Country Director (Ukraine)

Programmatic leadership and oversight - 30%

• Ensure overall quality, relevance, and impact of programmes across sectors (MPCA, livelihoods, protection).
• Set clear programme priorities, approve target populations, and validate key implementation approaches to ensure alignment with ERC country strategy, needs assessments, and donor requirements.
• Ensure that appropriate systems, processes, and oversight mechanisms are in place so that programmes meet agreed humanitarian standards (including Sphere and accountability to affected populations).
• Oversee integration of MEAL, accountability, and learning into programming.
• Guide proposal development on strategic level, ensuring coherence with country strategy.

Strategic leadership - 25%

• Lead the development and implementation of country strategy, ensuring alignment with ERC global and regional priorities.
• Define strategic programmatic priorities based on needs analysis, donor trends, and contextual developments.
• Lead the expansion and sustainability of ERC’s country portfolio by securing funding, strengthening donor relationships, and positioning ERC as a credible and relevant humanitarian actor in-country.
• Define priority sectors, geographic areas, and target groups for ERC programmes, and guide decisions on when to scale up, adapt, or phase out interventions based on needs, evidence, and funding opportunities.
• Promote the use of innovation and digital solutions where they enhance programme effectiveness, accountability, and feedback from affected populations, ensuring effective feedback loops with the Head Office.

Donor representation and external relations - 25%

• Act as primary representative of ERC Ukraine to donors, government authorities, UN agencies and clusters, media and external stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with key donors, in collaboration with Head of Donor and Partner Relations identify and pursue new funding sources, and ensure the country portfolio is not dependent on a limited number of donors.
• Define country-level fundraising priorities, approve proposal directions, and lead negotiations with donors on funding amounts, conditions, and partnerships in collaboration with the Head Office Donor & Partner Relations team.
• Represent ERC in key clusters, working groups, and NGO coordination bodies (in particular CWG, FSL cluster, Wash cluster, Protection and SNFI WGs), and actively promote ERC’s priorities, programmes, and positions.

Team leadership - 20%

• Provide overall leadership of the Country Office and Country Management Team.
• Ensure clear decision-making structures and effective information flow within the country management team to support timely and accountable leadership.
• Ensure effective coordination and information sharing between programme, operations, MEAL, and finance functions to support coherent planning and decision-making.