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Title: Strategic Activities Fund Assistant

Length of Assignment: Long-Term

Reports to: Strategic Activities Fund Manager.

BACKGROUND

The Tunisia Jobs, Opportunities, and Business Success (JOBS) project is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The purpose of JOBS is to create jobs in Tunisia by providing targeted technical assistance to individual firms, in order to increase that firm’s competitiveness, enabling it to expand and hire additional workers. At the same time, in support of the goal of job creation, the project will assist Tunisia with workforce development and job placement as well as identify and advocate for improvements in Tunisia’s business enabling environment.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Strategic Activities Fund Assistant will be responsible for assisting the project’s strategic activities including local grants, procurements and subcontracts. S/he will support the processing of procurement of goods and services, and the issuance of grants and subcontracts under this project.

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in activities related to grant solicitation and selection, grant awards, grant implementation, grant monitoring and evaluation, and grant close-outs;
• Assist in financial and administrative tracking in grant management
• Work directly with local, regional or international vendors and service providers to obtain quotations and/or initiate procurements of requested commodities and services;
• Assist in preparing contracts and purchase orders issued to vendors and in following up;
• Assist in negotiating with local subcontractor administrative and financial requirements, including managing burn rates, invoices, and payments
• Assistant procurement status reports and inventory summaries as requested by project staff;
• Maintain all documents and files (electronic and hardcopy) and ensure files are complete and in compliance with regulations
• Maintain and routinely update any procurement or grant database;
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Strategic Activities Fund Manager to achieve the project’s goals and objectives.

LEVEL OF EFFORT AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

This position is long-term, on a full-time basis.

LOCATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The assignment will be in Tunis.

SUPERVISION AND REPORTING

The Strategic Activities Fund Assistant will report to the Tunisia JOBS Strategic Activities Fund Manager.