Coordinator Partnerships (Humanitarian Response) Save the Children Job In Islamabad
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting the country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The position will support Save the Children programs to increase and strengthen their engagement with various partners (primarily national NGO partners). Key responsibilities include identifying suitable partners, assessing their organizational capacity and needs, creating capacity-building plans, and supporting their implementation.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Partners Pre-Selection Assessment
• Lead the mapping process for selecting new partners, work closely with the program units to identify the selection criteria, and make sure the selection process is transparent and compliant with SCI Procedures.
• Lead and manage capacity assessments of partner organizations prior to disbursement of sub-grants. This includes coordinating with other SCI departments and units, and their participation in the appropriate screening process for all potential partners.
• Identify specific risk factors associated with the sub-grant, and the identification and implement appropriate measures to mitigate and manage those risks, working with other departments as appropriate.
Partnership Management
• Support Program Team in developing systems and policies that are supportive of the Partnership Strategy including safer partnerships, and ensure periodic review and updating of policies once they are in place.
• Ensure effective and collaborative partnership assessments and vetting on a routine basis so that the organization is not exposed to undue risk
• Review partnership management practices; identify and follow up on actions to improve management practices.
• Help ensure partners’ involvement in strategic planning, program design, and proposal/concept paper development.
• Support the Awards Team in conducting grant opening and closing meetings as well as regular budget reviews with partners;
• Support joint evaluations and ensure that lessons learned are being documented to maximize the impact of SC and partners’ projects and contribute to future program strategy and direction.
Partnership Development & Capacity Building
• Lead development and implementation of the Save the Children Partnership Strategy, informed by the Global Partnership Framework and the Pakistan context.
• Lead the Country Office (CO) in developing systematic approaches to selecting partners, and in identifying and pursuing strategic partnerships.
• Conduct and support partnership assessment for identifying potential partners as requested by programs or partners.
• Carry out mapping, shortlisting, and assessments of potential partner organizations.
• Support in the awards process including partners vetting and Due Diligence; ensure data is recorded in the award/grants management system.
• Identify capacity-building needs at the pre-award stage, and develop/implement capacity-building plans for partners.
• Design tools and create systems to effectively monitor progress made against partner capacity-building plans and partners in their organizational development.
• Coordinate across teams to carry out partner organizational capacity assessments. Analyze assessments to identify specific capacity-building and organizational development needs, and provide training and targeted capacity-strengthening support including support functions (Finance, procurement, HR, Administration, etc).
• Support partners in conducting internal/external evaluations and audits.
Collaboration with other departments:
• Help establish, nurture and maintain strong partnership relations with the national government, civil society, private sectors, media, and academic institutions.
• As needed, represent Save the Children in external discussions on partnership strengthening in Pakistan, sharing our approaches, and learning from others.
• Liaise with other civil society networks on issues related to civil society strengthening and partnership.
• Engage in global and regional discussions on Save the Children’s approaches to partnership, contributing to learning and leveraging best practices from other contexts.
• Work effectively with the support function to ensure that sub-granting mechanisms are in-line with the Partnership Policy.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and members accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
• Creates a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding.
Ambition:
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a countrywide/global scale
Collaboration:
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners, and supporters
• Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.
Creativity:
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach
Integrity:
• honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence displays consistent excellent judgment
QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences or relevant discipline
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
• Minimum of 4-5 years experience in dealing/working with partners.
• Experience in dealing with external organizations.
• Experience in strengthening partner organizations' program/support functions.
• Excellent communication skills; written and oral; ability to write a high-quality press release
• Capable of taking initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision and according to demanding timeframes
• Commitment to work with and for children; ability to work effectively with young children and proactively involve children in media and communications initiatives i.e. children’s press conferences
• Proactive, persuasive, and ability to work under stress
• Good understanding of development issues
• A high level of creative ability including competence in creative computer applications designing etc.
• Proficient in Ms Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Outlook, and creative applications
• Willingness to travel extensively
• Commitment to Save the Children vision, mission, and values
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
Creates a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
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