Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Tue, 31 Mar 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Syria
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We're changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
Location: Syria
The Role: 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 Syria, as well as, external organizations working with Syrian partners. The Partnership Manager will coordinate SC partnership approach in Syria, and support the development of our partnership approach to improve and adapt tools and practices. 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 project cycle. The postholder will work with the grants management to ensure that partner agreements are in place and donor/SCI requirements complied with by the partner organizations.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
- Post graduate or Master degree in relevant field
- Minimum 5 years work experience in the humanitarian sector/with NGOs, with at least 2 years experience in partnership based programming or community based programming
- Good skills and experience in all aspects of programme cycle management - design and development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
- Sound understanding of remote management/monitoring practices
- Experience in organizational capacity development, training, mentoring and coaching
- Excellent training, facilitation and capacity building skills
- Proven experience in field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
- Proven commitment to participatory approaches
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically
- An excellent team player with good skills in team work and consultative approach to decision making
- Demonstrable experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including a good track record of report writing
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the values, mission and principles of Save the Children
Desirable
- Ability to speak Arabic is highly desirable
- Experience of working in Syria
- ECHO, OFDA, and/or DFID programme management experience
- National level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: njuul.78127.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
Partnership Manager
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Tue, 17 Mar 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Tue, 31 Mar 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: Syria
Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We're changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
Location: Syria
The Role: 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 Syria, as well as, external organizations working with Syrian partners. The Partnership Manager will coordinate SC partnership approach in Syria, and support the development of our partnership approach to improve and adapt tools and practices. 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 project cycle. The postholder will work with the grants management to ensure that partner agreements are in place and donor/SCI requirements complied with by the partner organizations.
Qualifications and experience
Essential
Desirable
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: njuul.78127.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com