INNOVATION GRANT FUND LEAD
Chemonics International seeks a team lead for an Innovation Grant Fund (called the Challenge Fund) for its USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA). SMEA is a 5-year, $35 million project that is aimed at improvement of financial and operating performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan in selected high-performing industrial, manufacturing and services sectors. Through its Challenge Fund grants program, SMEA will support the creation and diffusion of innovative, sustainable, and scalable ICT and business solutions to the competitiveness challenges facing Pakistani SMEs.
The Challenge Fund (CF) Lead will report directly to the DCOP and be responsible for designing and executing rounds of the challenge fund based on themes as approved by the project work plan. The CF Lead’s responsibilities will range from technical design, financial management and administration to mentoring, provision of technical assistance, research and advocacy for challenge fund rounds. This position will be based in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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