Technical Specialist - Partnering

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Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Description: World Vision is an international Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation working in almost 100 countries world-wide to create lasting change in the lives of children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Job Description

Responsibilities:

Partnership management

  • Coordinate the implementation of the Partner of Choice action plan (including the review and implementation of the partnership engagement and management plan).
  • Lead other departments to conduct partner mapping and build a network of key partners, keeping abreast of evolving trends (social, economic, and political), including the application of innovation to program and partnership development
  • Develop relationships and identify meaningful engagement opportunities to deepen partner penetration by establishing strategic relationships etc.
  • Develop/input/review all key partnership documents to ensure quality and compliance: reviewing all partnering MOUs/agreements and/ contractual documents, prequalification procedures and tailored sub-grant management SOPs using WV standards and procedures,
  • Coordinate and collaborate with relevant partnership personnel at NO, Regional office as well as key business units (Grants, Finance, Programme Operations) to ensure aligned and coherent interactions with partners.
  • Develop, track and report on partner performance metrics.
  • Facilitate the annual partnership health check to build and review partner portfolios based on Partnership Performance and Health Checks and support the development of an adaptive action plan
  • Provide input for donor reports and proposals as needed in relation to partnerships and localization
  • Work with the grants management team to ensure that partnership tools and financial standards meet donor requirements
  • Provide strategic direction to the Partnering committee; a cross functional committees that coordinates an end to end partnering process.

Partnering capacity strengthening

  • Collaborate with P&C (Human Resource) and the Programme Impact and Effectiveness team to assess and support staff capacity building requirements for partnering
  • Coordinate across teams to carry out partner organizational capacity assessments and analyze assessments to identify specific capacity strengthening and organizational development needs
  • Coordinate the handover of partner capacity assessment reports in the project handover and the capacity building plans in collaboration with Operations, Governance, Risk and Program effectiveness
  • Coordinate the development of partnering guidelines
  • Working with other departments e.g. communications, coordinate capacity building for staff, consortium partners, sub-grantees in partnering, negotiation networking, collaboration & sub-granting etc.

Partnership communication and information management

  • Lead the development of partnering management information system that consolidates partnering documents as well as monitor performance
  • Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned in forums for planning and knowledge building on partnership development in collaboration with the communication manager.
  • Collaborate with Communications manager to ensure we have effective partner journeys, care, and stewardship
  • Work with the DMEAL manager to create online knowledge sharing platform for and with other key partners.
  • Collaborate closely with different departments to consistently institutionalize partnering in WVK systems and processes.
  • Provide regular feedback on existing systems, tools and resources to ensure its relevance to day-to-day operations

Other duties.

  • Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor or designee as assigned from time to time

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

  • Experience in developing and executing partnerships with multilaterals, international development organizations, governments, foundations, international NGOs or private sector organizations.
  • Practical experience in working with national and international partners on programming and partnering capacity-strengthening.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in donor compliance and procedures across the project cycle
  • Prior experience in acquisition and grant management coupled with business intelligence
  • Prior experience working in international organizations, international development, post-disaster and/or emergency contexts would also be an advantage.
  • Excellent problem solving and good analytical skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent writing and reporting skills required

Required Education and Certifications

  • Master’s degree in international development studies, social sciences and/or business administration, public administration, Marketing, Communications or related field from a recognized university.
  • A minimum of 5 years in International and organizational development
  • Practical trainings or courses in partnerships principles and capacity-strengthening

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

  • Business strategy and relationship management
  • Computer proficient in use of Microsoft office
  • Coordination and engagement skills
  • Police Clearance Certificate
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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