Job Type : Contract
Industry : Administration/Operation
Education Level : Managerial Level
Requisition ID: req26894
Job Title: Senior Partnership Manager
Sector: Administrative/General Office
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Tanzania
Job Description
ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the
world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their
lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers
lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from
war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, we restore safety, dignity
and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads
the way from harm to home.
BACKGROUND
For over half a century, Tanzania has been a country of
asylum, hosting one of the largest refugee populations in Africa.
Currently, the country hosts approximately 280,000 Burundian and Congolese
refugees and asylum seekers
Within this context, IRC provides protection and basic
assistance in the areas of child and youth protection and development,
community-based rehabilitation for persons with disabilities and special needs,
gender-based violence / women’s protection and empowerment, livelihoods, mental
health services and sexual reproductive health care, and education
both in refugee camps and amongst Tanzanian host communities
in the Kigoma region and beyond.
Job Overview: The Senior Partnership Manager (SPM) will support the IRC
Tanzania Country Program in its strategic management and oversight of its
robust partnerships across the country. The SPM will facilitate the Tanzania
team’s delivery of high-quality partnerships that are strategic for IRC,
compliant with IRC and donor requirements in order to provide quality
services and outcomes for the communities we serve, consistent with the IRC’s
PEER System. Working in close collaboration with the programs, grants and
operations departments, the SPM will oversee all steps in the partnership
management lifecycle ensuring that partnerships are appropriately integrated
into the overall project cycle management. With the support of the Senior Management Team and in
coordination with the Deputy Director of Programmes and the Grants
Coordinator in particular, the Senior Partnerships Manager will also be a
leader in building and promoting a culture, attitudes, and values conducive
to collaborative partnerships among the team on mutual planning, trust
building and assessment and facilitation of partners for the IRC Tanzania
Programme. The Senior Partnerships Manager will report directly to
the Deputy Director of Programmes. The Senior Partnerships Manager is based
in Dar es Salaam, with travel to the field sites when necessary. Areas of Responsibility: Strategy and Program Approach Co-facilitate and support robust stakeholder analysis
processes and informed decisions in each outcome area as to whether working
in partnership with local civil society, government and private sector
actors, or implementing services directly, or both, will produce the best
outcomes for the people we serve. Collaborate with technical coordinators to proactively
identify potential partnerships with local and national organizations,
including those that are led by women and serve women and girls. Co-facilitate and guide partner mapping and selection
processes to identify new partners, including to identify women-led and
women/girls serving organizations. Proactively engage partners in program development
efforts. Provide support and facilitation to the SMT to- evolve the
structures and partnership practices and process. Collaborate with TCs to build partnership relationships
with civil society organizations, government entities and private sector
actors, as well as with networks, including to establish and foster strategic
partnerships consistent with the SAP targets Promote Effective Partnership Promote and apply the IRC’s Partnership Excellence for
Equality and Results system (PEERS). Contribute to building a strong
understanding of PEERS throughout the Country Programme and to ensure that
IRC’s partnership principles, skills and approaches are applied by staff
across programs and projects with partners. In collaboration with TCs, promote and support approaches
that maximize collaboration with partners in program design and decision
making, and equitable resource allocation, consistent with PEERS and Impact
Standards Facilitate systematic partner feedback on IRC’s management
of the partnership relationship, including the documentation of, and response
to partner feedback. Monitor for opportunities to improve IRC’s overall performance
as a partner and make periodic recommendations to SMT. Provide a quarterly Partnership Management Report to the
SMT, incorporating input from technical coordinators and operational leads as
appropriate. Manage the Partnership Working Group (co-responsible
for delivering the functions of the PWG), including referral of issues to
Senior Management Team as appropriate. Partnership Agreement Management With support from the Grants Coordinator, facilitate and
coordinate partnership management processes to ensure well planned, timely,
coordinated, and coherent partnership management. Co-facilitate and guide competitive and non-competitive
partner selection processes to identify new partners, as well as new
applications from existing partners. Manage and facilitate funding opportunities for local and
national civil society organizations, making efforts to target women-led and
women/girls serving organizations. Coordinate and co-lead Partner Identity and Background
Review (Vetting) processes, including completion of the report for approval. Coordinate and co-lead Partner's Project Capacity Review
(PPCR) processes, including contributing to and facilitating the
collaborative risk analysis and management. Promote and guide principled,
collaborative risk analysis and management with partners across all
organizational functions, consistent with PEERS, and advise on material risk
mitigation. Determine appropriate partnership agreement type and draft
agreement, taking into account the due diligence outcomes and specific
project and donor requirements, liaising with HQ for review and approval (and
obtaining donor approvals as necessary). Co-lead Partnership Project Opening, Review and Closing
Meetings, together with the Technical Coordinator and facilitate partners'
involvement in IRC project cycle meetings where relevant. Coordinate and participate in timely and effective partner
program, finance, and compliance review and reflection (monitoring), and work
with the Technical Coordinator to address any project performance issues. Coordinate narrative and finance reporting processes,
including review and feedback. Liaise with finance to achieve timely funds transfers and proper
financial follow up and support for partners; work with finance to address
any challenges in payments and raise proposed disallowed costs to SMT. Work collaboratively with partners and IRC staff to
constructively resolve any issues that may arise. Where partner performance issues are identified,
facilitate timely action by the IRC to address any areas of non-performance
as they arise. Maintain complete and organized partnership files for each
partner. Co-lead the review of the performance of the partner, of
the IRC (including on the basis of partner feedback), and of the partnership,
including successes, challenges and lessons learned, fostering ongoing
partnerships beyond the sub-award project cycle. Partner Support and Capacity Sharing Facilitate the collaborative development and delivery of
the partner project support plan, ensuring that it appropriately addresses
issues identified in the due diligence process, and coordinate with relevant
departments for the timely, quality implementation of the plan Ensure IRC understands partner capacity strengthening
priorities and identifies opportunities and plans for IRC to support partner
capacity strengthening efforts. Support the resourcing of organizational development
support where appropriate for partners; coordinate organizational development
support to partners. Collaborate with technical coordinators to integrate
technical capacity sharing approaches, including how IRC can learn from local
partners. Promote and identify ways for continual learning between
IRC staff and partners. Partnership Resourcing, Training and
Development:
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Qualifications
Competencies: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian
aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. The International Rescue Committee provides
critical support to thousands of refugees living in Tanzania as a result of
ongoing conflict in neighboring countries.
Started work in Tanzania in 1993
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