About the Role
The CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund is a rapid response grant designed to help to provide emergency and rapid resources to civil society partners facing freedom of assembly and association restrictions. It presents a way to mobilise quick, principled and effective advocacy grants to respond to events that threaten fundamental rights to associate and assemble freely.
Areas of Responsibilities
Administration Support
· Supporting prospective applicants in the application process
o Replying to new applicants timeously
o Assisting the CRF Lead and Officer in developing applications
o Submitting applications to the Lifeline Consortium for approval and responding to all arising queries with support from the CRF Officer
o Supporting the development of subgrant contracts, including reference checks.
· Coordinating and tracking grants through the grant management cycle
o Ensuring that all applications are submitted timeously and tracked throughout their implementation
o Ensuring that all narrative and financial reports are submitted timeously
o Track project implementation of partners, responding to any administrative queries arising.
o Supporting partners in financial and narrative reporting, including assisting in the compilation of reports.
· Drafting CIVICUS narrative and financial reports
o Supporting the CRF Lead in developing narrative and financial reports
· Events and meeting co-ordination
o Provide logistics support for meetings related to the activities of the CRF and the Advocacy and Campaigns Clusters.
o Participate in organizational and consortium meetings, providing input necessary.
Content Support
· Support analysis on trends in the CRF grant
o Work with the CRF Officer and Lead to contribute to analysis on the Crisis Response Fund
o Provide input on CIVICUS’ strategy for civil society resourcing informed by trends emerging from the CRF under the support of the CRF Lead.
· Support the monitoring of countries at risk for prospective CRF grants
o Work with Advocacy Officers to identify prospective grants in countries undergoing civic space crises
o Support the dissemination of information on the CRF grant by working across Clusters in the organization.
Person Specification
Education, Language & Qualifications
· Undergraduate degree in finance or accounting with courses in social science, economics, international relations or other related subject areas.
· Preferred: Verbal and written communication skills, in English and one other UN language
Essential Knowledge, skills and Experience
· Minimum three years working experience in civil society organization.
· Demonstrated experience in providing high-level administration to grant-making process.
· Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail and respect for systems oversight.
· Demonstrated ability of entry-level analytical and research support skills.
· Demonstrated ability to work under high pressure and meet tight deadlines.
· Friendly and warm personality, with a love for multi-cultural communities and kind working environments.
How to apply:
How to Apply
The closing deadline for applications is Close of Business on the 12th July 2019. Interested candidates should email their application to [email protected]
Your application should comprise of
• A 2-page CV, including educational and professional qualifications, a full employment history showing the more significant positions, responsibilities held, and relevant achievements
• A covering note of not more than 1 page outlining your motivation for applying for the role.
Short listed candidates will be contacted the week of the 15th – 19th July to schedule interviews.
Due to high volumes of applications received, should you not have received feedback on your application within three weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.