Job Description

JOB OPPORTUNITY Internal/External

Reference No: REC/102/20

Job title:  Private Sector Co-investment Coordinator

Location: Ababa Addis with frequent field visit

Reports to: Compliance Training and Sub-grantee Manager and Matrix Management of Production and Market team Lead

Number of Posts1

Closing date: December 13,2020

About GOAL

 is an Irish international humanitarian organization founded in 1977 and currently operational in 13 countries ; in both protracted crisis and long-term development contexts. GOAL has four programmatic foci: people survive crisis; people have resilient health; people have food and nutrition security; and people have sustainable livelihoods.

GOAL’s programmatic approach:

To achieve sustainable change, which benefits vulnerable communities, GOAL applies a systems approach. GOAL understands that all people live and work within existing, interconnected socio-economic systems, such as health, education, legal and market systems. Where GOAL works, systems often function poorly or not at all, leading to inequality and exclusion, usually amongst the most vulnerable. GOAL appreciates that it is the permanent players (Government, civil society / communities and the private sector) who catalysts and sustain change. GOAL’s role is to facilitate the permanent players to create change so that those who are excluded can participate in, and gain access to socio-economic opportunities on a sustainable basis. GOAL does not intervene anywhere without first understanding the socio-economic systems in which we operate, in order to design effective interventions, which enhance these systems and does not displace permanent players. Initiatives blend social and economic objectives, strengthening the bottom line whilst contributing to social, economic, and environmental outcomes for society.

Description of GOAL Ethiopia’s Country Programme:

GOAL was first operational in 1984, the current country programme has a strategic focus on those affected by crisis in health, nutrition, WASH, food security and sustainable livelihoods for women, men, children and refugees and those displaced. GOAL Ethiopia has a large geographic footprint (40 districts across six regions: Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Oromiya, Somali and SNNPP), an annual operating budget of ~€13 million and a team of ~700 people committed to creating sustainable change and assisting those in crisis.

Description of the RIPA Programme:

Resilience in Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) is a five-year initiative (2020 – 2024), implemented by PCI, iDE and GOAL, targeting pastoral and agro pastoral communities in Borana, Guji, South Omo and Dawa. The purpose of RIPA is to improve resilience through improved food security and inclusive economic growth, it is supported by USAID in Ethiopia with a budget of $30 million.

The programme has five components, each led by a consortium member, PCI as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:

1. Disaster risk management including access to informal financial services, PCI will lead.
2. Diversified sustainable economic opportunities for people transitioning out of pastoralism, iDE will lead.
3. Intensified and sustained pastoral and agro-pastoral production and marketing, water and natural resource management and access to formal financial services, GOAL will lead.
4. Improved nutritional status of women and children, GOAL will lead.
5. A crisis modifier to respond to sudden onset shocks while preserving development gains, PCI will manage with all partners participating.

About the role

The Private Sector Co-investment Coordinator (PSCoC) reports to Compliance Training and Sub-grantee Manager and with matrix management to the Production and Market Team Lead and will have overall responsibility for overseeing the coordination of all aspects of the financial and compliance deliverables of the local private sector partners in the Resilience in a Pastoral and agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) across the project cycle in collaboration with Compliance and Programme team. This includes assessing partners’ operational capacity, developing capacity building plans jointly with the partners, supporting the partners to achieve programme objectives. The role will also ensure partners understanding and use of accountability frameworks including maintaining compliance with donor regulations and requirements. He/she will be dedicated to support and closely work with programme team (Production and Market Team Lead and MEAL team) on partnership management reporting and monitoring. 

Key Areas of Accountability/Duties

Partnership Management, Reporting and Monitoring

• Support the team leader in portfolios of coordination in defining, drafting, and co-design partnership with intervention partners, leading on conducting due diligence and financial assessments
• In liaison with Compliance Training and Sub-grantee Manager and Head of CIA prepare Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for selected private sector partners.
• In coordination with the programme management unit, ensure that all partners have collaboratively developed project workplans and that these are implemented in an effective manner.
• Research on co-investment opportunities in alternative business options for monitoring and or comparison purpose on the performance of the existing co-investments
• In coordination with Compliance team organize regular Grants Management Meeting with partners and/or other events that facilitate the progress review and sharing of learning across partners.
• Monitor the timely submission of accurate financial reports and regularly review and share partner financial forecasts with the P&M Team Lead.
• Support the partner in preparation and submission of timely, accurate and well written donor reports and other reporting requirements
• Closely monitor partner burnout rates to ensure actual expenditure is in line with approved budget.
• Conduct regular compliance review and monitoring visits to partner field offices/areas of operation to ensure partners are in conformity with the terms and conditions of the agreement.
• Work closely with MEAL teams and Production and Market Team Lead to ensure that the partners are being monitored for progress against deliverables and develop monitoring tools tailored for partners.  
• Prepare partner disbursement requests in line with partner funding agreements. Prepare partner payment data base to follow up partner installments.
• Maintain partner issues log to follow up compliance review findings.
• Ensuring that a positive and mutually respectful relationship is maintained at all times between GOAL and partners, addressing any issues as they arise
• In coordination with programme team, organize project closeout meeting with partners
• Be responsible to liaise with the RIPA North cluster counterparts and share lessons learnt from ongoing and previous projects

Partners Capacity building 

• Conduct organizational capacity assessments and development of capacity building plans for all private sector partners in coordination with programme team and ensure that these plans are implemented in a timely and effective manner
• Responsible for organizing briefing / trainings on operating procedures, tools, and donor requirements in collaboration with the Compliance Training &Sub-grant Manager and programme management unit (especially at the beginning of the partnership
• Develop the capacity of partners finance personnel in areas of partnership management. Provide on-job training for partner’s staff when required.
• Follow up with partners in respect to areas of improvement identified during assessments and internal audits/compliance reviews and work closely with the partners in closing the issues
• Support the partners on the establishment of systems around finance, HR, procurement, and logistics etc. as per the needs identified during the capacity assessment.

Risk assessment and facilitation of audit

• Regularly assess potential risks related to the partners and provide an input to the management to be included in the country risk register.
• Coordinate with compliance and finance team during donor, annual statutory and other government audits related to activities implemented by partners
• Maintain records of communication, commitments, market values, and distributions

Job Requirements

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:

• University degree in business and/or accounting from a recognized institution
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a similar role with two years’ experience within the development INGO sector 
• Experience in collaborating and working with private and or public sectors or INGO sector 
• Strong analytical skills 
• Strong communication, presentation, and training skills (in both spoken and written English)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build relationships with a range of organizations.
• Proficient computer skills (MS Word and Excel)
•  Ability to travel up to 70% of time from base

Desirable key qualities, Skills and Competences:

• Qualified and experienced candidates who originate from agro / pastoral communities.
• Experience in private sector grant management activities.

Commitments:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with Job Title needs to be written in the application letter and subject of the email, failing to do this will leads to disqualification. Applicants can apply using the following option.

• Applicants who have access to the internet can directly submit their application to goaljobs@et.goal.ie (The vacancy reference number, Job Title along with the full name needs to be written on subject of the email) and on ethiojobs.net

GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.

Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage