- Provide technical support for implementation of activities under Output (2.2) (2.3) (2.4) (3.2) (3.3) (3.5).
- Contribute to the technical and financial implementation of the GRASP matching grant component
- Coordinate with and provide feedback to technical team for designing various grant delivery mechanisms
1. Partnership Grants
- Conduct due diligence of potential grant partners in Sindh & Balochistan.
- Lead the evaluation of grant proposals from potential partners for project implementation together with technical team
- Administration and management of grants’ requirements to GRASP partners in Sindh & Balochistan
- Oversee if the partnership grants are implemented according to the operational and financial policies of ITC and meeting the donor compliance requirements
- Contract management of grantees, oversee the deliverables as per the contract requirements and keep the team/partners informed about the deadlines
- Lead, follow up and coordinate the timely closeout of partnership grant contracts
- Establish and maintain reporting calendar for partners
- Oversee job of invoicing, accounting, reporting and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of partnership grant process
- Conduct training of partners on grant compliance, reporting requirements and other grants management issues
- Conduct field verification and support visits to support the partners to meet the donor/ITC requirements
- Support technical team in donor reporting on partners’ grants component including spending
- Work in close coordination with core partners and Geneva team for timely release of payments to the partners.
- Support the provincial lead in relationship management with grant partners
- Represent ITC during review of the business proposals and financial documents received from the applicants and provide technical briefing to the PMU, HQ and stakeholders
- Ensure that the partner organization is managing the matching grants process including assessment and supervision with due diligence, VFM and cost effectiveness
- Work with M&E lead, Communication specialist and other team members for proper visibility and promotion of the matching grant scheme component
- Support in screening and appraisal of grantee applications from concept note stage until evaluation stage. All due diligence checks should be in place including financial, accounting standards & practices, environmental protection etc.
- Ensure grants compliance and due diligence for matching grants to SMES in Sindh and Balochistan.
- Conduct field verification visits when required especially in case of grants mismanagement or complaints
- Support the capacity building initiatives for grantees on grant management matters
- draft routine and non-routine correspondence ( on matching grant related activities and events only);
- revise and format draft documents related to matching grant output (project documents, reports, etc.),design/prepare matching grant-related documents for publication;
- assist in the preparation of papers and presentation involving data/information/statistics on the work of supervisor(s), including contributions to the administrative sections of final and progress reports on matching grants
- Field visits / missions to assess the grantees progress along with M&E team;
- perform any other duties assigned by Project Manager
- Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
- Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
- Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production;
- Differentiated needs of women and men are considered;
- Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
- Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings, etc
- Excellent interpersonal and advocacy skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in teams, with colleagues and encourage sharing of knowledge to achieve organizational goals
- Strong analytical and financial skills
- Ability to identify priority activities and assignments; adjust priorities as required
- Ability to work with accuracy under time constraints and pressure in a stressful environment; with patience, tactfulness, maintain confidentiality, take initiative and exercise good judgment
- Ability to plan own work and use time efficiently, manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure of tight and conflicting deadlines
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working on issues related to the grants management.
- Financial skills.
- Very good understanding of Grants management processes.
- Experience in working with government and private sector counterparts.
- Knowledge SAP/ERP UMOJA.
- A Master’s degree or higher related to finance (CFA, ACCA, CA etc.), business administration, economics, commerce with at least 7 years of experience in managing donor funded, large scale grants program design and implementation
- English (Fluent), Urdu
- Knowledge of local languages of Sindh and Balochistan.
- Strong computer literacy skills required in word processing, spread sheets, presentations etc.
- Demonstrated successful interpersonal and team work skills
- Demonstrated ability to perform in a complex project environment with multi stakeholders and partners
- Knowledge of result based management
- Knowledge of the UN system and procedures or experience of EU-related projects would be an asset
- Experience in Grants management and matching grants is an asset
Contract Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)