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This Consultancy is intended to design a Small Grant Fund to encourage local businesses to invest in time saving products, services and technologies. The UCARE project will support to MMDAs to address UCW in their districts and communities, and to build concrete actions which will redistribute and reduce the amount of time women and girls spend in carrying out unpaid care work tasks.
Job Responsibility:
Design and propose the set-up of the fund including legal, operational, financial and reporting procedures and arrangements
Develop the governance, management and operational structures and other policies including communication/promotions and performance management requirements
Identify and develop the detailed operational modalities for the fund (category/size of grant, award cycle, duration of grant period, eligibility criteria, approvals, others)
Identify and propose technical expertise required for the management of the fund
Identify the capacity building and technical assistance that will be required by the grant recipients to ensure sustainability
Design a monitoring and evaluation framework for the fund
Propose a mechanism for the exit, closure and sustainability of the grant recipients’ businesses
Develop an operational manual for the Fund
A report on the proposed fund design with supporting rationale and evidence
Requirements:
A minimum of a Master’s degree in Local Economic Development, Public Policy, Finance and/or Economic Development
Proven experience in: Business & Finance: Incentives, investment attraction, entrepreneurship
Project Management: Implementing development initiatives effectively
Marketing & Communications: Promoting local assets and community vision
Community Engagement: Working with diverse stakeholders (public, private, non-profit)
Data Analysis: Assessing needs, tracking progress, and evaluating impact
Grant and/or Fund management
Strong skills in gender-responsive, mixed methods research including qualitative methodology
Knowledge and understanding of the care economy and specifically unpaid care work
Experience working in northern Ghana preferably in Savannah, Northern and/or Northeast regions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English