Technical Specialist - Partnering

Job 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