Vacancy Announcement: Cash Programme Specialist – Grant Manager / CLIP Project

Title: Cash Programme Specialist – Grant Manager / CLIP Project

Salary Band 4

Duration: 1 year with the possibility of extension

Location: Ankara

A.       Main Activities

1. Specialized Technical Assistance

• Implementing and managing the cash-based transfer (CBT) operations to ensure timely, cost-effective, and integrated approaches with core activities and in close cooperation with key CBT stakeholders. This should include the design of cash operational plans and related Standard Operating Procedures (SOP),
• Coordinating analysis for transfer modality and delivery mechanism selection including needs, market, and sectorial assessments, setting transfer values and Minimum Expenditure Basket values in close collaboration with other actors,
• Appling assurance controls, supporting training to staff and partners, and coordinating and sensitizing local authorities,
• Developing strategies on beneficiary sensitization in line with the Accountability to Affected Populations frameworks,
• Planning and managing delivery systems, including participation in due diligence processes and drafting contracts for financial service providers and partners selection; determination of criteria for beneficiary selection and coordinating the implementing partners in the creation of payment lists,
• Providing technical guidance to partners and staff members on cash programming.

2. Technical Duties

• Supporting and guiding the planning, organization (including proposal, budget, log frame development processes), quality implementation and reporting of activities for 8 to 10 partner projects operating in the sectors of protection, non-formal education, and social cohesion in coordination with internal and external stakeholders,
• Providing technical guidance and advisory service to partners on GIZ and donor regulations to ensure compliance within implementation, budgeting, and M&E to the partners, and supporting competency development as needed, including facilitation of linkages to relevant learning opportunities,
• Undertaking regular field visits to provide technical guidance and supervision, as well as continuously monitoring the progress of project activities,
• Develop and maintain overview of all partner contracts, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents,
• Raise compliance issues timely and proactively with project staff and line manager(s),
• Supporting the project management unit in the planning/implementation/reporting processes according to the activity implementation plans and progresses,
• Supporting and actively participating in the inter-agency coordination of the project.

3. Cross-Departmental Duties

• Monitoring and Evaluation:

·        Following-up of donor indicator achievements in field visits,

·        Checking the consistency of reported monthly data with the narrative reports,

·        Supporting the further development of quality criteria for social service delivery and checking compliance during partner visits.

• Finance and Administration:

·        Monitors the financial implementation progress of grant and subsidy recipients in close cooperation/coordination with Finance Unit,

·        Provides basic recommendations to grant and subsidy recipients on eligibility of costs in close cooperation/coordination with Finance Unit,

·        Concludes in context of self-administration approach booking of flights and travel arrangements and of minor booking for accommodations and meeting venues and coordinates with the relevant focal point(s).

• Communication and Visibility:

·        Advising implementing partners on visibility guidelines,

·        Checking and approving the PR and visibility materials of implementing partners before publication.

4. Reporting

• Staying abreast of and reporting as relevant on legal political, social, economic, and cultural developments that have an impact on the project implementation environment,
• Manage archiving of all project files and institutional memory of grants and programs,
• Track and generate reports on the narrative and financial aspects of partner projects in close collaboration with the Programme Operations Manager,
• Regularly reporting to the line manager on program oversight, financial management, M&E, HR, communications, outreach, and stakeholder engagement,
• Drafting and circulating internal periodic updates on protection trends and responses, and reporting on milestones and activities.

B.    Required qualifications, competences, and experience

• Master’s degree (MA/MSc) in Political or Social Sciences, Business Administration, Migration Studies, International Relations, Law, OR University Degree (BA/BSc) in the above fields with 7 years of relevant professional experience.
• Excellent professional track record with at least 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field of migration with the implementation of national/international NGO projects and a minimum of 3 years of experience with cash programming
• Experience in the implementation of Cash Programming
• Work experience with relevant UN and/or EU organizations
• Knowledge of project cycle management, log frame analysis, and program development tools
• Experience implementing case management/psychosocial support (PSS)/legal assistance and community-based protection activities
• Superior knowledge of Gender and Protection mainstreaming
• Significant experience in managing projects and donor reporting
• Native in Turkish, and business proficiency in English and Arabic as an asset

Applications:

Interested and qualified internal candidates are requested to apply through our Job Portal Job opportunities | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (giz-jobs.com) by filling in the digital application form as well as submitting their CV in GIZ Turkey’s format and a Cover Letter in English, stating their qualifications and previous professional experiences.

The deadline for application is the 08th of December 2023.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ATTENTION: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CV IN THE GIZ CV FORMAT. THE APPLICATIONS IN ANY OTHER CV FORMAT WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

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