The Matching Grants Specialist will be the Head of the Competitive Grants Programme Secretariat and will also serve as Secretary to the Matching Grants Committee. He/she will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Matching Grant Programme under the guidance of the Matching Grants Committee and the Project Director, including organizing training and information activities, proposal processing and grant administration, monitoring grant implementation and organizing evaluations. The Matching Grants Specialist will be administratively and technically responsible and report to the Project Director.
Under direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Project Field Officer will be responsible for addressing the Project’s Project implementation in their assigned districts for all activities of Component 1 and 2.
Qualifications and Required experience
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
The technical review process is central to the concept of a Matching Grants Programme, providing the technical oversight during the selection of the portfolio. As such the technical reviewers are responsible to:
SCOPE OF WORK
DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT
This consultancy is in four parts: Development of agro-weather data, Agro-weather dissemination systems to users, Capacity building in the use of agro-weather and tools, and mentoring services The agro-weather tool will be hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Meteorology as the mother ministry leading climate services in the country.
5.0 Budget:
This round of applications is allocated a maximum of USD7 million.
There are two levels of grants. The first level is M400 000.00 – M450 000.00 and cash equity is 25%. The second level of grant is M451 000.00 – M1.5 million and cash equity is 40%.
6.0 Beneficiary contribution:
To engender ownership and to demonstrate commitment, the applicants together with their service providers and other partners should contribute to co-financing of at least 40% of the total cost of the project for the larger grants and 25% for the smaller grants. The entire 100% of the applicants’ co-financing should be in cash.
7.0 Deadline and Place for Submission of Applications:
The deadline for submission of applications and all necessary supporting documents is not later than 30th November 2021 at 16:00 pm.
4.0 Experience
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III paragraph 3.14 to 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017 and August 2018, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the selection of the Individual Consultants Method set out in Procurement Regulations.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
Department of Livestock Services – Moshoeshoe II
Smallholder Agriculture Development Project
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