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  • SayPro Research Management Intersectoral Unit for Somalia

    Empower positive change with SayPro’s Research Management Intersectoral Unit for Somalia. This specialized unit focuses on conducting impactful research, fostering collaboration across sectors, and driving evidence-based decision-making that contributes to sustainable development and progress.

    SayPro’s commitment to driving positive outcomes is evident in our dedication to providing comprehensive research management solutions. By partnering with us through the Intersectoral Unit for Somalia, you’re contributing to a future where research fuels progress and empowers communities.

    Join hands with SayPro in shaping a brighter future. Our Research Management Intersectoral Unit for Somalia is your avenue to impactful research, meaningful collaboration, and lasting positive change that transforms societies and improves lives.

  • SayPro Research Management Intersectoral Unit for Somalia

    In the pursuit of knowledge and progress, SayPro introduces the Research Management Intersectoral Unit for Somalia. Embracing the spirit of collaboration and innovation, this unit is dedicated to advancing research initiatives that drive positive change across sectors. SayPro’s commitment to facilitating knowledge exchange and development makes us a driving force in Somalia’s journey towards growth and transformation.

    Our Research Management Intersectoral Unit acts as a bridge between academia, industry, and communities. By fostering partnerships and facilitating research projects, we’re enabling informed decision-making, promoting sustainable practices, and addressing pressing challenges. SayPro’s focus on interdisciplinary collaboration ensures that our impact transcends boundaries.

    Join hands with SayPro’s Research Management Intersectoral Unit as we shape a brighter future for Somalia. Through research-driven insights, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to progress, we’re paving the way for innovation, development, and lasting positive change across diverse sectors.

  • SayPro : Chief of Party Local Governance and Reconciliation Activity (LGRA) Mogadishu Somalia

    Title: Empowering Progress: Chief of Party Role in Local Governance and Reconciliation Activity in Mogadishu, Somalia
    Article #1770: In the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia, a significant transformation is underway through the Chief of Party’s role in the Local Governance and Reconciliation Activity (LGRA). Led by SayPro, this initiative aims to foster stability, inclusivity, and sustainable development within local communities. The Chief of Party holds the reins, guiding the project’s strategic direction and overseeing its execution to ensure positive outcomes for the people of Mogadishu.
    The Chief of Party is a pivotal figure in LGRA, responsible for steering the project towards achieving its objectives. By collaborating closely with local authorities, community leaders, and stakeholders, the Chief of Party empowers communities to actively engage in decision-making processes. Through capacity-building programs, conflict resolution efforts, and improved governance structures, the LGRA initiative contributes to lasting peace and prosperity in Mogadishu.
    With a wealth of experience and expertise, the Chief of Party leads by example, promoting transparency, accountability, and effective communication. By fostering cooperation and collaboration among diverse stakeholders, this role plays a critical part in building trust and unity within Mogadishu’s communities. The LGRA initiative, under the guidance of the Chief of Party, paves the way for positive change, making Mogadishu a beacon of hope for reconciliation, growth, and progress.

  • SayPro Collaboration Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Advisory Mogadishu, Somalia

    Fostering Collaboration for Positive Change: SayPro’s CLA Advisory in Mogadishu, Somalia
    In complex environments, collaboration, learning, and adaptation are crucial for development initiatives to succeed. SayPro’s CLA Advisory in Mogadishu, Somalia, brings together stakeholders, organizations, and communities to drive positive change through effective collaboration and knowledge sharing.
    Our CLA approach emphasizes learning from experiences, adapting strategies based on evidence, and fostering partnerships that amplify impact. Through facilitated workshops, capacity-building activities, and knowledge-sharing platforms, SayPro’s CLA Advisory empowers participants to navigate challenges and achieve sustainable outcomes.
    Join us in Mogadishu, Somalia, and be part of a movement that values collaboration as the catalyst for progress. SayPro’s CLA Advisory invites you to harness collective wisdom and pave the way for transformative change in the region.

  • SayPro Grants Finance Management – US based

    Global Ministries connects The United Methodist Church, its people and congregations to partner with others engaged in God’s global work, which takes place in a variety of settings, countries and cultures. Global Ministries works through missionaries and partners in more than 60 countries around the world. Some of our key programs are in the areas of Disaster Response, Global Health, Hunger & Poverty, Water & Sanitation, Education, Migration, Racial & Ethnic Ministries, Creation Care and Mission, Evangelism & Church Growth.

    Job Summary

    Grants Finance Manager plays an important role in the grants financial management review and programs budget execution in compliance with finance and procurement policies. This position also guides UMCOR’s partners on program accounting policy and procurement compliance. This is a US based position.

    Essential Job Functions

    • Review/approve procurement requests and grant financial reports submitted by UMCOR partners.
    • Work with program leads proactively to clarify policies and proactively train staff/partners in financial policies.
    • Works with the program areas in Global Ministries and UMCOR on policy interpretation, training, implementation, tool design, and coaching.
    • Clear older outstanding grants, in coordination with program leads and Sr. Grants Accountant.
    • Lead the finance portions of Grants Initiation Meetings
    • Performs other duties as assigned.

    Education and Experience

    • BA in Accounting or Finance preferred.
    • Five years’ experience in accounting and finance.
    • Preferable two (2) to three (3) years of field experience in managing US and non-US grants.
    • Proficient in Accounting software, MS Office and PowerPoint.
    • Experience working with the United Methodist Church partner is a plus

    Competencies, Job Requirements and Other Specialized Knowledge

    • Provide instruction on the accounting policy, including procurement policy and grant financial reports for program staff and partners.
    • Ensures the accuracy of the partner’s grants financial report.
    • Ensures the partner’s grant financial management and procurement comply with UMCOR grants financial management policy.
    • Working knowledge of GAAP, GAAS and donor regulations.
    • The ability to research, analyze and evaluate information to identify potential solutions to a problem and to select the best option.
    • Provide resources/support to the team by setting up systems and processes to measure results.

    The Ideal Candidate

    Global Ministries workplace supports 95% of remote employees. The candidate must be able set up challenging and productive goals for the team by providing leadership and motivation. Have the ability to recognize problems, gather information, and seek input from others to make timely decisions.

    Work Hours and Conditions

    • FLSA Status: F/T Exempt
    • Location: Remote
    • Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm (Monday – Friday with flexible start/end time) – Evening and weekend work/meetings as necessary, particularly during peak unit season.
    • May require work outside of standard business hours (to include weekends), particularly during peak unit season.
    • Sedentary office/computer/keyboarding/meeting work for extended periods of time.
    • Travel as required.

    What We Offer and How To Apply

    • Global Ministries offers a competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, HSA/FSA, and other health and welfare benefits.
    • Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and resume, along with a digitally signed employment application through the applicant portal. Applications must highlight competencies against requirements, potential start date and at least three references (2 supervisory references and 1 professional reference).
    • We are looking to fill the position as soon as possible, so don’t wait to apply! We will review applications as they are submitted.

    Global Ministries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No outside Firm/Agency calls.

    How to apply

    Click here to apply – Grants Finance Manager – Remote (paycomonline.net).

  • SayPro ICLA Service Iraq

    Role and responsibilities

    The purpose of the Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Specialist position is technical development of the specific Core competency, strategic direction and quality assurance, the ICLA strategy and quality control. The ICLA Specialist is responsible for mentoring, train, capacity build staff on ICLA technical capacity.

    The ICLA Specialist is a member of the Country Office (CO) Programme Unit. The NRC Iraq ICLA programme helps at-risk people exercise Housing, Land and Property (HLP) rights and work rights, possess legal identity, including civil documentation to enable people affected by displacement to claim and exercise their rights and to find durable solutions to displacement, and to prevent displacement for those at risk of displacement. The programme provides information on HLP, employment and legal identity rights and works with NRC’s advocacy department to address policy barriers.

    The following is a brief description of the role.

    Generic responsibilities

    • These responsibilities are the same for all ICLA Specialist positions and cannot be modified:
    • Develop ICLA strategy, technical guidance and Macro Log-Frames (MLFAs)
    • Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
    • Contribute to fundraising and develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
    • Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
    • Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within ICLA, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
    • Provide technical direction and project implementation support
    • Ensure that key learnings are extracted from ICLA implementation, and incorporate them in Core Competency and staff development processes
    • Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
    • Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
    • Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

    Specific responsibilities

    These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly. The line manager drafts the specific responsibilities and sends them to his/her line manager for approval.

    • Integrated Programming. In collaboration with the HoP, contribute to NRC Iraq’s priorities on Integrated Programming through collaboration and coordination with other Core Competencies, and engagement in cross-cutting initiatives.
    • Safe Programming. Lead the strengthening of ICLA safe programming standards, and support cross-cutting initiatives to improve inclusion, accountability, community engagement, etc.
    • Durable Solutions. In collaboration with the HoP and Durable Solutions Specialist, contribute to the development of relevant programming and advocacy approaches that support durable solutions to displacement.
    • Technical Quality. Lead the harmonising and strengthening of ICLA technical standards and tools including promotion of digital ICLA in the Iraq programme. Conduct annual quality assessment for ICLA based on global CC tools/guidelines.
    • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning. Lead the harmonising and strengthening ICLA monitoring and evaluation tools and systems, in collaboration with the M&E team. Responsible for supporting programme learning throughout the project-cycle.
    • Advocacy. In collaboration with the HoP and PU, contribute to evidence-based advocacy to support NRC Myanmar’s overall objectives.
    • Representation & Coordination. As delegated by the HoP, represent NRC and the ICLA programme in the relevant coordination fora and with external stakeholders.
    • Strategy review. Lead the annual theory of change, micro-log-frame and CC narrative review with relevant programme teams.
    • Regional & Global. In collaboration with the HoP and regional ICLA Advisor, engage with the relevant NRC regional and global initiatives.
    • Fundraising and Donor Engagement. As delegated by the HoP, support fundraising, donor engagement and relevant grant processes.

    Critical interfaces

    By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

    • Programme development: Programme Unit, Area Programme Managers, Project Managers/Coordinators.
    • Proposal development: Grants Unit, Area Programme Managers, Project Managers/Coordinators.
    • Quality control/ support: Area Programme Managers, Project Managers/Coordinators.
    • Capacity development: Area Programme Managers, Project Managers/Coordinators.

    Scale and scope of position

    Staff-Administrative management of ICA Advisor, and technical (dotted-) line management of Area based ICLA Project Managers/Coordinators.

    Stakeholders: Inter-agency Clusters/Working Groups, Donors/embassies, National/Local/International NGOs.

    Budgets: Budget-holder for Country Office ICLA programmes (L2)

    Information: GORS, Webcruiter, Intranet

    Legal compliance: Donor compliance,

    Competencies

    Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following three categories:

    Professional competencies

    These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

    Generic professional competencies for this position:

    • Minimum 4 years of experience within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context
    • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
    • Core competency expertise
    • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
    • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
    • Fluency in English, both written and verbal
    • Valid driver’s license

    Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:

    • Knowledge of the context in Iraq
    • Experience of advocacy work
    • Experience of technical legal advocacy.
    • Experience of implementing HLP and CBDR programming

    Behavioural competencies

    These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, the following are essential for this position:

    • Handling insecure environments
    • Strategic thinking
    • Empowering and building trust
    • Influencing
    • Initiate action and change
    • Analysing

    Performance Management

    The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

    • The Job Description
    • The Work and Development Plan
    • The NRC Competency Framework

    What We Can Offer:

    • Contract period: 12 months (Fixed Term)
    • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
    • Duty station: Erbil, Iraq
    • Travel: 40% Travel to Area Offices

    How to apply

    Please apply via this link

  • SayPro Grants Management-Iraq

    Role and responsibilities

    The purpose of the Grants Manager position is to provide essential grant management support to country program in delivering quality programmes in line with the NRC CO strategy and Plan of Action.

    The following is a brief description of the role.

    • Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures and consideration of NRC global and regional strategies when executing functions related to this role
    • Develop and maintain overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents (including through the grants database – forthcoming)
    • Coordinate the development of donor applications and reports, as well as ensuring donor compliance and quality control
    • Be updated on donor priorities, trends (such as interest in cash-based interventions) and track and share relevant calls for proposals
    • Document, analyze, and share learning from proposal and reporting process, and compliance with donor rules and regulations
    • Contribute to continuously improving internal grant management systems
    • Represent with relevant partners and donors as delegated

    Specific responsibilities

    Proposal Development:

    • Responsible for developing/and or reviewing grants proposals in collaboration with Technical Program Advisers. Including:

      • Analyzing requests for proposals be updated on donor priorities and track and share relevant calls for proposals.
      • Organizing and managing the use of timelines, templates and guidelines for proposals
      • Writing or compiling and managing review of proposals
      • Packaging proposals for submission.

    • Create an evaluation tool to benchmark the quality of proposals and reports, guide future processes, and identify areas for improvement, including current Grants Tracker and donor logbook.

    • Support to implement country office fundraising strategy.

    Program Reporting and donor relations:

    • Create a template for internal monthly/quarterly reporting by the Project Management Unit to other units within NRC Iraq
    • Manages the process of compiling reports (donors and internal reports) in close collaboration with Sector Specialists, Programme and M&E teams, and Finance to ensure accurate, transparent and timely delivery of narrative and financial documents.
    • Coordinate and seek input on generic concept notes, briefing notes, SITREPS and programme factsheets to be used in donor meetings and visits.
    • Attend donor meetings, upon request by the Head of Programme Support Unit
    • Support donor audits.

    Grants Management and Monitoring:

    • Grants Management Cycle. Responsible for overseeing and ensuring efficiency, quality and smooth running of the entire grants cycle management, harmonising approaches and ensuring adequate feedback is provided for the continued development of grants function
    • Working with the HoPS in managing grants, including (re-) allocation and delegation of grants between technical sectors & area offices, and reports to donors and project archive
    • Coordinate with the Regional Office on all Country Office Grants
    • Establish and improve systems and tools in line with Programme Cycle Management (PCM). Create tools to simplify the processes of proposals and reporting.
    • Deliver Project Cycle Management (PCM) trainings and support the use of the NRC PCM framework.
    • Accountable for compliance in relation to grant management and project cycle management processes. Including providing an internal help-desk on donor related issues and deliver trainings on donor rules and regulations, as well as proposal and report writing.
    • Develop and maintain overview of all grants, donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents (using the grants database – forthcoming)
    • Oversee and review the signature of grants agreements including those for implementing partners.

    Critical interfaces

    By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are: Examples

    • Project planning: Technical Specialists, Finance, M&E, Head of Programme, Head of Program Support Unit, Head of Support, Area Offices, Country Director
    • Implementation: Area Manager, Project Managers, M&E Manager, Head of Operations
    • General Donors, local NGOs, governmental bodies, others as delegated. Donor compliance
    • Grant Managers/Coordinators in other COs
    • Institutional Partnership Advisers

    Competencies

    Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

    Professional competencies

    These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective prformance.

    Generic professional competencies for this position:

    • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in programme development, management, fundraising and design in the humanitarian sector, preferably with refugee/IDP-related emergencies;
    • Relevant experience from the project management in the humanitarian sector
    • Experience from working with humanitarian and development donors
    • Good understanding of donor rules and regulations
    • Skills and experience in report and proposal writing
    • Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
    • Strong analytical skills (data and financial)
    • Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interest
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
    • Above average computer skills

    Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):

    • Knowledge of the context in Iraq/ the Middle East preferable
    • Knowledge of Arabic considered an asset
    • Post Graduate Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration, Finance and Accounting;
    • Previous experience in the compilation of donor proposals and reports;
    • Strong analytical skills (data and financial);
    • Knowledge of donor rules and regulations;
    • Knowledge of the political situation in Iraq
    • Proficiency in the use of Word and Excel;
    • Fluency in English, both written and verbal;
    • Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills
    • Ability to mediate in high-stress scenarios with competing interest

    Behavioral competencies

    These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

    • Planning and delivering results
    • Managing resources to optimize results
    • Influencing
    • Handling insecure environments
    • Initiating action and change
    • Empowering and building trust

    Performance Management

    The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

    • The Job Description
    • The individual Work- and Professional Development Plan
    • The Competency Framework

    What we can Offer

    • Contract period: 12 months (Fixed Term)
    • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
    • Duty station: Erbil, Iraq
    • Travel: 30% Travel to Area Offices

    How to apply

    Please apply via this link

  • SayPro Full-Stack Software Engineer

    About Us

    CGA Technologies is an international consultancy firm, registered in the UK, with associated companies in South Sudan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Malawi; and also staff based in Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

    Since 2011, we have worked to deliver national-scale, sustainable change in the fragile and/or poor countries where we operate; we specialize in doing that by increasing participation and achievement in education, through at-scale cash support to citizens, and by leveraging each to make the other more effective.

    In projects in challenging contexts, our consultants provide or support strategy development, policy design and guidance, information systems and bespoke technology, and on-ground implementation and operationalization. Our work allows funds and assurance to flow sustainably. We enhance basic service sectors to play their role in the fight against extreme poverty, in particular through effective use of data systems.

    We applied this work in South Sudan where we created the South Sudan School Attendance Monitoring System (sssams.org) which supported an increase of enrolment of school children from 0.9m to 2.7m between 2013 and 2021. This system monitors pupil and teacher attendance, and allows payment and salary incentives to flow to them and their schools. In Sierra Leone, we designed and developed the Human Resources for Health in Sierra Leone system (hrhsl.org) which ensures health worker attendance and delivery of services.

    In October 2019, Charlie Goldsmith Associates (CGA) became part of the Corus International multi-sector family, led by Lutheran World Relief-IMA World Health, and we later rebranded as CGA Technologies.

    Approach to technology

    • We have a coding team of nine, based in the UK and across Africa
    • We have an extensive library of tools and code, enabling us to respond rapidly and cost-effectively to client and context requirements
    • We specialise in bandwidth-frugal solutions for complex contexts: user-friendly data management platforms and websites; lightweight Android apps with extensive offline/online capability; and synchronisation that prioritises to make the best use of available bandwidth. In such contexts, we also link our systems to existing ones to ensure the right data is collected and used
    • Our code is recipient-owned (BSD-3 licence), with no seat licences, and fully open source where possible/relevant
    • We are signatories to the Principles for Digital Development.

    Other examples of our work include: https://sleams.org; https://mtukula.com/;

    Person Specification

    We are looking for an experienced full-stack web & Android developer to serve as a core member of our in-house Technology Team, based either from their home base or working within one of our country offices.

    Core responsibilities

    These include applying your high level of expertise and technical skills alongside our project implementation teams and fellow tech team members to design, develop and support the rollout of systems to clients and populations. These typically include cloud-based MIS and associated context-appropriate Android applications or SMS reporting systems.

    Essential requirements

    • A strong technical & coding background with experience in:
      • Web application development using PHP, Javascript, MySQL, CSS and similar web languages
      • Android development using Java (Kotlin may also be acceptable)
    • Strength in systems architecture (macroscopic code design)
    • Experience in full-stack development using frameworks such as Laravel, Bootstrap, JQuery
    • Strong UI/UX skills
    • Ability to redesign and re-engineer aspects of a codebase
    • Strong coding practices (writing clean, logical and well-documented code)
    • Ability to identify issues within code and to identify creative solutions
    • Good English skills, verbal and written
    • Ability to work from home or one of our existing offices, supporting projects around the world
    • Ability to work and conduct tasks independently while working well as part of a team, coordinating with and communicating progress to others
    • The desire to help improve the lives of others, particularly the poorest and most marginalised.

    Desirable qualifications

    • Experience of implementing DevOps best-practice
    • Cybersecurity/ GDPR/ Safeguarding awareness
    • Availability to travel to some fragile/ remote areas
    • Understanding of the international development sector, government structures and/or basic service delivery (e.g. health, education, social protection)
    • French/other language

    How to apply

    Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to colleaguesandfriends@cgatechnologies.org.uk. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.