Associate, Ukraine Hub

Requisition ID- 36238- Office Country- United Kingdom- Office City- London- Division- Policy and Partnerships- Contract Type- Regular- Contract Length- Posting End Date- 30/11/2025

**Purpose of Job**

The Associate will provide operational and analytical support to the Ukraine Hub to ensure efficient stakeholder management and coordination of donor funded programmes and resources dedicated to Ukraine.

The Associate will support the Associate Director, Head of Ukraine Hub in facilitating effective management of donor-supported projects and initiatives in Ukraine. Through engagement with Donor Partnerships fund managers the Associate Manager will help to optimise donor support for Ukraine, ensuring alignment of EBRD initiatives with the bilateral support provided by donor countries and international partner organisations.

The Associate will play a key role in preparation of the high-quality briefings, analysis and communication material for a variety of internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner, helping to raise the Bank’s profile internationally, while establishing smooth information-sharing channels within the Bank.

The focus of the role is on effective and strategic coordination of efforts to support Ukraine’s immediate financing needs, and future recovery and reconstruction activities across different sources and instruments for financing. The Associate will work closely with colleagues in Donor Partnerships, Kyiv Resident Office, Banking (Sustainable Infrastructure, Corporate Sector, Financial Intermediaries), Policy Strategy & Delivery, Shareholder Relations and Corporate Strategy.

**Background**

The EBRD Ukraine Hub was established in 2023 to coordinate and streamline communications and engagement with Bank shareholders and donors in relation to operations in Ukraine, working closely with Donor Partnerships, Shareholder Relations, Banking (Kyiv RO and Sector teams), and other VP3 units. In addition, the Hub also provides critical data collection and analysis functions to support decision making, and to reduce bottlenecks and workload arising from the Bank’s increased activity and profile in Ukraine.

Additionally, the Ukraine Hub leads and coordinates EBRD’s engagement and information exchange with the Ukraine Donor Platform, most notably in relation to the Bank’s regular participation at the annual Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), the Donor Platform Steering Committee meetings, IFI Coordination Group meetings, G7+ Energy Group meetings, and range of other fora (such as the in-country Sector Working Groups) where it is necessary and beneficial for the Bank to interface with the Government of Ukraine, peer IFIs / DFIs and donors.

**Accountabilities & Responsibilities**
Under the steer of the Head of Ukraine Hub, the post-holder will support tasks aligned with the following key workstreams of the Hub:
1) Donor engagement and funds allocation:

- Engage with Donor Partnerships fund managers and with donor representatives in relation to donor support in Ukraine projects
- Prepare donor-facing material and communications
- Monitor and assess bilateral support provided by donor countries directly to Ukraine in order to ensure alignment of EBRD initiatives
- Make suggestions on optimal / efficient allocation of donor funds
- Support regular coordination activities with the Banking teams and Donor Partnership fund managers

2) Data collection and management
- Maintain single-source data set on Ukraine covering donor funds inflows and outflows feeding into Operational Updates, Briefing Notes, and ad hoc decision-making fora
- Ensure data flows to shareholders are comprehensive, reliable, consistent, and actionable for all donor support
- Maintain records and publish internally / externally in line with agreed cycles

3) Communications and strategy support

- Draft briefings, reports, and other documents concerning all areas related to donor supported transactions in Ukraine for external consumption
- Support for Comms department ensuring consistency and accuracy of the Ukraine-related information
- Support preparation for Ukraine Donor Platform events and set-piece meetings, including but not limited to Steering Committee, and Ukraine Recovery Conference.
- Support preparation for Ukraine-related inbound visits to HQ from international partners or stakeholder organisations / delegations
- Support research work to inform or contextualise new or expanding EBRD project or policy initiatives

Support with any other aspects and tasks, as well as for Hub-led projects, related to the Bank’s work in Ukraine that will involve donor support in emergency response and recovery/reconstruction

**Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in the relevant areas of expertise (such as business administration, economics or finance, international relations).
- Strong understanding of the economic, political and environmental challen