Community, Rights and Gender Grants Officer (multiple positions), Multiple positions

UNOPS has hosted the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) since 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to acquire a world free of TB by ensuring that every person with TB has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies.

The Stop TB Partnership is a unique and innovative global health organization that brings together partners, expertise, funding, commodities, and people-centered services in our shared mission to transform the tuberculosis (TB) space and end TB by 2030. 

Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership is a United Nations (UN) hosted organization that takes bold and smart risks to serve and amplify the voices of the people, communities, stakeholders, and partners from countries affected by TB. 

The Stop TB Partnership is guided by three (3) strategic goals to: 

1. Advocate, catalyze, and facilitate sustained coordination and collaboration among partners; 

2. Support the development, replication, and scale-up of innovative approaches and tools; and 

3. Facilitate global, equitable access to TB diagnostics and medicines. 

The Stop TB Partnership’s comprehensive range of strategic and technical expertise and our willingness to push boundaries are crucial factors in reaching the targets agreed upon by Heads of States and the TB community-at-large to end TB by 2030.

Background - Team

The Stop TB Partnership’s Country and Community Support for Impact (CCS4i) Team, works on three complementary priorities: 

• technically strong country responses, 

• empowered networks of people affected by TB 

• and civil society, and advancement of rights-based, gender sensitive TB response that prioritizes TB key and vulnerable populations. 

Through its Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS), CCS4i Team provides support (grants, technical assistance and tools) to TB-affected community and civil society grassroots organizations to transform the TB response so that it promotes and protects human rights and gender equality. Strengthening community and civil society actors is an ethical and programmatic imperative in this pursuit. 

The Programme & Grants Officer would  provide operational  and technical support to CFCS grantees and countries more broadly to pave the way towards the  institutionalization of  Communities, Rights and Gender (CRG) approaches in TB. Responsibilities would include (in alignment with UNOPS policies and procedures) but is not limited to; engaging in and informing CFCS calls for proposals, CFCS work-planning, CFCS monitoring, evaluation and learning, engaging and coordination with strategic partners at national and international levels (including TGF and USAID), facilitating and providing technical assistance to countries and communities as well as contributing to donor reporting.  

Under the supervision of an assigned CRG Programme Officer the incumbent would be responsible for the following, in line with UNOPS policies and procedures:  

CFCS planning 

• Contribute to the management of CFCS; weekly oversight meetings, CFCS planning mid-term/ end of grant reporting periods, troubleshooting etc.   

• Contribute to CFCS call for proposals processes, including the development of tools to support the process. 

• Lead the development and update of CRG tools, based on country feedback; e.g. TB Stigma assessment, CRG Assessment, Community-led Monitoring tools   

• Engage and lead discussions in the external evaluation committee process and outputs and lead discussions on CRG progress in assigned countries. 

• Facilitate outreach and external communication on CFCS calls for proposals.  

Grant making 

• Work with CFCS grantees to develop and refine workplans and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks, in alignment with country priorities. 

• Work with STP teams and contribute to the finalization of grants, in line with UNOPS policies and procedures. 

• Develop and disseminate communication materials to share with strategic partners on grant awards.  

Grant management 

• Lead the provision of technical assistance to all assigned grantees to strengthen CRG in countries.e.g. review of CRG assessment reports, review of CRG assessment protocols, review of community-led monitoring indicators and related reports.  

• Facilitate additional technical assistance to strengthen CRG in countries, working with assigned consultants. 

• Identify and mitigate risks associated with grant implementation. 

• Contribute to donor reporting, providing updates on CRG progress in assigned countries. 

• Update CRG country profiles, based on CRG progress in countries. 

• Identify strategic opportunities for engagement to enhance visibility of grantee work and CRG in countries and facilitate and lead the engagement. 

• Provide updates to the CFCS focal point and CRG Programme Officers  on key success, challenges and risks. 

• Ensure the timely approval of reports in line with the CFCS schedule so that CCS4i can ensure the timely distribution of funds. 

Grant monitoring evaluation and learning 

• Collaborate with grantees and lead the development of grant specific Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks to develop case studies for CRG in TB.  

• Contribute to the development of a CRG Knowledge Hub.

• Develop CFCS / CRG case studies and other communication materials.  

• Within the context of monitoring and evaluation, ensure all projects submit and regularly update specific milestones and targets for the duration of projects' life-cycles, and track progress, or otherwise, against such information.

• Provide feedback on how to improve the Grant Management System (GMS)

• Provide quality reviews of programme/project documents and deliverables.

CRG specific responsibilities 

• Provide updates to TB Advisors on CRG progress and collaborate with them to address CRG challenges in countries.

• Refine existing CRG tools and the development of new tools. 

• Lead CFCS country missions, working with National TB Progammes and Civil Society to advance CRG in TB  and document outputs. 

• Lead Joint Programme Review Missions for TB and document outputs for CRG. 

• Lead the development of CRG publications and papers.  

• Engage in conferences to promote CRG in TB. 

• Advanced university degree (master or equivalent) preferably in community development, project management, business administration, public health, social sciences or other relevant field is required.
• University degree (bachelor or equivalent) degree with two (2) additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master’s degree.

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures,  languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

Terms and Conditions 

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.