The Jobs Fund Call for Proposals for South Africa (R10 million)
Deadline: 28-Mar-22
The Jobs Fund is now open to support South Africa’s Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery.
The Jobs Fund seeks to contribute to the call to action – Putting South Africa to Work using a proven implementation approach and team to drive change, innovation and scaling solutions for employment creation.
The Jobs Fund will consider supporting projects through its Enterprise Development, Support for Work Seekers, Infrastructure Investment (applications may be submitted through the Enterprise Development funding window) and Institutional Capacity Building Funding Windows.
Funding Information
The funding request must be for a minimum grant size of R10 million for applications under the Enterprise Development and Support for Work Seekers Funding Windows and a minimum grant size of R5 million for applications under the Institutional Capacity Building Funding Windows.
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to secure matched funding in the form of direct cash contributions at a minimum level of 1:1 for private companies and public entities and 1:0.5 for NPOs/NGOs.
The initiative should take a maximum of 2 years (24 months) to achieve the project targets. Initiatives that can demonstrate realistic/plausible impact (e.g., job creation) in a shorter period will be considered more competitive.
Eligibility Criteria
Competitive applications will be accepted from private companies, public entities and Non-Profit Organisations/NGOs.
The Jobs Fund invites applications that will implement a systems approach to:
Accelerate the growth of entrepreneurs/ business owners.
Better address problems at the local level and drive systems change (local economic development).
Build human and institutional capacity and contribute to transitions from dependency to sustainability.
Develop economic sectors with growth and high labour absorption potential (a focus on youth and women will be an advantage).
Build eco-systems of support for the informal sector.
Develop appropriate financial instruments, value chain development, and market access that will unlock the trapped potential in economic sectors that can contribute to the acceleration of employment creation.
Address both labour demand and supply barriers.
Scaling Social Impact with a specific emphasis on employment creation.
For more information, visit http://www.jobsfund.org.za/CurrentCallForProposals.aspx