Partnership Coordinator

Syria

Humanitarian/Disasters

Finished or Exempted (For male)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Partnership management:
• Explore local actors’ existing responses, roles, capacities and interest to partner with INGOs.
• Support partner mapping and scoping at hub-level, including identifying potential value added of parties (including Oxfam).
• Liaise with Area Manager(s) and Syria CO leadership to identify local actors aligned with Oxfam’s work, mission and (programmatic) priorities in Syria.
• Support or lead the setting-up of partnership building conversations with potential partners.
• Explore ways to extend (informal) partnership relations to diversify Oxfam in Syria’s partnership portfolio by building on previous Oxfam in Syria engagement with less formalised organisations, including non-registered and women/youth-led local groups and charities.
• Lead and coordinate with different departments on partnership assessment processes and tasks (due diligence, capacity assessments) and provide guidance to involved Oxfam in Syria staff.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of a transparent partnership assessment process.
• Support financial and other colleagues on documentation, contracting and compliance of legal partner contracts, conditions and amendments.
• Ensure that partner organisations receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting, communications and other organisational requirements.
• Based on Oxfam’s partnership principles, set up a monitoring agreement with each partner, with a dual emphasis on compliance and risk management for funds and goods, as well as a monitoring plan to measure the impact of capacity strengthening agreements/actions on organisational capacity and ability to implement good quality programmes.
• Support partner-led advocacy, influencing and communication activities, in collaboration with the advocacy and policy leads in the Syria programme.
• In collaboration with each partner, develop clear action plans for capacity strengthening of partners outlining necessary resources and including the required type of support (training, coaching, development of policy / tools, field trips, shadowing, exchange visits, Oxfam staff seconded into partner etc.), to overcome capacity gaps, if any.
• Coordinate with relevant senior staff to plan for appropriate technical support and mentoring, including in the fields of finance, procurement, MEAL and HR.
• Regularly review partnership relations, milestones and ways of working to shape and evaluate the health of the relationship through open dialogue and the monitoring of progress.
Strengthen internal partnership ways of working:
• Ensure country and hub teams are familiar with Oxfam’s partnership principles and policies, including commitments to the Charter for Change, Grand Bargain etc.
• Provide coaching to Oxfam in Syria staff on equitable partnering, principles and behaviours.
• Facilitate cross-hub learning on partnership lessons learned and good practices.
• Enable and facilitate meaningful participation and engagement of partner staff in the full project cycle and Oxfam in Syria’s programmatic planning processes.
• In collaboration with the DCD-P, Advisors and Ams, implement the Oxfam in Syria partnership strategy (2024-2026) and ensure socialisation amongst Oxfam in Syria teams.


Other:
• Represent the Syria programme in partnership- and localisation-focused coordination meetings where and when relevant.
• Encourage and enable civil society actors to meaningfully engage in formal coordination activities and cluster meetings.
• Ensure the work of, and leadership by, local actors is visible and promoted in media and donor visits.
• Support in regular and joint learning exercises with partners in various stages of the partnership, and promote learning across.
• Capture partnership-related lessons learned and good practices, and promote learning across countries and by creating spaces for sharing, innovation and peer-to-peer learning within the Oxfam confederation and, where appropriate, with external networks and allies.

• Graduate qualification in relevant field related to humanitarian and/or development programming and strategies.
• 3-5+ years of relevant experience in an local, national or international NGO.
• Experience and proven ability of working with national and/or local partner organisations, and an understanding of the challenges they face.
• Firm commitment and belief in the principle of working with partners on humanitarian and early recovery needs.
• A proven understanding of humanitarian principles and the ability to put them into practice.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with international and local NGOs, government entities and communities.
• Excellent leadership and people skills with the ability to work with a wide range of different stakeholders, with varying levels of ability and understanding of humanitarian work.
• Ability to work with others to develop vision into strategy and concrete longer-term plans, and to communicate and influence.
• Excellent personal communication skills, in writing and verbal communication (Arabic and English).
• Flexible in style, with the ability to think of creative and pragmatic solutions to complex problems and adjusting to constantly-changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and goals.
• Ability to travel around Syria, including for overnight stays.

vacancy closing date : 28 Mar 2024

Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.

In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.

Mar 14, 2024

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