Job Summary
Assignment: SFR Financial Management and Oversight Training for Genebank Directors
Position Type: Training Consultant
Company: Crop Trust
Coverage: Four countries
Training Format: Centralised, three-day training
Focus Areas: Financial management, governance, donor compliance, leadership, MEL, procurement and audit implementation
Deadline: 1 October 2026, 23:59 CEST
Salary/Consultancy Fee: Not specified
About the Assignment
Crop Trust is looking for a qualified training consultant to design and deliver a high-impact leadership, financial management and governance training programme for Genebank Directors across four countries.
The assignment aims to strengthen institutional capacity to meet donor requirements, comply with national Public Financial Management (PFM) and procurement laws, and effectively respond to and implement audit recommendations.
The training will use practical, interactive adult-learning methods and incorporate country-specific contexts, case studies and exercises.
Training Objectives
The programme will build competencies across five key areas.
Donor Programme and Compliance
Participants will develop a stronger understanding of:
- Donor requirements and compliance expectations.
- Donor reporting standards.
- Practical approaches to aligning donor obligations with national PFM systems.
- Procurement requirements and country-specific regulations.
Leadership and Institutional Strengthening
The training will strengthen participants’ ability to:
- Provide strategic leadership.
- Make effective institutional decisions.
- Develop organisational vision.
- Design and plan programmes.
- Apply results-based management approaches.
- Strengthen institutional capacity.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Participants will gain practical skills to:
- Design effective MEL systems.
- Manage MEL processes.
- Meet donor monitoring and reporting expectations.
- Ensure MEL systems align with national regulatory requirements.
Financial Governance and Risk Management
The programme will reinforce knowledge and practical skills in:
- Financial management.
- Budgeting.
- Internal controls.
- Procurement compliance.
- Financial governance.
- Risk identification.
- Risk mitigation.
Audit Findings Implementation
Participants will examine donor audit findings across the four countries and develop practical approaches to:
- Understand audit findings.
- Implement audit recommendations.
- Resolve outstanding issues.
- Develop corrective actions.
- Prevent recurring audit findings.
- Strengthen institutional accountability.
Consultant Scope of Work
The selected consultant will be responsible for the full design and delivery of the training programme.
Key activities will include:
- Conducting a rapid training needs assessment using donor audit reports and relevant country contexts.
- Reviewing country-specific PFM and procurement requirements.
- Developing a tailored curriculum aligned with national legislation and donor requirements.
- Designing and delivering a centralised three-day training programme.
- Using interactive adult-learning methodologies.
- Developing country-specific case studies and practical exercises.
- Facilitating sessions focused on audit findings.
- Supporting participants in developing corrective action plans.
- Producing training materials, templates and guidance notes.
- Collecting and analysing participant feedback.
- Preparing and submitting a comprehensive training report.
- Providing recommendations for strengthening institutional financial management and oversight.
Key Deliverables
Expected outputs include:
- Rapid needs assessment.
- Tailored training curriculum.
- Three-day centralised training programme.
- Country-specific case studies and practical exercises.
- Training materials and presentation resources.
- Financial management, governance and compliance templates.
- Guidance notes for participants.
- Audit corrective action planning tools.
- Participant feedback and evaluation.
- Comprehensive final training report.
- Recommendations for future capacity strengthening.
Ideal Consultant Profile
The source information does not specify detailed minimum qualifications or years of experience. However, the assignment requires expertise relevant to the training’s subject areas, including:
- Financial management and governance.
- Donor compliance and reporting.
- Public Financial Management.
- Procurement compliance.
- Institutional leadership and capacity strengthening.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.
- Risk management and internal controls.
- Audit findings and corrective action implementation.
- Adult-learning and professional training delivery.
Experience working across multiple country contexts and developing practical, senior-level training programmes would be relevant to the assignment.
Application Deadline
Applications are being accepted until:
1 October 2026 at 23:59 CEST
How to Apply
Qualified consultants interested in delivering the SFR Financial Management and Oversight Training for Genebank Directors should submit their application before the stated deadline.
Deadline: 1 October 2026, 23:59 CEST
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