Un Women: Grant-making Programme Specialist, Bonn, P-3

**Background**:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Established by UN General Assembly Resolution 50/166 in 1996, the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) is the first and remains the only global UN funding mechanism dedicated exclusively to providing direct grants to civil society organizations working to prevent and end all forms of violence against women and girls (EVAW/G). Since 2010, UN Women has administered the UN Trust Fund on behalf of the UN system, providing a strong institutional foundation and field support through a global infrastructure of country and regional offices.

With nearly three decades of experience, the UN Trust Fund has become a key global mechanism for funding initiatives that aim to eliminate violence against women and girls. It plays a critical role in fostering collaboration across governments, UN agencies, and civil society to address the root causes and consequences of violence, aligning its work with broader international policies and frameworks. The UN Trust Fund focuses on providing long-term grants to organizations that work in diverse contexts, particularly those representing marginalized groups, such as indigenous women, women living with disabilities, and women from rural or conflict-affected areas. Its investments are survivor-centered and aim to have sustainable, long-term impacts. To date, the UN Trust Fund has funded over 700 initiatives in over 140 countries and territories, significantly contributing to global efforts to end violence against women and girls.

**Functions**:
**Provide technical leadership on strategic grant-giving and funding approaches**
- Implement a grant-giving strategy focused on awarding grants to CSOs/WROs that aligns with the UN Trust Fund’s new Strategic Plan 2026-2030.
- Contribute to the Fund's internal grantmaking systematization, including compilation of procedures and policies.
- Conduct assessments of the Fund's processes as related to its Grant-making Programme and compile lessons learned, best practices and results to increase the Fund's efficiency and efficacy.
- Provide substantive input into the UN Trust Fund’s operational guideline and procedures related to grant-giving and grants management.

**Manage end-to end technical and operational aspects of the Grant-making Programme**
- Lead the implementation of the overall annual grant-making processes, in alignment with the UN Trust Fund’s strategy and workplan.
- Develop an annual grant-making work plan and coordinate finalization of grantee cohorts according to agreed upon timelines and Annual Work Plan documents in collaboration with the Grants Management and Operations teams.
- Liaise with the UN Trust Fund staff, Global and Regional Programme Advisory Committees (PAC), UN Women Offices and partners to ensure the Programme results are achieved and resources are managed.
- Provide timely documentation to the Global Giving Team to support the dissemination and outreach of the Call for proposals.
- Oversee communications with applicants and selected grantees and provide inputs into communications materials.
- Coordinate timely finalization of Partner Project Documents and Partner Agreements in compliance with UN Women rules and regulations
- Oversee and monitor the allocation and disbursement of funds to new grantees under each grant-giving cycle.
- Record and maintain documents on relevant grant-giving activities, issues, and risks.

**Guide the coordination and engagement with partners and other stakeholders**
- Manage the identification, selection and recruitment of external experts engaged in the Call for Proposals, including translators, issue area experts and members of the Fund's Technical Review Groups (approximately 60+ each year with various language skills and regional expertise), and maintain an updated roster to be expanded through targeted recruitment of new issue experts based on the specific focus of each grant-giving cycle;
- Oversee all aspects related to the NGO capacity assessment, as well as the quality assurance and records management of the documents received.
- Coordinate the review of the NGO assessments by UN Women RO/COs as well as the UN Trust Fund, where needed.
- Review completed implementing partner assessment forms (NGOA) and supporting documentation packages; conduct and disseminate the analysis of the results of the NGO capacity assessments.
- Manage all aspects of the Global Advisory Committee's grant selection, endorsement, and approval processes, including convening relevant stakeholders and ensuring the timely submission of appraisal forms and other materials for decision-making.
- Facilitate communica