Overview
This role focuses on strengthening UNOPS' grant support policy and operational framework, acting as a technical advisor, trainer, and coordinator for grant-related activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and revision of grant support policies, processes, tools, and guidance materials.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of emerging grant support modalities.
- Provide support to projects/programmes to ensure delivery within grant support policy.
- Review partner (donor) agreements involving grant support activities.
- Evaluate the quality of grant support standard operating procedures, calls for proposals, results frameworks, and capacity assessments.
- Assist projects/programmes in applying due diligence requirements.
- Provide technical advice on routine monitoring of implementing partners.
- Provide technical advice on capacity improvement support to implementing partners.
- Provide technical advice on the development of standard operating procedures for selection methodologies.
- Coordinate the improvement and adoption of Grant+ (UNOPS grant management system).
- Coordinate all grant support digital solutions with ITG and IPMG.
- Promote the use of artificial intelligence in UNOPS grant support.
- Document business processes and system requirements for grant support of digital solutions.
- Develop and refine financial management and reporting processes and tools for grant support.
- Support the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
- Conduct quality assurance of IPMG grant support reports and data.
- Provide inputs into audits and evaluations.
- Coordinate the analysis of results, risks, and needs to inform corporate controls and oversight of grant support.
- Train and coach UNOPS personnel and/or implementing partners on UNOPS grant support policy, procedures, and Grant+.
- Develop content for corporate training related to grant support, Grant+, and implementing partner management.
- Mentor and coach UNOPS Offices on documenting and analysing compliance with the grant support policy and Grant+.
- Contribute to documenting UNOPS' emerging, promising, and good practices in grant support and implementing partner management.
- Produce grant support project/programme and implementing partner profiles, success stories, and social media content.
- Engage with UN interagency working groups on implementing partners, grants, and funding.
- Execute joint work plans.
- Guide UNOPS grant support projects and programmes in organizing documentation for evaluations and audits.
- Support other knowledge management initiatives across the organization related to grant support.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in grant support/management is required.
- The experience must include: Capacity Building: Skilled in designing and delivering coaching/mentoring, training programmes (webinars, toolkits) for a global audience with varying levels of expertise is required.
- Grant Management Systems: Advanced proficiency in digital grant management systems and the ability to translate user needs into a digital system is required.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze large datasets of qualitative and quantitative data to identify risks, trends, and compliance gaps is required.
- Civil Society Engagement: Direct experience working with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) is strongly preferred.
- Experience prioritizing the needs of those the UN serves and ensuring projects align with the strategic goals of peace, dignity, and equality is required.
- Challenging Environments: Direct experience managing grants and funding within fragile states and humanitarian contexts, with a focus on analyzing results, risks, and corporate controls is required.
- Partnership Management: Deep understanding of the implementing partner and grant management lifecycle is required.
- Policy & Process Development: Ability to draft and implement policies, technical standards, standard operating procedures (SOPs), manuals, and templates is strongly desired.
- Multi-Donor Management: Experience in multi-donor or multi-agency grants and projects is preferred.
- Financial Standards: Familiarity with IPSAS for refining financial management and reporting tools is desired.
- Capacity Assessment: Direct experience implementing Capacity Assessments of Implementing Partners and protocols on the Protection of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is preferred.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Development Studies, International Relations, Social Science, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, Project Management, Communications or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience is required.
