Partnership Manager / Менеджер (-ка) з партнерства

Background

Global Communities, formerly CHF International, is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable. Global Communities is responding to the crisis in Ukraine, delivering humanitarian assistance through a community-led response. Global Communities’ response is designed with the goal of saving lives, reducing suffering, and addressing urgent needs while supporting communities to lead their own response and setting them up for recovery. 

Job Summary

The Partnerships Manager will directly manage and coordinate all relevant partnerships for the humanitarian response in Ukraine, including contributing to the partnership approach strategy, designing tools, collaborating on grant making and monitoring and supporting capacity development plans. The position will be based in Kyiv and will report to the Deputy Program Director on Partnerships.

Essential Responsibilities

The Capacity Building Coordinator will be responsible for the following: 

• Provide technical vision and strategy and corresponding tools for the Ukraine humanitarian response’s partnership programming and contribute to the partnership strategy for the humanitarian response.
• Coordinate the project design for partner CSOs through the co-creation and grant-making process in collaboration with the Grants team. 
• Develop monitoring plans and collaborate with MEAL team to ensure appropriate monitoring and documentation of monitoring results throughout program delivery.
• Coordinate with program management teams, technical and operational teams to provide capacity building and oversight support to partner programs.
• Collaborate with project leadership of civil society/governance programs to minimize risks of duplication across humanitarian and development programs.
• Support the development of advocacy priorities specifically related to partners or locally led humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.
• Represent GC in relevant fora to coordinate and collaborate on partnership approaches.
• Develop and implement tools required for partnership programming — including capacity assessments, capacity development plans, monitoring of organizational development and learning and adapting approaches and tools.
• Provide mentoring support to partner organizations where required.
• Support the identification of and accessibility of training resources for partners specifically linked to partner capacity development plans, humanitarian assistance or safety and security for partners.
• Update Global Communities partnership related tools to align with engaging smaller organizations involved in Ukraine response.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders, including community leaders and other implementation partners. 
• Contribute to required internal and external reporting, by support of drafting of bi-weekly/monthly/quarterly program reports, and success stories related to partner programming as required.
• Visit project locations and partner activities in Ukraine as required for appropriate oversight and representation with up to 25% travel within Ukraine.
• Timely preparation and submission of weekly, monthly, and quarterly work plans and inclusion of supervisor feedback is required. 
• Supervision responsibilities.

Position Requirements

Education

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required; a degree in social sciences, psychology, social work, international development, or other related field is preferred.

Experience

• Experience working in a humanitarian emergency, conflict, post-conflict, or post-disaster settings and in implementing protection programs and humanitarian aid distributions.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in partnership, CSO development activities, other CSO related coordination work. 
• Demonstrated experience working on civil society and governance programming and working directly with partners in Ukraine.
• Demonstrated experience with developing and implementing tools for partnership selection and management.
• Demonstrated experience with capacity development or developing and facilitating training.
• Prior experience working on USAID (incl BHA), UN or other donor funded programs preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new environments and work with multi-national staff.
• Experience in working with Ukrainian CSOs (civil society organizations), including CSOs capacity building. 
• Facilitation and training delivering skills are preferred. 

Skills

• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, demanding environment, often working under pressure in insecure environments.
• Ability to process information and synthesize for key decision- makers.
• The ability to identify and problems as they arrive and proposing solutions across organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization.
• A team player who can work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Exemplary time management, multi-tasking skills, and attention to detail necessary to meet deadlines and coordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• A strong understanding of the Ukraine context, and Ukrainian CSOs.
• Strong knowledge of the grant-making process is an advantage. 
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills.
• MS Office package knowledge.
• Ability and willingness to travel (up to 25%) to target communities.

Language

Professional proficiency in written and spoken and Ukrainian and/or Russian, working level of English is an advantage. 

Global Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. 

Please send your applications via e-mail: [email protected]

Global Communities is committed to ensuring a safe and respectful environment for all staff, representatives, partners, participants, and anyone with whom Global Communities interacts worldwide, especially children and adults at risk. All Global Communities staff and representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of breach of our safeguarding policies. In addition, it is Global Communities’ policy that it is the responsibility of anyone engaged with Global Communities to proactively build a safe and supportive environment in our work. All our staff and representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.