Information
Location
Ukraine – Dnipro with regular travels to Kharkiv
Duration
06 months renewable, starting December 2025
Conditions
Salaried contract, gross monthly salary €2,729 to €3,244 depending on experience, monthly per diem €600, medical coverage of 100% + repatriation insurance + provident fund, accommodation, international and local transportation as part of the mission. No family duty station.
TGH has chosen a deliberately simple and transparent remuneration policy, accessible on our website www.trianglegh.org. The salary levels advertised in our job offers are set within the framework of the salary scale and are not open to negotiation.
More information on www.trianglegh.org, under “JOBS”.
TGH reserves the right to end the recruitment process as soon as a candidate is positioned.
Presentation of TGH
"Stakeholders in committed & sustainable international solidarity"
Founded in 1994, TGH is a French international solidarity organization based in Lyon. The association designs and implements emergency, rehabilitation and development programs in the following sectors: water, hygiene and sanitation, civil engineering, food security and rural development, socio-educational and psychosocial. TGH is currently operating in 13 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Context
Since the beginning of the “full-scale invasion’ of Ukraine by Russian Forces, TGH has been responding to the needs of the population in the territories under the control of the Government of Ukraine. Humanitarian needs remain critical. The ongoing conflict continues to devastate civilian lives and infrastructure, causing large-scale displacement and destruction. In 2025, 12.7 million people – 36 per cent of the population – require humanitarian assistance.
Presentation of the mission
TGH has been operating in Ukraine since June 2016. At the early stages, based in Kramatorsk, it supported the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict in the Donbass region through protection assistance. From February 2022 to October 2024, TGH established four operational bases in Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Lviv, delivering humanitarian aid through Protection activities (Case Management, Legal Aid and PSS), and Basic Needs programs (Shelter, Cash, Wash).
Since October 2024, TGH has been focusing on protection and shelter in the eastern region, assisting people in need in the Dnipropetrovska, Kharkivka, Donetska, and Zaporiska oblasts from its operational base in Dnipro, its sub-office in Kharkiv, and its representation office in Kyiv, through direct and indirect implementation.
Job description
The Field Coordinator, under the hierarchical responsibility of the Country Director and in close collaboration with the Senior Program Coordinator, will be responsible for leading from TGH operational base in Dnipro the overall planning, implementation and management of the program activities implemented in Dnipro and Kharkiv areas as well as ensure good coordination with local authorities in operational and security terms and the general functioning of TGH’s office(s).
S/he manages the team under her/his supervision and contributes to the development of TGH activities.
The main responsibilities include:
Coordination and follow-up of projects
- Ensure projects implementation and follow-up with the support of the Senior Program Coordinator.
- Coordinate with the support and program teams to ensure overall management of TGH projects for effective implementation of all program activities.
- Ensure proper budgets follow-up and forecast.
- Lead the weekly coordination meetings at area level.
- Follow up on the delivery of materials in conjunction with the logistics team.
- Ensure compliance with internal and donor procedures in the implementation, monitoring and reporting of activities.
- Ensure a link and good coordination between the programs and all supports departments.
- Coordinate with the Head of Safety & Security on security plans and protocols on a regular basis and ensure they are always up to date.
- Guarantee adequate communication and coordination between technical coordination staff and country office programs as well as program and operational issues.
- Contribute external and internal reporting, based on TGH tools, and donor reporting schedule.
Implementation and development of intervention strategy
- Participate in close collaboration with the Country Director, the Senior Program Coordinator and the Development & Quality Coordinator in the definition of the intervention strategy in the area of operation and update as necessary.
- Organise and carry out field assessments.
- Participate in proposal writing and fund raising.
- Participate in the review of operations plan to support the program activities and the scale-up programming according to the approved Response strategy.
Security
- Analyse the political, security and socio-economical context in collaboration with the Head of Security & Safety and ensure timely and accurate internal communication under supervision of the Country Director.
- Keep in constant relation with local authorities and various military actors present in the area of intervention, as well as security / NGO forums.
- Regularly participate in updating the security management tools, in collaboration with the Head of Security & Safety and disseminate the necessary rules to all the area personnel.
- Guarantee with the Country Director a level and modalities of operation adapted to the context.
- Manage, in relation with the Country director and the Head of Security & Safety, any security incident and emergency situations, write-up incident reports.
- Participate in all security related meetings with local or international, governmental, military and NGO actors.
Log / Admin
- Ensure optimal use of resources within the allocated project budgets according to donor’ and internal procedures.
- Ensure that internal procedures are understood by all staff and applied.
- Ensure with administrative and logistics teams of the smooth running of the office(s), in their absence, ensure a proper level of log/admin support to projects with the support of the coordination team.
- Ensure the mutualisation of means and adequate spread of support costs among all projects.
- Participate in developing budget for the new proposal.
- Participate in designing an adequate HR support of his/her team according to the needs.
Coordination and representation
- Maintain and develop good working relations with all local authorities, both civil and military and other humanitarian actors.
- Represent the organisation as necessary in coordination/cluster meetings.
- Ensure adequate coordination with NGOs in the same areas of operation.
- Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders at the local level.
- Establish and maintain networks with UN, INGOs, and local partners to promote strategic partnerships.
- Ensures TGH has properly represented at coordination meetings/forums in Ukraine and all field location, and that information from these forums is shared with relevant stakeholders.
Team Management
- Ensure technical and line management on project staff and support functions in his/her geographical area.
- Ensure internal communication within the team through regular team meetings.
- Carry out necessary appraisals of the staff under his/her supervision.
- Ensure the respect of internal HR regulations.
- Ensure the ongoing capacity building of operations team through support to direct and technical supervisors in ensuring staff performance evaluations and individual development plans.
- Support field staff in the implementation of personnel policies including coaching, performance evaluation, staff development, and disciplinary measures.
Security, working and living conditions
Dnipro
In Dnipro, air alerts are daily, with a noticeable increase of airstrikes in the past period. However, travel on foot or by taxi is permitted in the city centre, and it is possible to go out to restaurants and bars. There is a curfew in place from 24:00 to 05:00 according to the martial law. TGH team works in spacious and well-equipped offices with a shelter in the city centre, close to the Guest House where the expatriates are accommodated. Access to good internet connection in the offices and the guesthouse. Power outages during the winter are possible and likely, but alternative solutions are planned.
Kharkiv
Air raid alerts are frequent in Kharkiv, which is currently the closest base to the front line. Nevertheless, social and cultural life is still active and there are no particular restrictions in the city center, where TGH has a guesthouse/office. Access to good internet connection in the guesthouse/office. Power outages during the winter are possible and likely, but alternative solutions are planned
Profile
- Strengthened by minimum 5-years of experience in the field with international NGOs in project coordination.
- Minimum 1-year experience in a security management role in a complex conflict environment.
- Experience in international team management.
- Experience in donor relations, with such as CDCS, BHA, and ECHO…
- Excellent skills in project cycle management.
- Experience in post conflict recovery is an asset.
- Skills in accountancy / financial management/ logistics.
- Proficiency in English. Ukrainian or Russian is an asset.
- Computer skills (including Excel and Word).
- Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Leadership skills and ability to make decisions.
- Adaptation capacities to dynamic context.
- Trustworthiness and sense of responsibility.
- Organizational skills, reactivity, ability to be thorough and to adapt.
