Current Opportunities at Pact World

Position Overview

• Pact seeks a Director of Grants and Contracts for the USAID-funded Strengthening Youth and Women’s Civic Participation Project. The Project aims to increase collaboration, sustainability, and resilience of civil society and independent media to advance the inclusion, participation and leadership of youth and women in Sudan. The activity will apply locally led, problem-driven, adaptive approaches. This program will be starting Y2 of an anticipated five-year activity, with a dramatic shift in the operating context since the program startup in Khartoum in October 2o22. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with occasional travel in the East Africa region.
• Working in close consultation with the Pact’s Washington, D.C. based Grants and Contracts Team and Global Finance Team, the Director of Grants and Contracts will oversee the full cycle grants and procurement processes, including the sub-granting or sub-contracting processes, and ensure compliance with all Pact and USAID rules and regulations. The Director of Grants and Contracts will be accountable for the Project’s compliance and contractual management, will supervise the Project’s Grants and Contracts team and will report to the Chief of Party.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the Strengthening Youth and Women’s Civic Participation Project’s grants management   
• Partner with Pact’s Washington, D.C. Grants and Contracts Team and Global Finance Team, providing oversight and full cycle support to the granting processes and mechanisms.
• Serve as the liaison between Pact and grantee organizations via workplans, clear targets, and deliverables, program and financial monitoring, and indicator tracking.
• In partnership with finance, program officers and technical staff, supervise the grants staff and who work directly with each grantee to review budgets, ensuring cost reasonability, allowability, and allocability, and conduct regular site visits to review both programmatic and financial processes and deliverables. Partner with grantees to improve their financial and compliances policies and processes.
• Provide training and capacity building on grant oversight and ensure that monitoring and oversight is cascaded down to all levels of sub-contracted and sub-granted organizations.
• Ensure that sub-contracts, grants and local consultancy documents and procedures are completed in a timely and correct manner and comply with Pact and USAID policies, regulations, and branding requirements.
• Oversee the full cycle of grants and procurements from solicitation, evaluation, selection, pre-award assessment, negotiation, monitoring, and closeout.
• Maintain operations tracker to document process for each grant or procurement cycle; compile and organize all grant or procurement materials.
• Oversee the correct and efficient utilization of Pact’s subaward management system (Salesforce) and ensure proper documentation is maintained in accordance with Pact and USAID policies.
• Supervise a team of Grants and Contracts staff. Provide capacity development support to team.
• Employee complies with all company policies and procedures, including completing all compliance training topics by the deadline to satisfy each and receiving the corresponding acknowledgment statement that the training has been completed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum of eleven (11) years’ experience in contracts and grants management, including subgrants and subcontracts, including 6 years of management experience.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of professional management principles, theories, practices and terminology of the laws, regulations and procedure governing USAID financial management and contractual and procurement regulations.
• Deep familiarity with USG and USAID rules and regulations, specifically 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 700, and 22 CFR 228.
• Demonstrated ability to partner successfully with team, partner/subgrantee organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to provide training to staff and partner organizations on regulatory and compliance matters. Previous management and supervision experience required.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic (must be able to communicate in verbal and written form).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., as well as other relevant software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply.

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Position Overview

• Pact seeks a Capacity Development (CD) Officer for the USAID-funded Strengthening Youth and Women’s Civic Participation Project. The Project aims to increase collaboration, sustainability, and resilience of civil society and independent media to advance the inclusion, participation and leadership of youth and women in Sudan. The activity will apply locally led, problem-driven, adaptive approaches. This program will be starting Y2 of an anticipated five-year activity, with a dramatic shift in the operating context since the program startup in Khartoum in October 2o22. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with occasional travel throughout the East Africa region.
• The Capacity Development Officer will support the Project’s strategy for strengthening the capacity of local partners and leading the development and realization of local organizations’ resource mobilization and sustainability strategies. The CD Officer will contribute to the provision of technical assistance to civil society organizations, with an emphasis placed on leveraging local expertise. Specifically, the CD Officer will monitor implementation of CD activities by mentoring technical teams, facilitating assessments, and ensuring adherence to targets, timelines, budget management and achievement of objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the implementation of the project’s comprehensive and adaptive CD strategy to strengthen the organizational and technical capacity of local partners.
• Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of CD activities in close alignment and coordination with activities across the project. Regularly collect, analyze, and report on CD data.
• Provide written inputs and/ contribute to the development of tools required to monitor the implementation and monitoring of project capacity development activities.
• Foster strong collaboration and coordination with the grants management team to integrate CD and subaward monitoring processes and support capacity development to be incorporated into subawards, as appropriate.
• Directly implement capacity and performance assessments of partners/subgrantees and support the development of Institutional Strengthening Plans for partner/subgrantees.
• Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of Capacity Action Plans (CAPs) for local partners to enhance achievement of expected outcomes.
• Support high-quality technical programming through participatory methodologies, co-creation, and contextualization, as per Pact’s capacity development overarching principles, approaches, and tools.
• As feasible, conduct regular field visits to provide technical support, capacity development, mentorship, or coaching to subawards.
• Employee complies with all company policies and procedures, including completing all compliance training topics by the deadline to satisfy each and receiving the corresponding acknowledgment statement that the training has been completed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline. Master’s degree or advanced certificate in Capacity Development is preferred.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in designing and implementing technical and organizational capacity building programs.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, USAID’s collaborating, adapting, and learning (CLA) approaches.
• Experience designing collaborative working sessions that engage stakeholders at different levels of civil society.
• Demonstrated experience in synthesizing and analyzing various data sources for learning and recommendations for programming adaptations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner successfully with team, partner/subgrantee organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of international development projects and their operational context.
• Demonstrated commitment to engaging with stakeholders in accordance to gender sensitive and Do No Harm (DNH) principles and practices.
• Knowledge of and experience with key democracy, human rights, governance programming in Sudan is a strong advantage, as in experience building the capacity of civil society organizations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., as well as other relevant software.
• Exceptional writing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Sudan. Strong networks of formal and informal Sudanese civic actors, substantiated by years of experience working in and on Sudan.
• Sudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply

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Position Overview

• Pact seeks a Program Officer for the USAID-funded Strengthening Youth and Women’s Civic Participation Project. The Project aims to increase collaboration, sustainability, and resilience of civil society and independent media to advance the inclusion, participation and leadership of youth and women in Sudan. The activity will apply locally led, problem-driven, adaptive approaches. This program will be starting Y2 of an anticipated five-year activity, with a dramatic shift in the operating context since the program startup in Khartoum in October 2o22. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with occasional travel throughout the East Africa region.
• The Program Officer will support the program’s subaward portfolio through supporting the full Subaward lifecycle (from subaward making, to subaward monitoring and subaward closeout). The Program Officer will be responsible for supporting sub award adherence to targets, timelines, budget management and achievement of objectives. The Officer will be expected to utilize inclusive, participatory approaches that are consistent with project objectives to support partners and achieve results. As the program’s subaward portfolio grows the Officer’s geographic and technical portfolio within Sudan will become more defined.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of sub-award project workplans, budgets, and reports.
• Support high-quality technical programming through advancing participatory methodologies, co-creation, and contextualization, as per Pact’s capacity development overarching principles, approaches, and tools.
• Support sub-awards to implement activities within budget and on time. Provide timely feedback to sub-awards partners on project approaches and emerging issues to allow for adaptive management.
• Conduct ongoing monitoring and performance assessments of partners/subgrantees. Regularly collect, analyze, and report on data and support the development of Institutional Strengthening Plans for partner/subgrantees.
• Track and review sub-award deliverables and manage focused reviews of project implementation progress.
• Support the development, implementation and monitoring of Institutional Strengthening Plans for local partners to enhance achievement of expected outcomes.
• As feasible, conduct regular field visits to provide technical support, mentorship, or coaching to subawards.
• Foster strong collaboration and coordination with the grants management team.
• Provide regular written/oral program progress updates as requested.
• Employee complies with all company policies and procedures, including completing all compliance training topics by the deadline to satisfy each and receiving the corresponding acknowledgment statement that the training has been completed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in international development, Political Science, Public Policy, or a relevant discipline. Master’s degree or advanced certificate is preferred.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in a related field. Experience designing collaborative working sessions that engage stakeholders at different levels of civil society is preferred.
• Previous experience with subaward management and/or sustained partner support through project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of international development projects and their operational context.
• Demonstrated experience in synthesizing and analyzing various data sources for learning and recommendations for programming adaptations.
• Knowledge of and experience with key democracy, human rights, governance programming in Sudan is a strong advantage, as in experience building the capacity of civil society organizations.
• Collaborative spirit in working with teammates and partners; commitment to engaging with stakeholders in accordance to Do No Harm (DNH) principles and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to partner successfully with team, partner/subgrantee organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., as well as other relevant software.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the political, social, and economic context of Sudan.
• Sudanese nationals strongly encouraged to apply.
• Strong networks of formal and informal Sudanese civic actors, substantiated by years of experience working in and on Sudan.
• Knowledge of, and experience with, USAID’s collaborating, adapting, and learning (CLA) approaches.