Kyiv/ Odesa
ERA BACKGROUND
AGRI-UKRAINE GRAIN EXPORT LOGISTICS
USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) is one of USAID’s core partners implementing the $350 million Agriculture Resilience Initiative – Ukraine (AGRI-Ukraine) that was established in 2022 to bolster Ukrainian agricultural exports and alleviate the global food security crisis exacerbated by the war. Under AGRI-Ukraine, ERA partners with public and private companies to complement and leverage urgently-needed grain transportation and transshipment investments.
INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS
ERA also directly supports the Government of Ukraine, including the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine (SARDI), the State Customs Service and Ukrainian Railways, to upgrade 42 of Ukraine’s border crossing points (BCPs). Modern and more efficient border infrastructure and customs procedures will reduce export costs and increase export capacity, enabling Ukraine to scale trade and advance its path to EU integration.
ENERGY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT
As one of USAID’s most flexible activities that responds to emerging and/or emergency needs, ERA is expanding its interventions that assist Ukraine businesses, communities or individuals in the fall and winter (September 2024-December 2025). The goal is to minimize the impact on the Ukrainian people and economy given recent power deficits. This is an adaptive component and ERA may also need to respond to other emergency needs in the face of ongoing Russian aggression and attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
JOB OVERVIEW
The Emergency Response Manager will be responsible for ensuring the development and management of critical emergency response and energy interventions from the design, procurement, delivery and monitoring of equipment and related installation service. The Emergency Response Manager is a key member of the ERA team and plays a pivotal role in assuring adherence to power energy regulations, energy solutions development, and power engineering systems. He/ She is responsible for technical energy needs analysis, beneficiary selection process and planned impact in close collaboration with ERA AGRI, BCP, and EER teams. The Emergency Response Manager coordinates field visits, reports on locations, equipment, and materials necessary to assembly and commission power energy installations, and maintains power- and energy-related documentation. The Emergency Response Manager supervises energy specialist(s) and coordinators, works in close coordination with the AGRI and BCP technical personnel, and reports to the Director for the Environment and Emergency Response.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Energy Response Assessment:
- Observe USAID mandatory operating policy requirements incorporating energy response factors and mitigative measures identified in IEEs, EAs, and EISs, as appropriate, in the design and the implementation instruments for ERA activities.
- Monitor project’s activities regarding energy response impact and report on compliance according to the Ukrainian power energy regulations and USAID environmental policy;
- Maintain beneficiary trackers for the location, budget and impact of EER support.
- In coordination with Director for the Environment and Emergency Response, work to ensure that ERA activities are aligned with the USAID ERA’s energy response and environmental standards;
- Coordinate site visits to assess vendors’ and grantees’ energy response compliance, and provide guidance on energy response and environmental hazards mitigation;
- Oversee and monitor field implementation of energy response and environmental mitigation measures;
- As required, conduct energy response training and technical assistance to vendors, beneficiaries and grantees;
- Oversee reviewing tests and analysis of potential energy response and environmental hazards;
- Undertake additional actions required by the COP and DCOP to ensure compliance with USAID and Ukraine power energy and environmental protection regulations and policies;
- Perform other tasking as directed by the ERA senior management.
Staff Supervision:
- Manage the team of three energy response professionals, coordinate their travels to the site fields and beneficiaries locations;
- Manage the workload for each of the team, set clear goals for each year period, monitor performance and evaluate results provided by each employee for energy response and environmental compliance of the ERA activities.
- Provide guidance, coordinate and advise on how to achieve objectives set in the ERA Energy Response Workplan
- Build the capacity of staff in performing Energy Response and Environmental compliance procedures; coach and empower staff to catalyze ideas and formulate implementation plan to reach the targets;
- Provide regular performance feedback and ensure that subordinates “do the right thing” all the time, honor commitments, do not cut corners, and stand up for what is right in a collaborative and respectful environment;
- Assist subordinates to learn and adapt from successes and failures; listen, be responsive and flexible to the needs and circumstances, cultivating meaningful relationships withing ERA team and external partners.
Communication and Reporting:
- In close collaboration with the Director for Communication, represent ERA in a professional manner to the key audiences promoting energy response attentiveness;.
- Supervise compiling of the Energy Response Reports for the ERA management on a regular basis;
- Oversee Energy Response Compliance of the awards through the review of reports, correspondence, site visits, etc.
- Prepare accurate and timely progress reports on a quarterly basis and contribute to preparation of annual reports;
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director for the Environment and Emergency Response, DCOP and COP.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree in Power Engineering, Power Mechanical Engineering, Power Engineering Project Management, Renewable Energy Sources Management or similar.
- Practical experience in Ukrainian power energy and technical compliance procedures, including construction.
- Experience in project management and/or team management.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.
- Work experience with internationally funded projects and USAID is an advantage.
- Spoken and written professional fluency in English, Ukrainian.
- Experience producing technical reports and managing data.
- Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders.
JOB EXPECTATIONS:
In this position, you are expected to share the DAI four core values:
- Integrity: commit to civil and ethical behavior, play by the rules, and do the right thing;
- Responsibility: be accountable to clients, partners, grant recipients, beneficiaries, colleagues, and communities where we work. If you fall short, you own up, fix the problem, and get it right the next time;
- Excellence: adhere to the highest technical and professional standards in innovation, learning, and service;
- Global Citizenship: respect the cultural diversity and treat everyone everywhere with professionalism and dignity to make the world a better place.
WE OFFER
Contract length: 12-month employment agreement with a possibility of extension.
Benefits Package:
- 28 calendar days of annual leave
- 10 days of internal well-being paid leave per annum
- Medical Insurance for ERA staff and their families
- Life Insurance for ERA staff
- Coverage of all expenses for the business trips
- Military reservation is possible and granted if you are on a relevant military register
Start date: August 2024
Application process
All applicants must send a cover letter and updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English to ukraine@dai.com
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.
Closing date for applications: August 20, 2024.
For further information about DAI GLOBAL LLC, please consult our website era-ukraine.org.ua.