Partnership Officer

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