Legal Social Support Officer

Supports Ukraine’s transition to government-led humanitarian cash assistance through the Humanitarian and Resilience Account. The assignment coordinates government and aid partners, develops operational guidance, addresses legal and delivery issues, monitors winter cash programming and documents evidence for policy and scale-up.

Department: Social Protection

• Support phased implementation of government-led humanitarian cash assistance for winter 2026–2027
• Coordinate with government entities, donors, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners
• Align humanitarian cash assistance with shock-responsive national social-protection systems
• Provide data-driven inputs for cash-programme planning, targeting and monitoring
• Develop operational tools, guidelines and standard procedures for government cash delivery
• Resolve operational issues involving duplication, data sharing, verification, local capacity and transfer values
• Use evidence to support policy dialogue and advocacy
• Document lessons learned and good practices for scale-up

• Academic specialisation in Social Policy, Law, Public Policy, Economics, International Relations, Development, Public Administration, Public Finance or another social science
• At least three years of experience in cash transfers, social protection, public administration, law, local governance or a related field
• Experience with regulatory legal acts, drafting proposed acts and government legislative approval procedures
• Required English
• Required Ukrainian

• Full-time National UN Volunteer Specialist assignment
• Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance is USD 1,717 equivalent in UAH
• One-time entry lump sum of USD 350
• Medical and life insurance and UNV leave entitlements are provided
• Extension depends on funding, operational need and satisfactory performance