Chemonics seeks a technical advisor for their partnership fund for a resilient Ukraine project. The Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), implemented by Chemonics International, is a multi-year, multi-donor funded program managed by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and governed in collaboration with the Government of Ukraine. PFRU’s aim is to set improved conditions for the Ukrainian state, in partnership with civil society and the private sector, to lead on inclusive national recovery and revitalization in the context of Russia’s aggression. The Early Recovery component of PFRU is focused on support to recently liberated areas where Russian forces had occupied territory for a period of time since the start of the 24 February 2022 full-scale invasion. Early Recovery currently works in five Oblasts – Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson – with plans to expand to other Oblasts in the South and East. Early Recovery supports the state to immediate community priorities in liberated areas through a variety of sub-projects that includes community services, community protection, community safety, community governance, community security, community engagement, strategic coordination, and strategic communications.
Community Security is a new sub-project approved for the Early Recovery Phase II extension. This engagement has been developed as an adaptation of the Early Recovery project, in response to the more challenging context in liberated areas that were occupied for more than six months. This is in response to the research and project delivery experience in these areas of Kharkiv and Kherson, where there is a potential for breakdowns in social cohesion due to tensions over the conflicting experiences and actions of community members, elected officials and public servants while under occupation and the absence of effective local administration after the Russian withdrawal. Community Security builds on work done by PFRU Early Recovery in Community Protection, adapted to changing circumstances in areas under a longer period of occupation – laying the grounds for improved horizontal and vertical social cohesion.
Community Security is envisaged to be supported through a Community Security Call-for-Proposals from NGOs and CBOs working in liberated areas that experienced occupation for more than 6 months. This fund award is intended to support work to understand and mitigate tensions among and between citizens, local authorities and regional administrations in these areas, with the aim of improving horizontal social cohesion and trust in state institutions. NOTE: this is specific conflict sensitisation support for newly established LGAs in territories that were under occupation for more than six months, and does not replace conflict sensitisation carried out across the Early Recovery Project, but provides a specific uplift to support Local Government Authorities in the most recently liberated areas.
PFRU Community Security support is envisaged to work closely with and support international agencies providing technical assistance, materials and equipment to local authorities and/or regional police services for community policing. This is likely to focus on the Territorial Community Police (in rural areas) and the Patrol Police (more focused in urban areas) that have been the focus of pre-full scale invasion reform efforts. This is currently being scoped and developed through discussions with the US DOS INL, Canadian CCF and European Union Assistance Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine.
PFRU will jointly develop the approach with these programmes to ensure a fully integrated approach to strengthening community security in areas that have been liberated (de-occupied). This will centre around boosting the legitimacy of selected police through strengthened community policing. It is anticipated that the fully scoped sub-project will entail PFRU focusing on support to local civil society and communities to foster engagement with police on local safety and security issues (not directly related to the war effort). This will work with the police actors supported in frontline and liberated areas where other agencies are focused on direct support to capabilities and capacities of the police. A locally administered grant process will enable the incentivisation of positive relationships between the community and police, through collaboratively identifying local safety and security issues and then having funding in place to address these priorities. The priorities (e.g. improved street lighting, increased night patrols or CCTV systems) will be identified locally by the communities, civil society, police and local government with the aim of improving trust in state institutions which provide security in areas where tensions may spill over into violence.
The Technical Advisor (Community Security) is a 60 day Short Term Technical Assistance consultancy (30 days for project design, 30 days to set up implementation).
Objective and Tasks:
The Community Security sub-project is designed to deliver better trust between local government, local public safety and security institutions (such as the Territorial Community Police and Patrol Police) and citizens by promoting a community driven approach to understanding and providing security in areas which have been under Russian occupation for more than six months. It should have a clear focus on improving the relationships between and behaviours of communities, local authorities and security institutions, and work with and build on other initiatives supported by donor projects such as EUAM, INL and CCF.
A community security process normally uses participatory assessments and planning to understand citizens security priorities and solutions and seeks to contribute to a range of security improvements defined by communities themselves. The process may lead to anything from better service delivery, to reduced social exclusion, enhanced relations between social groups or strengthened accountability. The key is that the problems addressed, the process behind it and the results achieved contribute to a more secure environment for all community members.
Examples of outcomes could be either hardware or software solutions to deter or prevent criminal behaviours such as enabling better access to CCTV or street lighting, or the establishment of joint-planning and dialogue structures which bring community members, local government and police, military or other security authorities together to identify and resolve community security concerns.
The Technical Advisor (Community Security) will support the delivery of PFRU’s Early Recovery workstream in liberated areas of Ukraine that had been under occupation for more than six months.
The specific objective of the Technical Advisor (Community Security) is to design the Community Security sub-project: including:
- Working closely with the RMEL team to review all available evidence and research on community security issues, particularly in areas of Kharkiv and Kherson that have recently been liberated after more than six months of occupation. Develop a solid understanding of the local context, local security actors and civil society to scope the design of the Community Security module.
- Map stakeholders and coordinate planning for PFRU support for Community Security with the relevant authorities in the Government of Ukraine (Ministry of Interior, National Police, Regional Military Administrations), donor projects supporting this sector (INL, EUAM, CCF for example) and relevant international and national research organisations, think tanks, academic institutions and civil society organisations (CIVIC for example).
- Working with the PFRU Early Recovery, RMEL and GESI teams to develop a Theory of Change for the Community Security sub-project in areas occupied for more than six months, and put in place mechanisms to identify and monitor input and output indicators, a change grid and markers to measure the tangible and intangible behavioural changes and direct benefits accruing from PFRU support.
- Develop a project design document and implementation plan to deliver the Community Security sub-project Theory of Change in liberated areas that were under Russian occupation for more than six months. The design should be informed by evidence and best practice derived from lessons learned from experience in delivering Community Security during the current war in Ukraine and analogous events worldwide.
- Development of specifications to ensure any equipment and materials, grants, technical assistance and training envisaged in the project design for provision by PFRU to GOU and civil society partners for Community Security is aligned with and accredited to the latest Ukrainian and international technical and safety standards and best practice, and aligned with PFRU funding partner rules and guidelines for the use of ODA.
- Supporting the Early Recovery Director and Chief of Staff to prepare operational plans and budgets for the delivery of the PFRU Community Security sub-project.
- Developing a Community Security sub-project management plan for directing, tasking and monitoring the implementation of PFRU assistance for Community Security, including the preparation of a Terms of Reference for additional PFRU staff required to manage the sub-project and Scopes of Work for any grantees or sub-contractors required for project delivery.
- If required by the Early Recovery Director, support and provide training for PFRU Early Recovery staff and technical advice and support during implementation of the Community Security sub-project.
- Advise PFRU management on all Community Security matters and undertake any other reasonable tasks as directed by the Early Recovery Director.
Specific Deliverables:
- Assessment Report and Community Security Scoping Report, which provides a detailed analysis of the context, needs and actors, and proposes several options for the Community Security Sub-project, with clear links and coordination with the other policing programmes.
- Community Security Sub-Project Theory of Change and MEL plan developed with and agreed by the PFRU Early Recovery Director, Chief of Staff and RMEL Director.
- Community Security Sub-Project Design Document, reviewed and agreed with the PFRU Early Recovery Director and Chief of Staff.
- The design document should include a sub-project Implementation Plan and revised budget, approved by the Early Recovery Chief of Staff.
- A Sub-Project Management Plan, including an organization chart and Draft TORs for additional Community Security sub-project staff or consultants agreed with the Early Recovery Chief of Staff.
- Draft Scopes of Work for any envisaged grants to civil society organisations to support the police to maintain community security, by providing support for community policing, conflict analysis and mitigation and dialogue, for example.
- Detailed specification documentation for any materials, equipment and police or community training products envisaged in the design document for direct procurement by PFRU.
Qualifications:
- Advanced Degree in conflict, security and justice or a related field, or equivalent professional qualifications such as Police/Military Staff College Courses or extensive high-level research or management experience in Security and Justice programming.
- A minimum of 10 years post-service experience in Security and Justice programming in an international development context, with demonstrated capabilities in researching, assessing, designing, planning and organizing complex conflict, security and justice projects in high threat conflict-affected environments.
- Experience in Ukraine or the region is desirable.
- Excellent English language skills including computer literacy are essential.
Place of Assignment and Reporting:
This is an in-person short-term position working directly from the PFRU office in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a period not exceeding 60 working days, 30 for assessment and project design and 30 for project start-up including the development of SOWs, selection of partners and monitoring of implementation. The consultant will be required to focus on and potentially visit locations in recently liberated areas that were under occupation for more than six months – Kharkiv, Kherson and other oblasts. The Technical Advisor (Community Security) will be supported by the Senior Technical Advisor (Emergency Services and Emergency Response) and the Technical Advisor (Fire and Rescue) during the design process and report directly to the PFRU Early Recovery Director.
Application instructions:
Apply using the following link by 23 May, 2023. For roles requiring English language skills, English language CVs are preferred (but not required). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.
Application link-Technical Advisor Community Security| (ER17): https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a44f8791237c4df2a2c0d3d2ad86b2ca
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