Compact Program Summary

The Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the “Government” or “GoK”) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), a United States government agency, signed a grant aimed at accelerating the country’s transition towards an energy future that is more sustainable, inclusive, reliable and affordable. The GoK has ratified the compact and has designated a new entity as an autonomous agency to exercise and perform the GoK’s rights and obligations to oversee, manage and implement the Compact Programs. This entity will be referred to as MCA-Kosovo.

The Headhunter Karriera LLC acting as the Recruitment Consultant is now recruiting for the position of the Program Specialist of MCA-Kosovo Entity.

Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Executive Director for Programs, the Program Specialist is responsible for the daily execution and monitoring of, and support to, a range of activities supporting the two projects under the compact and ensuring consistency with established work plans and implementation guidelines. The position is based in Pristina, Kosovo.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Assist the project teams in overseeing the execution/delivery requirements across the Energy Storage and JETA pojects for consistency and conformity with established workplans and budget guidelines.
2. Execute a range of project technical and administrative support activities – organizing activities, coordinating meetings, documentation, etc. – ensuring responsiveness, transparency, and consistency of service.
3. Collect and monitor project performance data to support implementation and analytics.
4. Advise the Deputy Executive Director for Programs on execution of activities, identifying issues which may impede delivery/consistency/conformity and recommend remedial measures to improve service delivery.
5. Advise MCA managers and program support functions on the technical requirements of projects to address human resource, finance, procurement, and communications needs of the BESS and JETA projects, in addition to building an informed basis for interactions and supporting their smooth and sustained operation.
6. Collaborate with cross-cutting functional teams (Gender and Social Inclusion, Environment and Social Performance, Monitoring & Evaluation and Economic Analysis) and ensure information required for these functions are available and established guidelines/workplans are followed.
7. Communicate with communities, stakeholders, and implementing entities to ensure support for project activities and coordinated efforts.
8. Document all project activities and issues to support audit, monitoring and evaluation, and learning to sustain the different processes/services and strengthen transparency and accountability.
9. Monitor the delivery of project activities and ensure that timelines are complied with, milestones are met, and issues are raised in a responsive manner.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Economy, Political Science, Sociology, Education or a related field;
• Minimum three (3) years of relevant experience in program management, behavior change communication or a related discipline;
• Demonstrated experience working on large-scale or complex programs with multiple stakeholders;
• Experience with contract management;
• Demonstrated familiarity with policies and practices of international development organizations, donor organizations or similar;
• Fluency in English and Albanian

Preferred background and work experience:

• Professional certification in Project Management or similar;
• Strong leadership, team building, communication and collaboration skills,
• Fluency in another official language of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian or other).

For more information on MCC and the Kosovo compact, please go to:

Kosovo Compact | Millennium Challenge Corporation (mcc.gov)

Application Procedure:

All interested applicants are required to download (click File then Download) and duly fill-out the offline Application Form through this link: Application Form link

The duly filled-out Application Form, together with an up-to-date resume are to be submitted by uploading them electronically at the link generated below (please note only resumes will not be accepted): Submit Your Application

Please note that only applications submitted through the online application form will be processed.

Should you encounter any problems with the form, please contact: e.shini@theheadhunter.com, +355686029691 and/or d.jakupi@theheadhunter.com, +38349716161.

All applications are to be submitted by 17:00 h Kosovo time, 29 August 2023;

Kindly note that applications received after the deadline, submitted in different formats than the given Application Form or in languages other than English shall not be considered. Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.

The Headhunter Karriera LLC Officials shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner befitting the status of an international civil servant. This includes avoiding any action which may adversely reflect on the integrity, independence and impartiality of their position and function as officials of The Headhunter Karriera LLC. The Headhunter Karriera LLC is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its business.

All MCA-Kosovo employees will be selected based on an open and competitive recruitment and selection process in accordance with the provisions of the Compact. In addition, the recruitment of all employees of MCA-Kosovo will be carried out in accordance with the principles and indications stipulated by the constitutional and legal provisions, including equal opportunity, merit, competency, transparency, and non-discrimination under all its forms.

Note:

“The Headhunter Karriera LLC and its employees and the MCA-Kosovo and its employees do not charge fees at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing, training, and/or any other step).”