INTERNALS ONLY - CD Ukraine

• Lead the participatory development, implementation, monitoring and regular updating of the Country Strategy and annual plans, ensuring alignment with War Child’s global strategy and responsiveness to the local context.
• Hold final accountability for the country programme, including programme quality, delivery, learning, sustainability and compliance with organisational and donor requirements.
• Lead the Country Management Team in annual planning, performance review and reporting, using context analysis and evidence to adapt priorities and delivery.
• Drive the transition towards locally led and partner-led programming, ensuring shared decision-making, mutual learning and practical capacity strengthening with local actors.
• Maintain a strong understanding of political, social, humanitarian and operational developments, and ensure that programme and operational strategies are adjusted when required.

• Lead, coach and develop the Country Management Team, ensuring clear accountabilities, effective performance management and succession or capacity-building plans.
• Foster an inclusive, safe and motivating workplace that supports staff wellbeing, collaboration, learning and participation in decision-making.
• Ensure that country-level people practices are applied consistently and in line with War Child policies and applicable local law.

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with government authorities, donors, UN agencies, INGOs, national and local organisations, and relevant coordination platforms to realise the Country Strategy.
• Represent War Child externally and strengthen its visibility, credibility and influence in support of children and young people affected by conflict.
• Lead country-level institutional fundraising, including strategic donor engagement, a healthy funding pipeline, high-quality proposals, income projections, donor reporting and stewardship.
• Provide final oversight and escalation support for programme and project proposal development, ensuring proposals are evidence-based, feasible and aligned with the Country Strategy.

• Hold overall accountability for safety and security management, including continuous context monitoring, risk analysis, security planning, security decision-making and incident management.
• Ensure compliance with registration, legal and regulatory obligations, including relevant government processes, and maintain constructive relationships with relevant authorities.
• Provide final oversight for budgets, financial controls, logistics, office management and resource allocation, ensuring value for money, effective risk mitigation and compliance with policies, procedures and donor rules.
• Ensure that partners receive appropriate support to meet agreed standards of operational excellence, including safeguarding, financial controls, security and compliance requirements.

• Ensure country registration, stakeholder engagement and operating arrangements remain appropriate to the local legal, political and security environment.
• Determine, in consultation with the Country Management Team and regional leadership, the most appropriate operating model for the context, including office footprint, direct implementation and partnership arrangements.
• Maintain effective links with the regional structure, contributing to shared learning, collaboration, emergency response and the application of Alliance-wide standards.
• Ensure the Country Office and its partners uphold minimum global standards for safeguarding, security, financial control, integrity and “Do No Harm”.

• Location : Kiev - Ukraine
• Type of Contract : Local contract with salary and secondary labour conditions based on the in-country salary scale, local T&C's will apply.

• Meaningful Impact : Contribute directly to improving the lives of children and families affected by conflict through quality education and long-term, sustainable change.
• Professional Growth: Join a dynamic organisation that values learning, innovation, and professional development, with opportunities for capacity building and growth through the role and War Child’s global network.
• Global Reach : Play a key role in scaling a ground-breaking programme across multiple conflict-affected contexts worldwide.
• Collaborative & Inclusive Culture : Work alongside passionate, mission-driven colleagues in a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace that prioritises safety, fairness and equal opportunity for all.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and cover letter in English through our career's website no later than 13/10/2026.

• Only applications received via our website are processed.
• If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
• It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.