Capacity Development Officer

Location: Brovary, with visits to unit locations

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

Reports To: Head of Partnerships

Key Internal Contacts/Relationships:  Head of Partnerships, Programme Manager

Key External Contacts/Relationships:  Local partners including PHK, SESU

Please note: This role is subject to funding

Job Purpose: Supports the design and delivery of a structured capacity strengthening programme for national partners in Ukraine

About HALO:

HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Most of our staff are local employees and include a growing number of women.

Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.

HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world’s most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition, and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of Partnerships, the Capacity Development Officer supports the design and delivery of a structured capacity strengthening programme for national partners (e.g. Myrne Nebo) in Ukraine in close coordination with the partnerships department, including the MEAL Officer.

The role combines partnership management, donor engagement, and technical capacity development oversight, ensuring that partner organisations progressively develop the operational, institutional, and compliance capacity required to move from EORE and NTS to accredited clearance operations. The CD Officer will work in close coordination with both operations and support departments to collaboratively develop and then ensure a capacity development plan is implemented.

Responsibilities:

Course Delivery

• Ensure the partner provides timely and compliant reporting in line with donor requirements.
• Support logistics and coordination of both classroom-based and field-based practical training.

Design and deliver structured capacity development plan, with support of the operations, support, and capability department:

• EORE (community liaison, messaging, targeting, monitoring)
• NTS (land release principles, evidence-based survey, reporting)
• Progressive introduction to Technical Survey and Clearance (as capacity matures)

Support the development of partner staff competencies across:

• Technical mine action skills
• Operational planning and task management
• Leadership and team management
• MEAL systems and reporting
• Donor compliance and reporting
• Financial monitoring and basic grant management

Partnerships Management

• Act as the primary relationship manager for national partners (e.g. PHK, Myrne Nebo)
• Support partners to: Define organisational development priorities, Co-develop capacity strengthening plans and Track progress against agreed milestones

Facilitate regular partner review meetings to assess:

• Operational performance
• Capacity gaps
• Risks and mitigation strategies
• Additional areas for CD, opportunities to secure future funding

Monitoring and evaluation

Monitor implementation against:

• Workplans
• Budgets
• Logframe indicators
• Identify risks to delivery (operational, financial, political) and propose mitigation measures.

Develop and track capacity-focused indicators, such as:

• Number of trained and deployed staff
• Area surveyed and released
• Progress toward accreditation milestones
• Institutional capacity benchmarks
• Support partners in strengthening their own MEAL systems.
• Capture and document

Lessons learned

• Feedback from partners and HALO staff involved in CD activities
• Best practices in partnership-based delivery
• Case Studies and Communication material
• Ensure that learning is fed back into programme design and donor reporting.

General:

Uphold HALO’s core values and standards, promoting its ethos and mission statement.

Ensure familiarity with and adherence to all HALO policies and procedures, especially the code of conduct and safeguarding

Essential Requirements:

• Fluent spoken and written English
• Previous experience in managing humanitarian projects
• Previous experience with MEAL
• Previous experience working with national partners on capacity development projects
• Previous experience designing and facilitating training sessions and workshops
• Willingness to travel within Ukraine
• Good communication skills

Desirable Requirements:

• Ukrainian context and language
• Previous experience managing institutional contracts (i.e. EU)
• Previous experience working in high security contexts
• Valid manual drivers’ license

Travel: Willingness to travel across Ukraine (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv)

• Local overseas allowance of $350 monthly
• Private health insurance
• Shared accommodation in a rented HALO apartment, provided at nil cost
• 49 days of leave annually (weekend inclusive, equivalent to 7 weeks of pay leave)
• Three economy return flights to the member’s official home address (or an alternative location up to an equivalent cost)
• Comprehensive insurance package: life assurance and emergency medical insurance, including evacuation and repatriation.

Please submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 1 page) outlining how your experience matches the key skills and competencies required by 28/04/2026.

Applications without a cover letter tailored to this position will not be considered.

We reserve the right to amend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.