Partnerships Manager

Job Description

Title: Partnerships Manager

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's/ Master's degree with major in Development Studies/ Economics/ Business Administration or any other relevant field

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Work Location: IRC-Bangladesh, Cox`s Bazar Office
∎ Reporting to: Partnerships Coordinator
∎ Department: Partnership
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length :1 year (with possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
∎ The Partnerships Manager is a key position supporting the Bangladesh Country Program. With the overall objective of achieving high quality and compliant programming, the main goal of this position is to manage a partnership portfolio and support the Partnership Working Group to ensure effective sub-grants management and build strong, sustainable partners. The post holder will coordinate the daily management of the sub-award lifecycle and invest in their sustainable growth and capacity for the Bangladesh portfolio.
∎ The post is required to coordinate with the following parties:
∎ Internal: Technical Coordinators, Partnerships Department Staff, Finance team, Supply Chain team.
∎ External: Partner staff

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Promote Effective Partnerships:
∎ Promote and apply the IRC's Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results system (PEERS); contribute to building a strong understanding of PEERS throughout the Bangladesh Country Program, and to ensuring that IRC's partnership principles, skills and approaches are applied by staff across programs and projects with partners
∎ Facilitate systematic partner feedback on IRC's management of the partnership relationship, including the documentation of, and response to partner feedback
∎ Partnership Management:
∎ Support the Partnership Working Group with facilitation and coordination of all partnership management processes to ensure well planned, timely, coordinated and coherent partnership management
∎ Lead in the overall management of all partnerships in your portfolio and all PEERS processes / documentation
∎ Support the program team in facilitation of Partnership Project Opening, review and Closing Meetings
∎ Coordinate narrative and finance reporting processes, including reviews and feedback
∎ Support the Partnership Working Group members to ensure timely and effective partner program, finance, and compliance review and reflection (monitoring)
∎ Support the Partnership Working Group members to ensure project support plans are implemented in line with agreements
∎ Maintain complete and organized partnership files for each partner
∎ Maintain up to date Partnership Project Tracker/ Monitoring Schedule
∎ Process sub-awards modifications in a timely manner ensuring that the relevant IRC units (in-country and at the HQ) provide their inputs and approve the modification
∎ Support the Partnership Working Group to ensure the smooth close out of partner projects, as applicable
∎ Responsible for managing the relevant partnership email inbox

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in (I)NGO in humanitarian or development programs
∎ Experience working with FCDO, ECHO and other European donors preferred
∎ Demonstrated successful experience in partners and/or grants management
∎ Experience in tracking agreed plans with multiple sectors
∎ Experience using various project management tools
∎ Demonstrable understanding of project planning and project cycle management
∎ Required to be able to function comfortably in a complex work environment, under pressure whilst prioritizing multiple tasks
∎ Ability to conduct analysis and come up with plans of actions and recommendations
∎ Ability to build good working relationships and work effectively with program, field staff and HQ from a distance
∎ Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes
∎ Self-motivated and able to handle multiple work demands
∎ Diplomatic and tactful, able to work with diverse teams
∎ Strong ability to communicate and maintain positive working relationships with external and internal audiences is highly desirable for this position
∎ Adhere to the partnership principles and promote the principles within all key department from the IRC and partners' staff
∎ Excellent command over MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint
∎ Fluency in English Language is essential

Salary:
∎ Competitive Base Pay with Fringe Benefits (As per IRC National Pay Scale in Bangladesh)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 13 Dec 2022

Company Information:
∎ 5 Dec 2022
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Category: NGO/Development