Team Leader - Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU II)

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Chemonics International is seeking an experienced and inspiring Team Leader to lead the next phase of the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU II), a flagship multi-donor programme funded by Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

The Opportunity

As Team Leader, you will provide overall strategic, technical, and operational leadership for one of the most significant resilience and recovery programmes in Ukraine. You will lead a large multidisciplinary team, manage relationships with senior government and donor stakeholders, and ensure delivery of high-impact results in a complex and rapidly evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead programme strategy, delivery, adaptation, and performance against PFRU objectives.

• Provide leadership to a diverse technical, operational, and delivery team.

• Serve as the primary senior liaison with FCDO, financing partners, and programme governance bodies.

• Oversee programme planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, monitoring, and reporting.

• Build strong partnerships with government counterparts and key stakeholders.

• Drive learning, innovation, evidence-based decision making, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure compliance with donor requirements, safeguarding standards, security protocols, and legal obligations.

About You

• 15+ years experience in international development, government, NGOs, academia, or related sectors.

• Proven success leading large, complex programmes and multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong donor and stakeholder engagement experience.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

• Experience operating in high-pressure, politically complex environments.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (advanced degree preferred).

• Fluent English; Ukrainian language skills are an advantage.

• Knowledge of Ukraine and/or resilience, governance, stabilisation, or recovery programming is highly desirable.

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to lead a high-profile, multi-donor programme at the forefront of Ukraine's resilience and recovery efforts, delivering meaningful impact at scale while working with senior international and national partners.

Chemonics is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. Safeguarding

At Chemonics, safeguarding – protecting a person’s right to live safely, free from violence, abuse, and neglect – is integral to the work we do. We integrate safeguarding measures to protect our staff, partners, and communities from all forms of violence and apply a survivor-centered approach that is trauma-sensitive, human-rights informed, intersectional, and locally led.

All job applicants will complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) basic check or equivalent overseas police check will be obtained for Chemonics employees prior to their start date.