Partnership Manager

Partnership Manager

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut, with frequent travel to areas all over Lebanon

CONTRACT TYPE: 1 year, renewable

JOB FAMILY: Programmes

ONE OXFAM GRADE: C2        ZONE:

DEPARTMENT:

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                         

TEAM: Senior Programmes Team

SALARY: tbc

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.  

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: Oxfam in Lebanon (OiL) has established a strong network of local organizations who have collaborated in various sectors while adhering to Oxfam’s Partnership Principles. The working relationship between OiL and our partners has developed from providing financial support and capacity building to co-leading funding opportunities on certain interventions while continuing to offer consistent support for organizations to navigate through a difficult operating environment. The Partnership Manager will be tasked with overseeing OiL’s partnership portfolio, ensuring our partnership manager is administratively sound and compliant as well as working with partner focal points to ensure adequate support is provided to implement programmes at quality and scale.

JOB PURPOSE: The Partnership Manager will oversee the management, coordination and risk management of OiL’s partnership portfolio. The Partnership Manager will work closely with all OiL departments to ensure a unified approach is taken to partnership management and to increase efficiency as well as effectiveness of OiL’s approach to management.

JOB REPORTS TO

Deputy Country Director - Programmes

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

N/A

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

N/A

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

Lebanon

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

• OiL Country Leadership Team
• OiL Senior Programme Team
• OiL Finance and Logistics Departments
• OiL Programme/Project Managers
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Partnership Relations Management (60%)

• Socialise and institutionalise OiL Partnership Roadmap withing OiL and partner
• In coordination with DCD and Programme Coordinators, oversee, and develop where necessary, the partnership relations management operating procedures for OiL that set out efficient and responsive processes, delineate clear roles and responsibilities at project and programme level
• Oversee, facilitate and support on all aspects of a partnership relationship management, from partner identification, due-diligence, agreement development, start-up, coordinating all program, operations and finance components
• Oversee the maintenance and coordination of partner program, finance and compliance monitoring schedules and coordinate support for partners to address any concerns or issues that may arise.
• Participate in regular partner monitoring visits to ensure that partners operate in compliance with OiL and donor regulations.
• Support and monitor the timely submission of accurate financial and activity reports from partners.
• Ensure that comprehensive electronic files for partnerships are maintained and partner mapping is up-to-date and accessible to all programs.
• Ensure close follow up and development of partnerships that do not have a financial component.

 Strategic Oversight (20%)

• Maintain and regularly update OiL’s partnership strategy and coordinate closely with all departments to ensure its successful implementation.
• Identify key stakeholders for effective programming through stakeholder analysis and social network analysis
• Promote an effective analysis of local stakeholders and an appropriate identification of OiL’s role.
• Guide and support programs in the development of partnership relationships with local and national stakeholders including local/national authorities, private sector and academia.
• Ensure the Actor Mapping is up-to-date and accessible to all programs.

Capacity Development and Strengthening (20%)

• Identify and develop specific capacity building activities for OiL staff on engaging with partners.
• Engage with partners on provide technical support in their area of expertise to Oxfam staff.
• Ensure all issues identified in the assessment phase are addressed through project support plans and that these are implemented in a timely and effective manner.
• Identify and coordinate opportunities to support partners through Oxfam’s Partner Capacity Assessment processes, and the development of capacity strengthening plans based on those processes.
• Collaborate with the programme teams to integrate technical capacity strengthening approaches with organizational development support as appropriate.
• Support OiL staff working with partners on skills related to capacity strengthening.
• Develop tools that can be used by OiL staff when supporting the partner’s capacity strengthening plans.

CORE DIMENSIONS (see Standard Role Profiles)

• Helps shape local level objectives within a specific team.
• Provides specialist advice or specific skills to their team or programme unit.
• Management tasks are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or function.
• Requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide audience.
• Decision-making requires significant levels of judgement based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported by line management or the programme team.
• Delegated authority to supervise junior staff and/or volunteers and delegated projects/activities. 
• Problems vary and include a combination of routine and some complex. 
• Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work. 
• Required to make sound judgements regularly within agreed processes using a good understanding of the team and the facilities of the team. 
• Communication is largely with internal staff, (including internationally) also with some external contacts and target audiences to support operational work. 
• Analysis and communication of some complex information at a simple level is required to a wide audience to promote and influence 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Vision Setting
• Mutual accountability

In addition:

• Minimum 5 years professional work experience in international humanitarian/development work, including in the MENA region;
• Demonstrated experience in managing and engaging partnerships with local and international organizations, private sector, academia and/or local authorities;
• Demonstrated technical expertise and experience in partner management;
• Experience in representation and networking, in particular with national and local authorities, humanitarian and development actors and donors;
• Proven analytical and strategic planning skills;
• High-level communications and people skills;
• Excellent writing and communication skills able to negotiate effectively between different stakeholders, and to represent the Consortium at high level forums;
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English

Desirable

• Technical Expertise and experience in entrepreneurship initiative and the private sector.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken Arabic and/ or French
• Knowledge of EU procedures

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.