APPLICATION DEADLINE | 11 August 2025, 23:59 Kyiv time

OPPORTUNITY TYPE | Service Contract for 12 months with the possibility of extension until the end of the project.

BUDGET PLANNED | Starting from 2500 EUR per month (including all applicable taxes¹ and other related costs), depending on the level of expertise. Other (non-personal) expenses related to the implementation of the project will be covered additionally in accordance with Project rules and procedures. 

EXPECTED STARTING DATE | 3^rd Q, 2025

ORGANISATION | Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), Lithuania 

DUTY LOCATION | Kyiv, Ukraine (Ukraine2EU office)

CONTACT POINT | CPVA Project Manager Ms Simona Petrulytė info@ukraine2eu.eu  

APPLICATION PROCEDURE | Please submit your CV via the CPMA career page by pressing the “Apply for job” button and uploading all the required documents, or  email it to info@ukraine2eu.eu, indicating the title of the position you are applying for.

Please be informed that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted to participate in the further procurement stages.

Veterans are welcome and encouraged to apply.

MISSION 

The National Coordinator for Legal Approximation Processes and Translation plays a strategic and coordination role within the framework of the Ukraine2EU, assisting the Lead of the Component 2 in planning, coordination, and implementation of activities that support Ukraine’s EU accession goals.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide comprehensive support to the Lead of the Component 2 in management of implementation of the Component 2 “Legal approximation processes and translation”.

• Liaison with partner institutions and other interested stakeholders; together with the Lead of the Component 2 represent the Component 2 and ensure strategic communication and coordination. 

• Follow and analyse Ukraine‘s EU accession agenda in Ukraine and on the EU level, prepare analytical notes on the key policy developments in the areas of the Component 2.  

• Provide assistance in drafting and/or editing of annual work plans, monthly and progress reports, that contribute to the delivery of outputs under Component 2, conducting proofreading of the reports.

• Support the coordination of the pool of experts engaged in the implementation of the Component 2.

• Consolidate, prepare, and provide necessary information related to Component 2 implementation for Steering Committee, Executive Committee, Supervisory Group, Advisory Board, Donor Working Group meetings.

• Identify success stories, achievements, lessons learned and document recommendations to be integrated into broader knowledge management efforts.  

• Provide Project’s Communication Officers with analytical inputs and key messages for communication.  

• Provide direct technical and legal advice to counterparts, including training seminars, knowledge products.

• Draft Terms of Reference for medium/ short term experts;

• Provide other relevant support as required by the Lead of the Component 2.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• A university degree in Law, European Law, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, Development Studies or related field.

Experience

• At least 5 years of professional experience in policy analysis, with a proven ability to produce analytical outputs to inform decision-making.

• Experience in liaising with governmental institutions, donors, working groups, technical experts and other stakeholders.

• Experience in coordinating or managing expert teams and external consultants.

• Experience in preparing analytical reports, policy briefs, drafting and editing strategic documents (e.g. reports, work plans, Terms of Reference).

• Prior engagement with EU or donor-funded projects would be a strong advantage.

• Extensive knowledge and strong interest in Ukraine’s EU accession process, EU enlargement policies and EU affairs in general.

Skills

• Excellent analytical and research skills, with the ability to track policy developments, synthesize information from diverse sources, and produce clear, insight-driven outputs.

• Strong written communication skills, including the preparation of high-quality reports, briefs, and presentations tailored to diverse audiences.

• Effective coordination and teamwork abilities, with experience liaising with internal and external stakeholders, supporting information flows, and contributing to knowledge sharing.

• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate expert inputs, and support reporting cycles.

• Strong understanding of the EU acquis Communautaire, including its structure, sectoral scope, and the institutional responsibilities related to its translation and legal approximation.

Languages

• Proficiency in Ukrainian and English (written and spoken).

BACKGROUND

The overall objective of Ukraine2EU is to support Ukraine’s progressive alignment to the EU acquis and its overall EU integration efforts with a view to future EU membership. Ukraine2EU is aiming to build strong and efficient state mechanisms for managing Ukraine's EU accession process and implementing related reforms. Ukraine2EU will follow the emerging and evolving needs of the main stakeholders and build a solid institutional capacity to meet the accession criteria. 

Ukraine2EU is structured around four components, each addressing a core area of EU integration support:

• Component 1. Management, coordination and monitoring of EU integration processes – aimed at strengthening capacities of Ukraine's key actors and stakeholders in overall management, coordination, and monitoring of the EU accession processes and related reforms agenda.

• Component 2. Legal approximation processes and translation – focused on increasing availability of the legal expertise necessary for an efficient approximation of Ukrainian law to the EU acquis and enhancing overall institutional, procedural and methodological capacities of competent institutions in EU acquis translation.

• Component 3. Communication – designed to raise awareness of Ukrainian society and key stakeholder groups on the EU accession process and related reforms agenda.

• Component 4. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) related activities – contributing to the outcomes of component 1, 2 and 3.

The total allocated budget for the Ukraine2EU implementation is 14 MEUR, with co-funding contributions of 10 MEUR from the European Union, 1 MEUR from the Republic of Lithuania and 3 MEUR from the Kingdom of Denmark, for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027.

The main partner (beneficiaries) institutions in Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister’s Office for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration (DPMO), Government Office for Coordination of European Euro-Atlantic Integration at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (GOCEEI), Committee of Verkhovna Rada on Integration of Ukraine to the EU (VR EIC), Verkhovna Rada General Secretariat, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, line ministries.

The Central Project Management Agency of Lithuania (hereafter – CPVA) was designated to implement the Ukraine2EU project, overseeing the implementation of all activities and ensuring the coherence and sustainability of the project results. More information on CPVA: https://cpva.lt/en/about-us.

CPVA embraces diversity and respects human rights in all areas of its work. Discrimination of any kind including based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or culture is not accepted.

More information on the Ukraine2EU can be found here: LinkedIn, Facebook, X.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

Responding to this Expression of Interest you give consent to process your personal data. Please note your data will be stored on the central server at CPVA. Please find more information by visiting the following website:

https://www.cpva.lt/en/protection-of-personal-data/558

All information received will be stored on our secure servers, which are not accessible from the public website for third parties. The purpose of processing of the data you submit is to manage each expressed interest in view of a possible pre-selection at CPVA. The lawfulness of the processing is based on Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

¹The Service Provider shall be responsible for all liabilities related to the local social security system, income tax obligations and other financial obligations resulting from the legislation of the place where the Services are provided.