The Scope of Work to be performed by Consultant under this Consultant Agreement is as follows:

Location of Work: Consultant’s place of work or location agreed upon by Global Communities and Ukraine.

Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 – July 30, 2025*

Background Information: Global Communities (GC) intends to pursue anticipated USAID and other USG-funded civil society strengthening, governance and economic growth funding opportunities in Ukraine and requires the support of a consultant to serve as Proposal Director, identifying opportunities within GC’s technical strengths, leading the design of proposed programing and ensuring the proposal is high quality, competitive, and compelling.

Scope of Work:

• Coordinate with GC’s Ukraine Country Director, Sr. Regional Director, chiefs of party, Sr. Regional Manager, Program Manager – Ukraine, U.S.-based technical staff, and local Ukraine staff to identify and research potential USG-funded opportunities within GC’s technical strengths.
• Travel to Ukraine once or twice as required in agreement with Global Communities to identify and meet with USAID, implementing partners, and civil society actors to gather intel on the current donor-funded programming, potential partners, what forthcoming USAID projects and related donor goals may look like, and when new opportunities are to be expected.
• Lead the overall design and technical strategy formulation of selected proposals (when approved by Global Communities BD leadership) in close coordination with Global Communities technical advisors and staff. This will include completing the 10 GC-required cultivating deliverables, exploring the context and competition of anticipated proposal and plotting out win themes, recruitment and partnering requirements/strategies, and other key proposal design activities.
• Lead/participate in strategy sessions/workshops as requested by Global
• Analyze each NOFO once released and hold preliminary design sessions with local partners and key personnel.
• Make connections and participate in select discussions with partners/join meetings in Ukraine or virtually as requested by Global Communities
• Contribute to proposal elements if/when an opportunity is pursued. Responsibilities may include but would not be limited to:
  • Supporting the development of partner strategy.
  • Leading the drafting of key personnel position descriptions and candidate shortlisting; participating in key personnel interviews and the resulting selection process.
  • Supporting the revision of drafted proposal sections as agreed upon by Global Communities.
  • Working closely with the Budget Lead to develop the budget.

• As needed participation in period check-in meetings with the proposal team 

Deliverables:

• Phase I (before the release of a solicitation):
  • One report on the donor landscape in Ukraine, including a list of potential USAID (and other donor) forthcoming opportunities, with an emphasis on those falling into Global Communities’ strengths (e.g., civil society strengthening, governance, and economic growth) as well as potential partners with which Global Communities could seek to partner on related activities.
    • This report will include anticipated business development opportunities expected to be released by the U.S. Government between 6 and 30 months from date of contract execution and analysis of potential competition (their ongoing related programming, strengths, and weaknesses) for each such opportunity
    • As requested by GC, support or lead completion of the Global Communities cultivating deliverables for any opportunity which GC has elected to pursue
• Phase II (during the live phase following proposal release, should such an opportunity be released and Global Communities choose to pursue it):
  • Proposal design session outputs as agreed upon with Global Communities, such as theory of change outlines; activity, output, outcome, and result linkages; etc.
  • Correspondence with potential partners, stakeholders, and the proposal team to set up meetings, secure partnerships, and inform technical strategy and proposal development.
  • Provide 2 reviews of the proposal technical volume by agreed upon Participate in proposal review calls to provide feedback and ensure accurate revisions.
• Throughout both phases as required:
  • Meeting attendance as requested (and available).
  • Timesheet/invoice.
  • Updates at minimum every 2 weeks regarding LOE used to date and to confirm use of LOE on priority

• 10+ years of experience in international development, including substantial knowledge of USAID programming, with an emphasis on civil society strengthening.
• Substantial knowledge of Ukraine and development programming in the Ukrainian context.
• Experience in U.S. public sector proposal development.
• Familiarity with USAID proposal structure/development.
• Experience working on proposals for Ukraine is strongly preferred.
• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Ukrainian is preferred.
• Nationality: In order to travel to Ukraine, the consultant must be a national of the U.S. or Ukraine or have a Schengen visa.

Total LOE: 35 days

*The period of performance may be extended or shortened as required by the timing of the solicitation release, currently expected in March 2025 but which could extend as late as January 2026.