Partnership Officer At INTERSOS

Overview of role:

Based in Maiduguri with regular travel to operational field-based areas, the Partnership Officer will provide support to the INTERSOS mission in the identification and development of quality partnership with local actors, in close collaboration with the Liaison Officer/Grant & Reporting Manager and Field Coordinator.

Responsibilities:

Generic tasks :

• Partnership development
• Lead the mapping of local actors in given areas/sectors, establishing and maintaining a partnership database that maps out partner capacity, influence, and strategic alignment;
• Supporting the pre-selection of local partners and the collection of relevant information, organization of meetings with relevant stakeholders and participation in humanitarian coordination forums;
• Lead the assessment of pre-selected actors, in collaboration with the designated finance person: the partnership officer will support in the analysis of procedures and strategic documents, organize and conduct the assessment meetings, consolidate the assessment results;
• Analyze the assessment results, propose strategic orientation for partnership identification and development;
• Leading the vetting process, organizing community meetings and reference checks and counter-terrorism checks;
• Partnership Management
• Facilitating the development and signing of partnership agreements and MoUs, at strategic and grant-based level;
• Leading the development of bilateral capacity strengthening plans;
• Support the planning and implementation of capacity strengthening activities for local partners;
• Coordination of INTERSOS capacity strengthening activities at the local level, involving department heads or assisting in the identification of external providers;
• Communicate and exchange information directly with partners and stakeholders;
• Help ensure partners’ involvement in strategic planning, program design and proposal/concept paper development,
• Take part in and/or organize regular meetings with the partner organizations;
• Support the development of Country Partnership Management Matrix
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of partnership programs and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Coordination and reporting
• Supporting Program Coordinator/Head of mission with liaising activities with local authorities and partners;
• Participate in any Partnership-related Working Groups that will support the development and operationalization of the partnership strategy.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop joint initiatives, leverage resources, and share best practices.
• Attend regular meetings at local/national office level.
• Ensure ongoing communication with identified partners.
• As part of the project development process, facilitate the coordination with the partner(s) involved and provide relevant inputs related to localization/partnership in the proposals.
• Focal point for internal reporting on localization/partnership activities
• Engage in work outside of the core job description as needed.

  Essential requirements:

• Professional requirements
• Education
• University degree in Social Sciences, Administration, or related field.
• Professional experience
• At least 3 years of basic work experience in a humanitarian setting. Professional requirements
• Basic knowledge of the structure and procedures of international NGOs.
• Good understanding of the humanitarian cluster system and working groups/sectors.
• Previous experience with international NGOs and/or local NGOs.
• Technical knowledge of project management and grants.
• Preferred: experience conducting trainings.
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and Internet)
• Personal requirements
• Humanitarian motivation and commitment
• Flexibility
• Effective communication skills
• Languages Fluency in languages according to the country