promote discussions on complementarity across INGOs and NNGOs.
- Ensure compliance with donor and host agency (Save the Children) requirements.
- Contribute to monitoring of activities and budget implementation.
Required Experience
- At least 7 years of experience in humanitarian response or coordination roles, including field-level engagement in complex emergencies.
- Strong understanding of humanitarian coordination architecture and operational dynamics in conflict contexts.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating coordination between multiple humanitarian actors.
- Proven ability to build relationships and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
- Ability to work independently in fast-paced and evolving contexts.
- Commitment to humanitarian principles and ethical practice.
- Experience engaging with local authorities and civil society actors in conflict settings.
- Desirable Experience working with NGO coordination platforms or civil society alliances.
- Familiarity with the humanitarian and civil society landscape in Ukraine.
- Proven experience engaging in or supporting localization/partnership work, advocacy, and/or coordination processes at national and/or international level.
- Strong understanding of localization, partnership models, humanitarian financing, and power dynamics within the humanitarian system.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in international relations, political science, humanitarian studies, social sciences or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
