Job Description
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
The Partnerships and Safer Program Coordinator contribute to:
Partnership Development and Management
- Provide orientation on SCI partnership standards and principles to ensure that staff are aware of the various partnerships standards.
- Support programs in ensuring quality partnership management and knowledge sharing, including regular sector-based partner meetings.
- Support in facilitating partnership processes related to the identification, assessment, selection of partners ensuring transparency and accountability therein.
- Work with program team as required to ensure that partner capacity strengthening is properly integrated and implemented in program planning and budget.
- Support program teams to design and implement good processes/criteria for scoping, selection and assessment of potential partners
- Work in close coordination with the Partnerships Director to ensure that all staff are aware and oriented on the CO partnerships strategy
- Provide input into the development of partnership monitoring systems and tools for the CO
- Work across other key departments and units (MEAL, Finance, Supply Chain, Awards , thematic and program) to ensure a comprehensive partnership capacity building plan in place and its monitoring is in place
Quality Assurance of Partnership Management
- Lead in quality assurance of Partner Agreements/ MOUs with governmental and non-governmental partners under the field office
- Work with partners for the preparation of partner contracts such as partner agreements and memorandum of understanding etc.
- Lead, monitor and support the field office in meeting compliance on partnership standards including quality framework standards and key performance indicators.
- Ensure all staff are updated on the SCI and CO standard partnership policies, tools, guidelines etc.
Partners and Staff capacity Development
- Support in designing training /orientation on partnership management for SCI staff under the field office.
- Lead on implementation of capacity assessments with partners, developing corresponding capacity strengthening plans and coordinating and monitoring the execution.
- Provide technical advice to partners and programs staff on facilitating organizational capacity strengthening based on plans.
- Play a lead role in strengthening the capacity of the partner in coordination with different functions under the field office.
- Lead the roll out and implementation of the Nepal Partner Graduation Model at the field office
Partnerships Risk Management
- In coordination with field office units conduct partners risk assessment and develop risk mitigation measures in the field office.
- Support field program team for the settlement of partner disputes and the management and close-out of suspected /confirmed fraud/mismanagement cases.
- Facilitate Filed Office staff in conducting self-assessment of partnership risks and management.
Partnership Monitoring and Reporting
- Provide technical support for joint monitoring of partnership and develop a master monitoring plan and tracker for partner.
- Develop and share quarterly reports on partner capacity development, risk assessment of partners and risk mitigation measures that have been implemented.
- Lead to organize semi-annual partnership progress review to exchange the learning and promising approaches.
- Work with programs and ACCM department to ensure documentation and sharing of case studies and promising approaches within partnership management to be shared with different stakeholders
Safeguarding in Partner
- Organize various training/orientation for SCI and partner staff on safeguarding policies and on the concept of safer programming in direct coordination with the CO Safeguarding Focal Person.
- Support the capacity development of partner on identifying safeguarding risks in program and develop mitigating measures to minimize and prevent them.
- Ensure safeguarding elements are included in program quality benchmark (QBM) and support MEAL team to develop QBM from safeguarding lens.
- Support MEAL and program team to develop monitoring checklist of program by incorporating safeguarding indicators.
- Conduct regular visits to project sites to ensure that reporting system is working and beneficiaries are well-known on how to provide feedback and report safeguarding concern and issues.
- Liaise with country office safeguarding lead to ensure uniform messages of safeguarding are disseminated among internal field team, partner and at the community level.
- Support country office safeguarding lead in managing safeguarding concerns coming from field location and from partners.
- Work as safer program focal person for field office.
Job Specification
Qualifications and Experience:
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences or equivalent with minimum of 3 years (2 years for GSI group) of relevant experience in I/NGOs or bachelor’s degree with minimum of 5 years (3 years for GSI group) of relevant experience in an I/NGOs
Essential
- Thorough understanding and demonstrated commitment to child rights issues and the guiding principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including non-discrimination, child participation and the best interest of the child.
- Having practical experience on partnership management processes, including capacity strengthening and organisational development practices
- Experience doing project monitoring and investigation.
- Experience of planning and undertaking training programmes/workshops for partner
- Demonstrable commitment to Children’s Rights.
Desirable
- Extensive knowledge about partnership and localization strategy.
- Familiarity with humanitarian assistance and long-term development work in order to communicate effectively with partners.
- A full understanding of political, economic and social contexts of the Country
- Experience of working within challenging environments.
Required No.(s): 1 (Nepalese Citizen Only)
Contract length: Fixed Term
Location: Bardibas field office
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