**Project Summary**:
The USAID/OTI Colombia Program seeks to address emerging factors of instability through support to the Government of Colombia (GOC) and communities for robust peace accord implementation, thus helping to demonstrate that an integrated, comprehensive approach to the conflict also provides solutions to some of the country's biggest problems to include rural insecurity and illicit economies.
Implicit in this approach is support to the GOC in understanding the unique post
- accord drivers of instability and support for piloting innovative solutions.
The program will also focus on increasing the capacity and co-responsibility of both GOC and community actors for accord implementation.
***Please note: Only Colombian citizens are eligible for this position.
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**Position Summary**:
The Junior Grants Specialist will be responsible for the preliminary review of potential beneficiary entities and the preparation of agreements and memorandums of negotiation and modifications.
The Specialist will also be responsible for the preparation of consultant contracts and follow-up under agreements.
The Specialist will keep the files of each activity updated and complete as well as perform closing activities and ensure that each grant file is complete.
This position will report to the Grants Specialist but work closely and coordinate with the Program Team.
The position is a fixed-term labor contract.
**Responsibilities**:
- Provide administrative support to grants activities, under the supervision of the Grants Specialist (GS).
- Support reports and indicators on the implementation of the activities to the programmatic teams using the database of activities, meetings, and other tools.
- Support the GS in drawing up grant documents and consultant contracts, reviewing travel legalizations, and tracking payments for milestones, products, and travel legalizations.
- Arrange travel at a local level as required for consultants hired under activities.
- Support the monitoring of the progress of activities, agreements, products under subcontracts, and consulting contracts and reports.
- Review grant budgets in consultation with the procurement team.
- Support the elaboration of excluded party verifications and Negotiation Memos.
- Maintain accurate and timely program and grant documentation in electronic, hard copy, and backup copies, and ensure that completed grants are closed promptly according to deadlines.
- Support the review of all grantee deliverables for the final approval by the Deputy Chief of Party - Operations for grant close out.
- Have constant and close communication with the GS and other program team members in anticipation of contingencies.
- Assist with special projects and tasks in support of the GS, the technical team, or other staff members as needed.
- Follow up on the closure of activities, particularly the pending documents, and processes of the activities completed by the Programmatic Teams, keeping the Closure Tracker updated.
**Perfil de la Compa**ñía**:
**Resumen del proyecto**:
El Programa USAID/OTI Colombia tiene como objetivo abordar los factores emergentes de inestabilidad a través del apoyo al Gobierno de Colombia (GDC) y las comunidades para la implementación sólida de los acuerdos de paz, ayudando así a demostrar que un enfoque integrado e integral del conflicto también proporciona soluciones a algunos de los mayores problemas del país como inseguridad rural y economías ilícitas.
Implícito en este enfoque está el apoyo al Gobierno de Colombia para comprender los impulsores únicos de inestabilidad posteriores al acuerdo y el apoyo para la puesta a prueba de soluciones innovadoras.
El programa también se enfocará en aumentar la capacidad y corresponsabilidad tanto de los actores comunitarios como de los actores comunitarios para la implementación del acuerdo.
***Por favor tenga en cuenta: Solo los ciudadanos colombianos son elegibles para este cargo.
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**Resumen del Cargo**:
Esta posición es responsable de la revisión preliminar de posibles entidades beneficiarias; elaboración de convenios, memorandos de negociación y modificaciones; elaboración de contratos de consultores y seguimiento bajo convenios y mantener actualizados y completos los archivos de cada actividad.
Realizar los cierres de las actividades, asegurando que cada archivo subvención está completo.
Esta posición reporta al Especialista de Subvenciones, pero trabaja de cerca y coordina con el Equipo del Programa.
Esta posición tendrá un contrato laboral a término fijo.
**Responsabilidades**:
- Proporcionar apoyo administrativo a las actividades de subvenciones, bajo la supervisión del Especialista en Subvenciones (GS).
- Apoyar informes, indicadores sobre la implementación de las actividades a los equipos programáticos, utilizando la base de datos de actividades, reuniones y otras herramientas.
- Apoyar al Especialista de Subvenciones en la elaboración de documentos de subvenciones