The Jobs Fund

New Funding Round – Breaking Barriers: Future Proofing South Africa’s Employment Options

Please note that the Jobs Fund’s 11th Funding Round, Breaking Barriers: Future Proofing South Africa’s Employment Options is now closed.

The world of work is rapidly changing and, to remain competitive and grow our economy, we must be ready to embrace these changes. The global economic context demands that we empower our workforce with the right skills to respond to these new challenges, including advancing artificial intelligence.

In South Africa we have a significant imbalance in the supply of skills required for the future, while at the same time suppressed investment constrains demand for new jobs.

To contribute to addressing these challenges, the Jobs Fund would like to partner with future focused organisations that shares its intent to find innovative solutions to South Africa’s employment challenges.

This is an invitation to work with us to break barriers to labour market entry by stimulating new demand in growth sectors and improving the supply of appropriately skilled labour.

The Jobs Fund will target funding toward initiatives that focus on interventions that present innovative solutions for:

Stimulating demand for new jobs including enterprise/infrastructure development. The outcome of these interventions must result in growth and sustainability for the supported enterprises and for the infrastructure that is enabling and supporting ongoing job creation.
Skilling/Upskilling, matching beneficiaries to jobs and facilitating new pathways to jobs. The outcome of these interventions must result in a new job being created and/or placements into jobs.

Competitive projects focused on women and youth will be prioritised.

Applicants must demonstrate that they are able to raise cash matched funding at a minimum of 1:1 for private and public sector organisations and 1:0.5 for NPOs in the following ways: 1) Self-funded matched funding – a formal undertaking to contribute matched funding and the ability to raise such funding by the applicant; 2) Matched funding from third parties – formal written proof that matched funding is made available.

Although no sectors are specifically excluded, applicants must demonstrate in their proposals that demand does exist in the market for their proposed intervention and that it will result in job creation and social impact during the 2-year implementation period. Furthermore, it must show a clear path to sustainability over the medium to long term. The term sheet contains the full details of the funding round and can be accessed here

Further guidance and information is contained in the links below:

If you meet the eligibility criteria, click on the below to apply (an Application User Guide will be available on this site)

APPLY

All applications must be submitted by 15:00 on 17 July 2023.

If you have any queries, please contact: jobsfund@treasury.gov.za

Compulsory Briefing Session

The Jobs Fund will be hosting a virtual briefing session on the 11th Funding Round and invites potential applicants to attend. This briefing session aims to provide interested parties with further information on the Funding Round, the eligibility and impact criteria, and the overall application process.

Date – 06 June 2023

Time – 10h00 to 12h00

Platform – MS Teams

Please register for the event by clicking here. Once you have registered, a calendar invite will automatically be sent to your inbox. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you are struggling to get into the briefing session on the day, it is likely due to over-subscription. We will, however, post the recording and the presentation on the website so all have access to the content.

The briefing session presentation can be accessed here and the recording can be accessed here.

Training Session

Following the virtual briefing session held on 06 June 2023, the Jobs Fund will be hosting a training session for eligible applicants. The aim is to provide in-depth assistance on the application process, funding requirements and contractual arrangements. This training session will cover the following:

Activity-Based Costing Project Implementation Monitoring Plan (ABC PIMP) – Its functionality and how to complete it.
Grant Management System (GMS) Application Form – How to navigate the GMS and the requirements for each application section.
Grant Agreement Standard Clauses, Contracting Process and Due Diligence.
Post-training support offered by the Jobs Fund Team.

Date – 13 June 2023

Time – 10h00 to 16h00

Platform – MS Teams

Please register for the event by clicking here. Once you have registered, a calendar invite will automatically be sent to your inbox. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

In preparation for the session, please read the Term Sheet, the FAQs and the Briefing Session presentation.

The training session presentation can be accessed here and the recordings can be accessed here: Part 1 and Part 2.

ABC PIMP Masterclass

Following the training session held on 13 June 2023, the Jobs Fund will be hosting an Activity-Based Costing Project Implementation Monitoring Plan (ABC PIMP) Masterclass for eligible applicants. The aim is to provide applicants in-depth assistance on how to complete the ABC PIMP.

Date – 04 July 2023

Time – 10h00 to 14h00

Platform – MS Teams (virtual event)

Please register for the link by clicking here. Once you have registered, a calendar invite will automatically be sent to your inbox from “Treasury”. Please open this email and save the invite to your calendar as it contains the link to access the session.

The ABC PIMP Masterclass presentation can be accessed here and the recordings can be accessed here.

Should your organisation not qualify for Jobs Fund grant funding, there are a number of other funding instruments available at National and Provincial levels which promote economic growth and facilitate job creation.

Please click on the links below for more information:
Development Agencies & DFIs
National Government Departments
Provincial Government Departments
SETAs
Land Bank