Researcher - Micro-finance development in Ukraine

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Researcher for development of the business and housing loan products. 

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Ukraine DRC operates since 2007. From 2015 on, DRC successfully implements livelihoods programmes aimed to provide IDPs and conflict-affected population with income-earning opportunities thus strengthening their resilience. From July 2017 DRC has started implementation of the “Livelihoods Assistance Programme in Eastern Ukraine” (LAP), part of which is devoted to development of affordable loan solutions for IDPs and conflict affected people in Eastern Ukraine. 

 

The overall objective of the consultancy is to research possibilities of improving access to affordable loans for IDPs and conflict affected people in Eastern Ukraine, specifically in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The researcher will be responsible for the following tasks: 

 

To be successful in this role we expect you to be reliable, rigorous and well organized, committed to professional development, able and willing to learn and extend scope of work and to organize prioritization and planning, possess excellent inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills. All employees and consultants should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

 

You have extensive knowledge of the banking sector in Ukraine and proven experience in micro-finance and loans, as well as professional research capability, analytical and writing skills.  

 

Required:

Contract length: 2.5-3 months 

Start date: 17 August 2017 

 

For further questions regarding the consultancy please contact Mr. Vakhtang Piranishvili at vakhtang.piranishvili@drc-ukraine.org 

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered. Closing date for applications: 14 August 2017. Due to the urgent nature of this recruitment, DRC reserves the right to interview candidates on rolling basis, so the candidate might be selected before the closing date. 

 

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk  

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.