Partnership Coordinator – NRC
Job Description
Partnership Coordinator Sudan Khartoum
| Organization | The Norwegian Refugee Council |
| Job Identification | 5044 |
| Job Category | Donor relations |
| Locations | Khartoum |
| Apply Before | 08/03/2022, 14:49 |
| Degree Level | Bachelor’s Degree |
| Job Schedule | Full time |
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NRC resumed operations in Sudan in 2020, providing humanitarian assistance, protection, and durable solutions. Our country programme integrates all of NRC’s six core competencies (camp management, education, ICLA, livelihoods, shelter, and WASH), and provides a rapid response capacity (including for the recent refugee emergency in eastern Sudan), and thematic capacities for cash and markets-based approaches, advocacy, digital modes of assistance, and co-leading various technical and strategic coordination platforms.
Role Specific Information
The purpose of the national Partnership Coordinator position is to drive NRC Sudan’s strategy and approach towards strategic partnerships – downstream partnership or consortium arrangements – with a mix of local and international organisations to augment its technical competencies and contextualise its response approaches. NRC Sudan also has a broader perspective on local capacities and partnerships, beyond local NGOs, and seeks to support public and private actors that can serve as lead agents in responding to the needs of their community.
The role requires a diverse set of skills including an understanding of partnership programming in the humanitarian sector and the ability to collaboratively increase national and local actors’ organisational capacity. The Partnership Coordinator will promote ways of working that respect partner contributions to the achievement of the programmatic goals and supports adherence to humanitarian principles.
The Partnership Coordinator will also be directly responsible for operational capacity building of strategic local partners on cross-cutting support functions and overall organisational management.
The position will be part of the programme unit and work closely with other Technical Specialists and Project Managers to ensure effective development and implementation of a partnership strategy, including development of contexualised tools and their application in the field.
The following is a brief description of the role.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures and consideration of NRC global and regional strategies when executing functions related to this role.
- Lead on adapting NRC’s global partnership toolkit and develop NRC Sudan’s way of working around partnership, including role and responsibilities through the Project Cycle and ensuring the application of appropriate systems and practices;
- Strategic Leadership: in collaboration with the Programme Unit and the Country Management Group (CMG), develop NRC Sudan partnership strategy and ways of working in the Country Office, actively contribute to negotiation efforts to expand NRC’s partnerships networks, whilst maintaining principled access; contribute to the integration of the partnership into the country strategy;
- Identification and Assessment of partners: identify local and national NGOs and CSOs, lead on assessment and development of capacity building plans;
- Project Cycle Management (PCM): Support and facilitate field teams across all departments (including Area Office, Support, Programme Unit, etc.) in engaging with and applying NRC’s partnership SOP and tools throughout the project cycle. This includes supporting Area Offices identify potential partners, conduct organisational capacity assessments, and review partner performance and provide technical support to NRC implementing teams on issues related with projects implemented by partners;
- Project Cycle Management (PCM): Oversee the development of new project proposals by partners, the development of contract agreement, in collaboration with the Support Unit, and ensure Area Offices are providing support to partners during implementation;
- Lead on evaluation and lessons learnt on working with partners;
- Capacity Development: Lead the identification of partner capacity development needs, and the development of partner capacity building programmes in coordination with other NRC Sudan departments. Work with the NRC Sudan team to identify NRC staff capacity needs (in relation to partnerships) and address them with training, coaching, and mentoring schemes;
- Technical Quality: Provide oversight to the overall NRC Sudan partnership approach, ensuring that NRC downstream toolkit is used across the project cycle, and manage the overall partnership grant agreement portfolio. Lead and facilitate the continued development and improvement of NRC Sudan’s partnership Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and tools, based on lessons learned and feedback. Work actively with the protection, accountability, grants and technical teams to ensure strong mainstreaming of core NRC principles across operational partners;
- Coordination and Representation: As delegated by the Grants Manager/ HoP, lead NRC Sudan’s engagement in relevant partnership coordination efforts with other international agencies. Maintain effective and positive working relationships with relevant stakeholders including partner agencies;
- Management: Provide technical guidance to staff working across areas on topic related with partnership. Manage budget for budget lines related with capacity building of partners across different grants; ensure budget monitoring and planning is done in a timely manner;
- Contribute to Fundraising and Integrated Programming: Support the Grants Manager/ Head of Programme on identifying new funding opportunities to expand NRC’s portfolio implemented with partners and in the development of NRC Sudan’s integrated programming, with relevance to partners;
- Learning: As delegated by the Grants Manager/ Head of Programme, actively engage in NRC’s regional and/or global partnerships initiatives and ensure that tools developed in Sudan are aligned with other Country Offices.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Minimum 4 years of experience of relevant experience in a related field, including in partnerships and civil society strengthening;
- Proven ability to work effectively with national and local civil society organizations required;
- Good understanding of donor regulations and grants management (e.g. with institutional humanitarian and development donors);
- Strong personal organisational skills, analytical thinking for strategy development;
- Above average computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Windows Word and Excel;
- Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environment according to travel requirements.
- Good cultural awareness and sensitivity;
- Planning across multiple activities and complex projects;
- Knowledge of the NGO operations and the dynamics of the humanitarian sector;
- Holds self-accountable for managing resources efficiently, holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic;
Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply!
Email and paper applications will not be considered.
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Khartoum
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
NB: All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.
About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC requires staff members who travel on an international contract to the field to undergo an medical examination with our medical provider. Employees must produce a Health Clearance Certificate before departure stating that there are no relevant health concerns. If staff are unable to provide this, NRC reserves the right to terminate the Contract of Employment.
The NRC headquarters is located in Oslo and has about 280 employees. Additionally the organisation has a presence in Brussels, Geneva, Washington, D.C., Berlin, London and Addis Ababa. NRC was established in 1946 under the name “Europahjelpen” (“Aid to Europe”), to assist refugees in Europe after World War II.
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