Overview
The Grants Associate will support the management and oversight of the grant-making process, its operations, and efficient delivery of results, assisting UNDP's partnerships with community-based organizations and civil society.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing initial review of grant applications for completeness and compliance, assist with tracking grant applications and managing timelines and deliverables.
- Processing and sending final grant agreements, amendments, and routine correspondence, keep Project team abreast of progress of agreements/amendments/correspondence.
- Supporting monitoring grantee performance to ensure achievement of project performance targets and proper use of funds by reviewing grantee programmatic and financial reports, performing site and events visits to grantees.
- Assisting in the development and maintenance of knowledge and familiarity with current and potential partners, support to establishing and maintaining strategic contacts with relevant partners, follow-up proactively on plans and agreed actions;
- Supporting organization and coordination of capacity development activities, meetings, training sessions, conferences and other project events in online and offline format through liaison with project partners, maintaining events’ calendar, providing input to compilation and preparation of agendas and briefings, background and presentation materials, engaging and registering participants, documenting the results.
- Participate in trainings on internal procedures for the project staff.
- Provide support in the dissemination and sharing of relevant data and lessons learned within the ABR and the Country Office.
- Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Support compiling and systematizing project knowledge, products and tools as well as their wide distribution to partners.
- Assist with ensuring the project contributes to the promotion of gender equality by reaching, involving, and benefiting both women and men.
- Use the principles of gender-responsive communications in line with the UNDP corporate standards.
- Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns in the field of expertise.
- Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct in the team through leadership and personal example.
Required Experience
Minimum of 6 years (with Secondary Education) or 3 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in administration, finance, programme/project support or other relevant fields. Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.). Desirable: Experience in engaging with local stakeholders. Experience in grant management, especially in the areas of community security, local development, social cohesion, civic engagement, and/or support to civil society. Previous experience with UNDP or other UN agencies, a governmental, other multilateral or civil society organization. Proven knowledge and experience working with UNDP enterprise resource planning software for finance and administration (Quantum).
Qualifications
Secondary Education is required, or A university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in Development Studies, Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Law, Social Sciences, Communication or other relevant areas will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.
