Senior Manager, Programme Learning

The principal full-time location of this assignment is Kyiv, Ukraine, with travel to other parts of Ukraine.

This role is open to applications from Ukrainian nationals as well as international specialists

The Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine 2 (PFRU-2) is a multi-year, multi-donor funded programme managed by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The aim of PFRU-2 is to set improved conditions for the Ukrainian state, in partnership with civil society and the private sector, to lead on inclusive recovery and revitalisation in the context of Russia's aggression. This outcome is designed to facilitate and strengthen resilience for a more socially cohesive, inclusive, democratic, and prosperous Ukraine. PFRU-2 provides funds to Ukrainian and international delivery partners and implements projects based on research and evidence.

PFRU's Learning Adaptation and Policy (LAP) Team brings together PFRU's cross-cutting experts, including: Research; Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL); Stabilisation & Conflict Sensitivity; Strategic Communications; and Environment. The LAP Team works closely with PFRU's thematic project teams, both to ensure that cross-cutting considerations are built into the design and delivery of PFRU activities and to share learning and good practices across PFRU. Although all PFRU teams contribute to the delivery of programme Impact and learning , the LAP Team has primary responsibility for facilitating and overseeing achievement against this outcome.

About the Role:

The Senior Manager will play a critical role in driving PFRU-2's achievements under Outcome 4. They will lead day-to-day activity under this outcome, coordinating across PFRU to ensure the quality, and consistent use, of learning tools, processes and products. This will involve working closely with the head of the LAP team (DTL LAP), who is ultimately accountable for Outcome 4; the Senior Manager will also be asked to support other LAP team activities as required.

Key Responsibilities

• In cooperation with thematic teams, maintain an up-to-date workplan that identifies all relevant PFRU-2 activities corresponding to the delivery of Outcome 4. This includes all internal learning and adaptation activities, and all planned research and lessons products.
• In cooperation with the MEL Team, monitor delivery against Outcome 4 – and highlight to the DTL LAP any areas of concern or particular importance.
• In cooperating with the MEL Team and the Reporting Team, prepare sections on Outcome 4 progress for Quarterly Reports and other reporting to Financing Partners.
• Develop tools and processes to support internal learning and adaptation.
• Working with thematic teams and the Research and MEL teams, identify areas/issues where learning processes are particularly important (e.g. they are critical for PFRU's success, they rest on assumptions which may not hold true (including contextual assumptions), and/or they are deliberately piloting a new approach), and agree how and when learning processes will take place.
• Facilitate learning processes as required, and/or agree with others how learning processes will be managed and facilitated.
• In cooperation with the Senior Stabilisation Adviser (who leads facilitation of quarterly reviews) and the DTL LAP, prepare, and contribute to the delivery of, quarterly reviews. These alternate between internal reviews and higher-level 'strategic reviews' including Financing Partners.
• Ensure that learning is written up and shared in accessible formats, including quality assurance of all learning products.
• Ensure that lessons are fed into programme decision-making, and (where possible) capture evidence of how this has led to adaptive programming.
• Support the thematic teams with feeding learning into policy designs and adaptations.
• Maintain an overview of existing and upcoming research, data and lessons products.
• Work with lead authors to ensure that they have considered how best to share PFRU's data with others, including: identifying key target audiences; considering what formats and messages are most relevant for this audience; and dissemination strategies.
• Write and/or edit, format and quality assure all relevant external products, particularly those that are intended to inform policy and programming (of either the Government of Ukraine and/or international donors).

Desirable Skills:

• Ukrainian language skills are highly desirable.
• Experience working on prior FCDO (CSSF) programmes, particularly in Ukraine.
• Experience working on stabilisation projects, or other related thematic projects
• Experience working with different levels of stakeholders; local actors, local and international NGOs, preferably in Ukraine.
• Managerial, problem solving and strategic planning skills.

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Chemonics UK is a leader in global sustainable development and part of Chemonics International's global network of specialists. We run projects that range from supporting children with special educational needs in Syria to increasing access to public services in Mozambique and fostering peacebuilding initiatives in Yemen. Every action we take is driven by the goal to transform life-changing ideas into world-changing ones.

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