Consultancy Services for Due Diligence Assessment
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Admin, Finance, Legal, Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Not specified
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Location: Central Africa
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights pan- African Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s three sub-regions- East Africa, Southern Africa, and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant making mechanism to support unanticipated, time sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their personhood, integrity, and rights.
1. Background
UAF-Africa is seeking a qualified firm to undertake a comprehensive due diligence assessment of six (6) consortium partners for a project to be implemented in Kenya, Togo, Cameroon and Zimbabwe. The due diligence exercise will involve an off-site review of the prospective partner’s documents and processes, using virtual interviews (phone or via tele conferencing) with relevant Staff. This assignment will support UAF-Africa’s commitment to strong financial stewardship, compliance with donor requirements, and risk management, including zero tolerance for fraud, corruption, and non-compliance.
2. Scope of Work
The firm will conduct a structured due diligence review covering:
• Legal Status: Registration, governance documents, and compliance with national laws
• Donor Compliance & Sanctions: Screening against relevant sanctions lists (e.g. UN, EU), anti-terror and anti-money laundering controls
• Governance: Board composition, independence, and functionality (including interviews with selected board members)
• Human Resources: Staffing structures, HR policies, payroll systems, and staff benefits
• Audit and Financial Management: Audited Accounts, Accounting systems, internal controls, income and expenditure processes
• Banking & Cash Management: Bank reconciliations, signatory controls, cash handling procedures
• Procurement Systems: Policies, processes, and compliance with donor procurement requirements
• Asset Management: Asset registers, tracking, and safeguarding
• Safeguarding & Ethics: Policies, reporting mechanisms, and response systems
4. Qualifications
Eligible firms must demonstrate:
• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience in due diligence, audit, or compliance reviews
• Demonstrated experience in NGO/donor-funded environments
• Strong understanding of: Financial systems and internal controls, Governance and institutional capacity assessments, Compliance, safeguarding, and risk management frameworks
• Proven experience in conducting mid-term or final evaluations of donor-funded projects, preferably in the human rights, gender justice, or development sectors.
• Strong understanding of project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, and results-based approaches.
• Expertise in assessing cross-cutting themes such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), sustaining defenders, and climate justice.
• Knowledge of financial management assessment, including anti-corruption measures and accountability practices.
• Familiarity with the African context, especially on civil society and women’s rights movements.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and facilitation skills to support participatory learning and reflection processes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, actionable reports with practical recommendations.
• Experience working with feminist organizations or applying feminist and participatory evaluation methodologies is an added advantage
Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a consciously feminist and women’s human rights pan- African Fund, registered in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Operating as a virtual organisation, the Fund boasts of strategic presence in Africa’s three sub-regions- East Africa, Southern Africa, and Central Africa: Yaoundé & Douala - Cameroon. Recognising the need to move resources rapidly on a continent where opportunities and threats arise and decline quickly, UAF-Africa uses a Rapid Response Grant making mechanism to support unanticipated, time sensitive, innovative, and unique initiatives that promote women’s agency in democratic governance, economic, environmental and climate justice, natural resources governance and conflict transformation while protecting their personhood, integrity, and rights.
1. Background
UAF-Africa is seeking a qualified firm to undertake a comprehensive due diligence assessment of six (6) consortium partners for a project to be implemented in Kenya, Togo, Cameroon and Zimbabwe. The due diligence exercise will involve an off-site review of the prospective partner’s documents and processes, using virtual interviews (phone or via tele conferencing) with relevant Staff. This assignment will support UAF-Africa’s commitment to strong financial stewardship, compliance with donor requirements, and risk management, including zero tolerance for fraud, corruption, and non-compliance.
2. Scope of Work
The firm will conduct a structured due diligence review covering:
• Legal Status: Registration, governance documents, and compliance with national laws
• Donor Compliance & Sanctions: Screening against relevant sanctions lists (e.g. UN, EU), anti-terror and anti-money laundering controls
• Governance: Board composition, independence, and functionality (including interviews with selected board members)
• Human Resources: Staffing structures, HR policies, payroll systems, and staff benefits
• Audit and Financial Management: Audited Accounts, Accounting systems, internal controls, income and expenditure processes
• Banking & Cash Management: Bank reconciliations, signatory controls, cash handling procedures
• Procurement Systems: Policies, processes, and compliance with donor procurement requirements
• Asset Management: Asset registers, tracking, and safeguarding
• Safeguarding & Ethics: Policies, reporting mechanisms, and response systems
4. Qualifications
Eligible firms must demonstrate:
• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience in due diligence, audit, or compliance reviews
• Demonstrated experience in NGO/donor-funded environments
• Strong understanding of: Financial systems and internal controls, Governance and institutional capacity assessments, Compliance, safeguarding, and risk management frameworks
• Proven experience in conducting mid-term or final evaluations of donor-funded projects, preferably in the human rights, gender justice, or development sectors.
• Strong understanding of project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, and results-based approaches.
• Expertise in assessing cross-cutting themes such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), sustaining defenders, and climate justice.
• Knowledge of financial management assessment, including anti-corruption measures and accountability practices.
• Familiarity with the African context, especially on civil society and women’s rights movements.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and facilitation skills to support participatory learning and reflection processes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, actionable reports with practical recommendations.
• Experience working with feminist organizations or applying feminist and participatory evaluation methodologies is an added advantage
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