Reporting to the Capacity Development Officer, The Capacity Development (CD) Assistant will provide the day-to-day logistical support for all CD activities, ensuring smooth running. They will provide administrative and logistical support to organize different workshops, training programs and consultations of the project.

Technical support

• Provide technical and organizational capacity development assistance under the Activity.
• Provide technical support to facilitate the development, implementation, and monitoring of subawards for the achievement of project objectives.
• Participate in and implement the project’s CD plan on strengthening the organizational and technical capacity of subgrantees
• Contribute to the development of sources/ documents for specific technical areas identified for capacity development of subgrantees, including training, mentoring, and coaching, etc
• Provide written inputs and/ contribute to the development of tools required to monitor the implementation and monitoring of Activity capacity development activities.
• Coordinate on/off-line training sessions, workshops, mentoring of subawards to ensure the efficient and timely implementation of project activities
• Assist with CD learning sessions/ coordinate peer exchange sessions for subawards on various technical areas
• Assist with regular field visits to provide technical support, capacity development, mentorship, or coaching to subawards.
• Coordinate CD technical assistance activities between the country office and Pact DC
• Undertake a regular review of subgrantee capacity needs.
• Support documenting CD-related best practices under the Activity.
• Provision of support to subawards to ensure their smooth transition to direct USAID funding and sustainability.
• Provide input to the development of annual implementation plans, project reports and other key project deliverables

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies; political science or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in the civil society/ international development sector
• Experience and expertise in conducting Integrated Organizational Capacity Assessments (ITOCAs); Performance Assessments; Network analyses for civil society or community-based organizations
• Proficiency in spoken and written French/Arabic and English with a general ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral form
• Specific skills in facilitating training sessions (both on and offline)
• Knowledge of virtual facilitation methodologies
• Analytical and conceptual skills to think and plan strategically.
• Skills in producing analytical and well-presented reports and publications.
• Good interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, considering cultural and language difficulties.
• Experience performing similar work scope in Tunisia
• Tunisian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply
• Work authoriztion in Tunisia required
• Experience implementing USAID programming preferred