Partnerships Coordinator - (Staff National e International)
Overview
The Partnerships Coordinator is responsible for leading processes related to partnerships throughout the project cycle, including strategy development, compliance, donor reporting, and grants management with civil society organizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development, rollout, and revision of DRC Venezuela’s partnerships and localization strategy.
- Support the identification and selection of implementing partners.
- Review partner narrative and financial inputs to proposals and project modifications.
- Support the monitoring of partners’ progress against programme targets and spending against budgets.
- Ensure sub-grant agreements (SGAs) are drafted, monitored, and followed up on.
- Conduct partner monitoring visits.
- Advocate for mainstreaming of partnership management.
- Review and improve partnership management processes and tools.
- Ensure partnership management processes comply with DRC’s global policies and donor rules.
- Improve partnership practices by assessing the approach, capturing lessons learned, and making recommendations.
- Ensure partner assessments are completed and actioned.
- Explore new partnership opportunities and identify potential partners.
- Coordinate with partners and DRC teams for the development of concept notes and proposals.
- Ensure kick-off, grant review meetings and close-out meetings are held.
- Support the partnership team to implement grants management processes.
- Support the coordination of donor visits.
- Maintain up-to-date information on donor strategies, priorities, and funding opportunities.
- Support the development of an overall localization strategy.
- Undertake capacity development assessments for partners’ staff.
- Plan capacity development programmes and support the delivery of activities.
- Provide capacity building to the DRC team.
- Oversee internal and external partner reporting.
- Ensure the accuracy of the partners’ portion of the relevant Grants trackers.
Required Experience
Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with an I/NGO. At least 3 years of proven experience in partnership management and capacity building of local civil society organizations. Understanding of best practices and strategies in partnership programming. Experience in training facilitation and inputting to training content. Adequate grant management (program and budget) skills. In-depth understanding of the civil society operating environment in Venezuela, and adequate knowledge on legal and financial risks associated with partnership modality. Experience in implementing projects through local partners and providing direct technical support to local organizations. Experience in writing high quality proposals for large donors, such as, EU donors, ECHO, SDC, GFFO and UN agencies. Knowledge of donor rules and regulations with a focus on ECHO, SDC and country-based pooled funds (Venezuela Humanitarian Fund). Demonstrated ability to prioritize large workloads, to consistently meet deadlines and adapt in a complex and challenging work environment. Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and in teams.
Qualifications
University degree in law, political science, international development, economics or another relevant field.
