Job Vacancy: Senior Partnership Manager

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Senior Partnership Manager

Job description: Company OverviewAction Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending world hunger. For almost 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have been working to fight undernutrition and support communities affected by crisis across the globe.We carry out innovative, lifesaving programmes in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Disaster risk reduction, Mental Health and Care Practices, Food security and Livelihoods and Social Protection.Action Against Hunger began operations in Nigeria in 2010 in response to the high rate of chronic malnutrition in Northern Nigeria, focusing on integrated programming.In 2011, we expanded our work to begin implementing nutrition development projects in Jigawa and in Yobe. Following the crises in Northeast Nigeria, we further expanded our operations to address the Nutrition, Health, Food security and livelihoods, WASH, and shelter needs of conflict-affected communities.Action Against Hunger Nigeria programme is supported by FCDO, ECHO, GAC, BHA, SDC, UNICEF, EU, AFD, SIDA, and GFFO.Action Against Hunger is currently looking to fill the role of Senior Partnership Manager who will be responsible for providing technical support to local Implementing partners for the design and implementation of projects in accordance with the sub-award agreements. In addition, the role holder, under the guidance of the Grants and Compliance Head of Department and in collaboration with the Consortium Coordinator and other consortium staff, will work with local partners to oversee the implementation of the project and avail the necessary support to local NGOs.Position DetailsReporting to: Grants and Compliance Head of DepartmentProposed start date: August 2024Work location: Maiduguri, Borno StateKey responsibilities:

• Supervise and be responsible for all technical aspects of project implementation with the partners, ensure that all interventions are completed in a timely, efficient, and accurate manner according to standards in collaboration with technical heads of departments;
• Ensure program technical implementation is on time, target and budget, using effective M&E systems to achieve the desired impact;
• Conduct technical monitoring visits to the field to ensure that all targeted program beneficiaries are rightly benefiting from the food security and livelihoods (FSL) and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), nutrition, and health interventions;
• Provide technical support in collaboration with the Program Coordinator/ Head of Department for quality implementation;
• Ensure that program technical implementation is responsive to communities, authorities, and partners and consistent with Action Against Hunger’s (ACF) relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards, and strategic plan;
• Lead in compiling monthly technical reports with local partners’ team to provide an overview of activities and contextual updates;
• Review partners’ reports and gauge the progress of projects/programs against output goals, expected results, project indicators, and sources of verification ensuring compliance with ACF internal reporting standards;
• In collaboration with partners, plan and facilitate regular partnership meetings between partners and ACF staff, ensuring that discussions are as constructive, relevant, and mutually beneficial as possible; Follow up to ensure that mutually-agreed-upon actions are met;
• Coordinate closely with program managers in the different sectors (WASH; FSL; Health and Nutrition and monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning/MEAL);
• Coordinate closely with support departments – Audit, Grants and Compliance, Finance, HR, and Logistics to ensure that the necessary action is taken to ensure quality implementation of the program by local partners;
• Organize and lead partner due diligence reviews (background screening and capacity assessment) in consultation with the Partnerships Coordinator;
• Promote and apply ACF’s values, partnership principles, strategy, and processes; take the lead in rolling out ACF partnership policy;
• Support the senior management team (SMT), program teams, and coordinators in identifying potential partnerships with local and national organizations across Nigeria;
• Contribute to the elaboration and implementation of an area-specific partnership strategy, in collaboration with the SMT and coordinator;
• Represent ACF in donor meetings and project field visits, coordination meetings, and technical meetings with partners and other humanitarian sectors;
• Participation and contribution to humanitarian program cycle (HPC) exercise at the mission level;
• Develops donor and partner communication strategies;
• Participation and contribution to joint initiatives like Joint market assessments, HEA, ENNA, CH, and other FSL sector-led joint initiatives;
• Establish and maintain a partnership database that maps out partner capacity, influence, and strategic alignment;
• Assess the current partnership portfolio identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks related to current partners;
• Provide support to the partner organization in the project cycle management including ensuring work plans, phased budgets, procurement plans, and benchmarks are in place, for each project and assist partner teams in putting these in place;
• Responsible for providing technical input into all project-related reports (Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, activity progress reports/APRs and situation reports/SitReps);
• Elaborate appropriate questionnaires and apply the follow-up and supervision tools of the project;
• Ensure follow-up of the project’s progress and write suitable reports;
• Propose solutions and improvements concerning the project’s progress;
• Coordinate activities and sensitize local partners in the field;
• Ensure that all program-related data and information on the program is correct, updated, organized, and accessible to the country program, HQ, and other key stakeholders and that lessons learned and best practices are documented;
• Maintain proper archiving of all partner files;
• Maintain up-to-date partnership trackers.

Position Requirements:

• A university degree or equivalent in international affairs, law, business management, Health, or Social studies, (Master’s degree preferred);
• A minimum of five (5) years experience in managing partnership relationships with experience in FSL, Health and Nutrition, and WASH activities;
• Experience in FSL assessments including cash and market assessments in both development and emergency contexts;
• Clear understanding of cross-cutting issues in the field such as environment, disability, gender, and child protection;
• Proven management and coordination skills (HR, projects, and stress management);
• Proven ability to translate analysis and evaluation into operational planning and strategy;
• Experience with evaluations and monitoring as well as Program Cycle Management;
• Experience with research and partnership developments with universities;
• Experience with donor communications;
• Good diplomatic and negotiation skills;
• Disciplined and able to work and arrive at decisions autonomously and with minimal guidance;
• Excellent English writing and editing skills.

Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusionThe deadline for this position is Thursday, 2nd May 2024.Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing)Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.Other benefits include but are not limited to 100% health care coverage, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.Women at ACF are entitled to benefits such as maternity leave, compassionate leave for a hospitalized child, and creche facilities for babies and toddlers.All candidates MUST ensure they answer all the questions asked for this application. Failure to do so means candidates will not be considered for the process.Powered by JazzHR

Location: Maiduguri, Borno State

Job date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:42:15 GMT

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