Tiered Approach

In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:

• Tier 0: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
• Tier 1: Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
• Tier 2: UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
• Tier 3 or no tier indicated: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a UN agency that works in about 170 countries and territories, helping eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience. It thereby helps them sustain progress and achieve Sustainable Development Goals. In Ukraine, UNDP operates in three programme priorities: Democratic Governance and Inclusive Social Fabric, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Recovery and Growth, and Sustainable Environment and Energy Transformation.  Since the start of the hostilities in 2014 and the full-scale invasion in 2022, UNDP in Ukraine has been present on the ground, through its hubs around the country, supporting regional and local authorities and civil society partners in their emergency response and crisis management.

 Lessons from the past years informed the development of UNDP’s Country Programme Document (2025-2029) and the scale-up of the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) Framework. The Framework’s programmatic pillars of Reconstruction, Returns, Resilience, and Reforms are focused on ensuring community recovery and creating conditions for the return to a development pathway in Ukraine.

 Addressing the country’s complex reconstruction and recovery requires a holistic, systems-based response that empowers all parts of society - including government, local authorities, the private sector, and citizens - with the capacity and resources to respond effectively. To ensure a whole-of-society approach, the framework offers an integrated, participatory, and inclusive methodology to advance recovery in communities most affected by the war.

 Regular duty trips to partner hromadas throughout target oblasts will be required to ensure effective outreach, coordination, and monitoring of ABR initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

I. Implement Community-based Veterans’ Reintegration (CBR) and Support Policy Alignment
•     Support implementation of programme activities on community-based reintegration of veterans within the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) approach, integrating civic engagement, participatory governance, service delivery, and inclusive recovery at the local level.
•     Conduct community-level assessments, stakeholder mapping, and applied research to identify reintegration needs, gaps, and priorities, with attention to women and men veterans, veterans’ families, youth, IDPs, and persons with disabilities, ensuring evidence-based, data-driven, and gender-responsive planning.
•     Design and contribute to research, analytical studies, and assessment tools (including surveys, qualitative studies, case studies, and policy-oriented analyses) to generate evidence informing local and national veterans’ reintegration policies and programmes.
•     Support the development and strengthening of local veterans’ reintegration policies, programmes, and action plans, ensuring alignment with national frameworks and standards while reflecting community-specific needs, capacities, and evidence generated through research and consultations.
•     Facilitate inclusive participatory processes in partner hromadas, enabling co-creation of veteran reintegration priorities and solutions and meaningful participation of veterans in community planning and decision-making.
•     Provide technical and advisory support to communities, local authorities, veteran CSOs, and civic actors in the design, implementation, and monitoring of community-led reintegration initiatives, including grant-supported actions.
•     Support capacity development and peer learning for local authorities, service providers, and veteran organizations, strengthening inclusive, gender-responsive, and community-based reintegration practices.
•     Prepare and regularly update work plans for veterans’ reintegration activities, ensuring prioritization and sequencing are informed by assessments, research findings, stakeholder feedback, monitoring results, and emerging evidence.
•     Contribute to policy dialogue and policy alignment by translating research findings, community-level lessons learned, good practices, and data into analytical inputs, policy briefs, and recommendations, strengthening coherence between local implementation and national veterans’ policy and standards.

II.    Engage and Collaborate with Stakeholders to Ensure Effective Cross-sectoral Coordination
•     Engage and coordinate with key national, regional, and local stakeholders involved in veterans’ reintegration, including the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs of Ukraine, oblast and hromada authorities, veteran hubs/spaces, veteran civil society organizations, local service providers, and other community actors.
•     Facilitate structured coordination and dialogue between national and local levels, ensuring alignment of community-based reintegration initiatives with national veterans’ policies, standards, and guidance.
•     Support effective collaboration among local authorities, veteran CSOs (including women veteran organizations), service providers, and communities to strengthen integrated and inclusive reintegration pathways for veterans and their families.
•     Contribute to organization and facilitation of coordination meetings, consultations, forums, and strategic dialogues related to veterans’ reintegration at local, regional, and national levels.
•     Promote multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation between social services, mental health and psychosocial support providers, rehabilitation services, legal and administrative service providers, economic empowerment and civic actors involved in reintegration.
•     Ensure systematic documentation of stakeholder inputs, coordination outcomes, and agreed action points, and support their integration into programme implementation, policy dialogue, and reporting.
•     Systematically document stakeholder feedback, CBR discussions, and agreed action points, and ensure their integration into project implementation, reporting, and follow-up activities.
•     Coordinate closely with UNDP programme and Area-Based Recovery (ABR) thematic teams (including local governance, civic engagement, rule of law, economic recovery, and public services) to ensure coherence, complementarity, and effective sequencing of veterans’ reintegration interventions across programme outputs.

III. Provide Operational Support to Ensure Effective Planning, Implementation, and Reporting
•     Coordinate closely with UNDP programme, operations, and technical teams to ensure that veterans’ reintegration, civic engagement, inclusion, and community perspectives are consistently reflected in planning and implementation of Programme activities.
•     Facilitate information exchange, shar community-level inputs, and flag operational, social, or policy-related considerations affecting implementation.
•     Contribute to monitoring implementation from a community-based reintegration and civic engagement perspective, documenting feedback from veterans and stakeholders, implementation challenges, social risks, and lessons learned to support adaptive programme management.
•     Provide operational support to procurement-related processes, as required, including preparation of inputs to Terms of Reference, participation in evaluation or review processes, and coordination during delivery of goods and services, in line with UNDP rules and SOPs.
•     Support organization of coordination meetings, consultations, field missions, and learning events, facilitating effective collaboration among veterans, community representatives, local authorities, partners, and UNDP teams.
•     Assist in preparation of progress, monitoring, and results-oriented reports, ensuring clear reflection of veterans’ reintegration outcomes, inclusiveness, and sustainability aspects of Programme implementation.
•     Contribute to internal knowledge management and communication by supporting visibility materials, analytical inputs, and documentation of good practices related to community-based veterans’ reintegration.

IV.    Ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment considerations in the field of expertise, and promoting a safe, enabling environment free of discrimination and abusive behaviour in line with corporate standards and knowledge sharing
•     Assist with ensuring the programme contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving, and benefiting both women and men.
•     Use the principles of gender-responsive communications in line with the UNDP corporate standards.
•     Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns in the field of expertise.
•     Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct in the team through leadership and personal example.
•     Demonstrate respect for gender equality in professional interactions, identify and address sexism and gender discrimination.
•     Assist with informing and briefing personnel and partners about corporate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse policies.
•     Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

   Institutional Arrangement

The Veterans Reintegration Analyst will work under the direct supervision of Civic Engagement Specialist and the strategic guidance of the ABR Programme Manager.

Competencies

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Public Administration, Law, Political Science or related field is required; or
• A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above combination with additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Experience:

• Applicants with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience.
• Applicants with Bachelor’s degree are required to have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in veterans’ reintegration, civic engagement, inclusive recovery.

Desirable Criteria:

• Demonstrated professional experience on applying the Community-Based Approach to Reintegration (CBR), Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA), and the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) approach to recovery and development.
• Personal experience as a veteran and/or demonstrated engagement in veteran communities or veteran-led initiatives is considered.
• Demonstrated experience in providing advisory and technical support to civil society organizations and local authorities, including designing and conducting applied research, assessments, or analytical studies, in the areas of community-based reintegration of veterans, social inclusion, and civic engagement.
• Previous experience working with UN/UNDP, public sector institutions, and/or international organizations.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.

Required Language(s):    

•     Fluency in Ukrainian and English is required.
   

Other :       

• Ability and readiness to undertake regular field missions to project locations in target oblast.
   

Equal opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, UNDP values diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate and, as such, we encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for roles in the organization. Our employment decisions are based on merit and suitability for the role, without discrimination. 

UNDP is also committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, are valued, can thrive, and benefit from career opportunities that are open to all.

Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority

UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles. 

Right to select multiple candidates

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

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