Tunisia National Coordinator – G-CERF عودة إلى الفرص

About GCERF
The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) is a global fund working on the prevention of violent extremism, based in Geneva. GCERF is the first global effort to support local, community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremism (VE). Operating at the nexus of security and development, GCERF works in partnership and consultation with governments, civil society, and the private sector in partner countries to support national strategies to address the local drivers of violent extremism.
GCERF is governed by a multi-stakeholder Governing Board with representatives of donor and partner countries, the private sector, foundations, research institutions, and civil society.
GCERF Secretariat has 28 employees who are currently all based in its offices in Geneva. GCERF is actively working with governments, civil society, and the private sector in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Kosovo, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Macedonia, the Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia.

Background
GCERF’s programmes are informed by the results of a needs assessment and ongoing consultations with in-country stakeholders to insure alignment with national preventing or countering violent extremist (P/CVE) priorities. The initiatives funded by GCERF are tailored to address the local drivers to violent extremism and promote community ownership and sustainability.
GCERF provides continuous support to its grantees through capacity building, in-country monitoring, and national and global Communities of Practice which are organised quarterly by GCERF’s grantees and the Secretariat to come together and share their experiences, challenges and suggestions for improvement.
GCERF ensures close coordination of its activities with the Country Support Mechanism (CSM), the national-level coordinating body (comprised of representatives from national, international agencies, civil society and private sector) to ensure programmes align with national priorities. The Secretariat organises regular meetings with the CSM and in-country donor representatives to share updates and discuss portfolio level coordination issues.
Page 2 of 6 Request for Proposal 2021-10 The National Coordinator will be a part-time (80%) position and will support the GCERF Country Team with the work outlined below and additional discreet activities as required:
Description of Key Services
• Support the development of new grant making;
• Support GCERF’s grant management processes in Tunisia primarily monitoring and coordination, as per an agreed schedule;
• Support capacity strengthening of GCERF’s grantees;
• Serve as an interlocutor between GCERF’s Secretariat and key in-country stakeholders (CSM members, donors, grantees, other in-country agencies, private sector, UN, NGOs, and CSOs).
Work to be performed
The Tunisia National Coordinator will be based in Tunis and will travel regularly to the project sites where GCERF’s civil society partners are implementing projects, to engage with grantees, communities, and local government representatives.
Grant Making:
1. Contribute to the update of GCERF’s Country Investment Strategy and the launch of its next Expression of Interest Call.
2. Support the Country Manager to conduct programmatic Due Diligence of potential grantees in Tunisia;
3. Support the Country Team to develop and finalise grant proposals (theory of change, results frameworks, workplans, etc.) of the potential grantees;
4. Support the Country Manager to oversee and provide guidance to Tunisia grantees on the implementation of recommendations during proposal development, grant making process, and grant programmatic aspects.
Grant Management:
1. Conduct programme monitoring of activities implemented by grantees as per an agreed schedule, at project sites, in coordination with the Country Manager and the Performance & Impact team and deliver detailed reporting on this, including challenges, successes, identified gaps, and recommendations for grantees;
2. Review grantee programmatic reporting, sharing feedback to ensure that the documents are properly completed and ready to be used as a basis for the consolidated reports.

Coordination and information sharing:
1. In agreement with the Country Manager, coordinate capacity strengthening for grantees and for the Country Support Mechanism, including Community of Practice (COP) events;
2. Provide the Country Manager with regular context analysis, as well as proactive sharing of information (i.e. reports, maps, and invitations to events and fora) with GCERF and the Country Support Mechanism;
3. Participate in P/CVE coordination meetings, discussions, workshops, etc. organised by the national government, donor community, and multi-lateral and international partners as a GCERF representative and provide detailed reporting on these to the Country Manager, with an outline of key points discussed, key stakeholders in
attendance, and points for follow up;
4. Identify and build relationships with relevant P/CVE stakeholders to identify synergies and opportunities for collaboration.
In collaboration with the GCERF Country Manager for Tunisia, and the Head of the Portfolio Management Unit, a detailed work plan with clear deliverables will be discussed with the Consultant for each months and/or quarter.

Timeline and Scope
The Tunisia National Coordinator is an 8-month consultancy (May 2021 through December 2021) at 80% Level of Effort.