TITLE: Partnerships Manager | |
PROGRAMME: Awards Team, Mali Country Office | LOCATION: Bamako, Mali |
GRADE: 3.1 | CONTRACT LENGTH: CDI |
CHILD SAFEGUARDING
Level 3: the role 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 in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. |
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ROLE PURPOSE
Working in partnership is central to Save the Children’s Theory of Change on how to maximize our impact for children. SCI Mali has identified working in partnership as a key programme approach and one of the country office’s priorities in the 2019 – 2021 Country Strategic Plan (CSP). The Partnership Manager will be responsible for delivering on this strategy, working to develop a strategic framework and systems to strengthen our partnerships with government, civil society, the private sector, research institutions and others. The Partnership Manager will be responsible for undertaking activities with regard to professional engagements of Save the Children with other partners and NGOs. This will involve collaborating with SC Country Offices (COs) supporting partners inside Mali, as well as, external organizations working with SCI partners. The Partnership Manager will coordinate SCI partnership approach in Mali, and support the development of our partnership approach to improve and adapt tools and practices. The Manager will play a lead role in strengthening Save the Children approaches to partnership, building on SCI’s global partnership principles. S/he will work across departments to establish systems and approaches for identifying, pursuing and maintaining effective partnerships that contribute to Save the Children’s strategic direction and support reaching breakthroughs for children. The Partnership Manager will map and identify new partnership opportunities, assess partner organization capacities, facilitate relevant capacity strengthening support, and provide ongoing support to the partner organization throughout the program implementation. S/he will work with the Awards Team, Consortium Managers and the Operations team to ensure that partner agreements are in place and donor/SCI requirements complied with by the partner organizations. |
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SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Head of Awards & Partnerships Dotted Line: None Staff directly reporting to this post: None Budget Responsibilities: N/A Role Dimensions: (e.g. complexity, relationships, communication with stakeholders) The Partnership Manager is a senior level position that works across departments (Programme Operations, Award Management, Program Development and Quality) to support the Country Office in establishing and continuously improving systems to support our partnership strategy. The Partnership Manager also engages externally, particularly in coordinating our partnership work with other INGOs, representing the organization in partnership discussions, and in helping to identify and pursue new partnership opportunities. S/he engages in Save the Children’s global and regional partnership discussions/initiatives, contributing learning and leveraging best practices from other contexts.
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Partnership Strategy: · Lead the implementation of the Save the Children in Partnership Strategy, informed by Global Partnership Framework and the context. · Participate in any Partnership Working Groups that will support the development and operationalization of the partnership strategy · Stay abreast of current trends in partnerships and share learning with country Senior Management Team (SMT) and others, as well as linking with the Regional and Global Partnership Focal Persons · Lead the CO in developing systematic approaches to selecting partners, and in identifying and pursuing strategic partnerships · As part of the strategy, clearly articulate a vision for Save the Children’s partnerships, and help promote that vision with Save the Children staff and partners. · Actively engage in global SC partnership communities of practice and link into the Partnership Working Group Partnership Systems and Policies: · Work across departments to develop systems and policies that are supportive of the Partnership Strategy, 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 organisation 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; · Establish and ensure implementation of standard communication framework and medium with partners, so that both Save the Children and partners have easier access to information · Define a standard framework of roles and responsibilities among various departments and between area office levels for partnership communication and engagement; · Establish and maintain a partnership database that maps out partner capacity, influence, and strategic alignment · Work with the humanitarian lead to set up systems for working with partners (implementing and strategic) in a humanitarian preparedness and response, as per the Core Humanitarian Standards Establishing partnerships: · Assess the current partnership portfolio identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks related to current partners
· Review existing partnering resources and identify additional needs to support capacity assessment, monitoring, compliance/vetting, project cycle management etc., coordinating closely with the field teams (Area Representatives). · Undertake the initial risk and capacity assessment of the partners Partner program management: · Develop, and/or coordinate with other departments in the management and monitoring systems in regards to partner programming
· Work with the grants management and legal teams, to ensure that partnership tools and financial standards meet donor requirements and lobby for adaptation and flexibility as needed · Provide support to the partner organization in the project cycle management of the SCI funded program, including ensuring work plans, phased budgets, procurement plans and benchmarks are in place for each project and assist partner teams to put these in place · Convene grant opening meetings with partners when new grants are awarded, involving SCI program staff, Area Representatives and Field Manager · Assist partner management to monitor outputs against activity plans and budgets and timeframes. Assist partner to strategize ways to ensure program delivery meets targets and to support their own organizational development towards operating as potential fully fledged NGOs. · Keep track of relevant technical, operational, finance, HR or grants issues and where necessary facilitate support from relevant SCI technical or operations teams to ensure continuous support and involvement at all stage of the program cycle · Facilitate the provision of technical advice by the SCI technical departments and ensure that the SCI technical staff checks the quality of the work on site · Work with finance teams, to ensure the timely payment of partner instalments, review of partner reports and the close out of partner sub-grants · Organize partner review meetings on a monthly basis with representation from partner and relevant SCI operations and program staff to discuss progress, roles, responsibilities, expectations, communication between the organizations, any conflict of policies, any areas of concern and future planning. Partnership Management and Capacity Development: · Coordinate key processes and actions between and among partners and Save the Children staff; · Establish and orient staff and partners on principles of partnership and partnership management; facilitate on-boarding of new partners; build capacity of SC staff to effectively work with partners; · Coordinate the strengthening of local and national partner capacity to deliver quality results for children, working across relevant departments to set up systems for coaching and capacity building; · In collaboration with partners, plan and facilitate regular partnership meetings between partners and Save the Children 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 across teams to carry out partner organizational capacity assessments. Analyse assessments to identify specific capacity building and organizational development needs, and provide training and targeted capacity strengthening support; · Promote relationships of mutual respect and mutual learning with partners, and provide guidance to relevant staff on balancing between holding partners accountable while supporting them; · Conduct periodic partnership audits to check on consistent application of core partnership strategy across projects and programs. · Work closely with operations to ensure partnership and risk assessments are conduced and relevant partnership functions and compliance maintained; · Work across departments to identify and address partnership-related action points, and to introduce new ways of working to make partnerships more effective; · Facilitate partners’ feedback on their partnership with Save the Children and work with relevant departments to address feedback; · Coordination with external agencies working with the same partners, ensuring a partner centred approach and minimizing risk of duplicating capacity strengthening efforts Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning: · Coordinate with the MEAL team to ensure the development and implementation of appropriate M&E and program management tools and systems for use by partners, and that appropriate training and ongoing support is provided to partners on use of the same;
· Analyse results of on-going partnerships, remote management and results on the ground to produce lessons learnt and inform strategic decision-making. |
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COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Delivering Results: · Maintains a broad strategic perspective at the same time as an awareness of the detail of a situation · Establishes clear and compelling objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance · Creates and applies measures and metrics to track performance · Holds others accountable for achieving results and challenges underperformance · Demonstrates financial awareness and a concern for cost effectiveness Applying Technical and Professional Expertise: · Makes decisions based on professional expertise and experience without deferring unnecessarily to others · Shares knowledge and best practice on technical solutions so that others can make best use of that expertise · Actively seeks new ways to develop the application of technical and professional standards within the team Problem Solving and Decision Making: · Gathers the right information and uses critical thinking to make effective and timely decisions · Knows when to involve others in a decision · Demonstrates awareness of the wider external influences that impact on decision making · Analyses and exercises judgment in challenging situations in the absence of specific guidance or knowledge of the full facts · Evaluates the opportunities and risks of each idea and solution to make informed strategic decisions Working effectively with others:
· Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximise impact Networking: · Builds trust with contacts through openness and honesty · Participates effectively in sensitive, complex and/or high impact relationships and networks · Builds strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders · Spots opportunities to bring together partnerships/working alliances that have not been used before |
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
Desirable: · Ability to speak and write in English and other local language(s) is highly desirable. · Experience of working in Mali · ECHO, EU, DANIDA, NORAD and DFID programme management experience · National level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN Agencies |
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