Program Officer (Grants and Partnerships)

Overview

Support the development and implementation of DRC Lebanon's partnership and localization agenda by strengthening strategic partnerships with local organizations and leading capacity-strengthening initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead partner capacity assessments and coordinate the development and implementation of capacity-strengthening plans.
• Conduct technical, organizational and programmatic capacity assessments and gap analyses.
• Develop capacity-strengthening frameworks, learning pathways and monitoring tools.
• Coordinate delivery of trainings, coaching, mentoring and accompaniment initiatives for partners.
• Support sector-specific capacity-building initiatives.
• Establish mechanisms to monitor progress in partner capacity development and institutional growth.
• Support documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, good practices and success stories.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer learning opportunities among partners.
• Support the implementation of DRC Lebanon's Partnership and Localization Strategy.
• Identify, map and engage prospective local and national partners.
• Support partner vetting, due diligence, assessments, and onboarding processes.
• Maintain regular communication and relationship management with partner focal points and DRC teams.
• Facilitate partner engagement throughout project lifecycle.
• Coordinate partnership review meetings, kick-off meetings, learning events and close-out processes.
• Monitor partnership performance and support risk mitigation.
• Support partner participation in programme development, assessments, and strategic discussions.
• Promote localization principles and equitable partnerships.
• Support grants, programme and technical teams in ensuring partnership commitments are reflected in project implementation plans.
• Support donor reporting requirements.
• Manage internal reporting workflows and processes.
• Provide timely, thorough responses to information requests.
• Support kick-off, mid-year review, and close out meetings for grants with local partners.
• Support updates and maintenance of all grants management processes.
• Support capacity building initiatives on reporting and grants guidelines for DRC staff and partner organizations.
• Support partners in understanding and complying with donor regulations, DRC requirements and partnership agreements.
• Follow up on capacity-strengthening commitments.
• Support partner reporting processes and contribute to reviewing partner narrative submissions.
• Conduct joint monitoring visits with technical teams and support functions.
• Contribute to partner monitoring frameworks and action-tracking mechanisms.
• Track donor communications deliverables, and support field teams and partners in collecting materials.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 2 years in partnership management, localization, organizational development, capacity strengthening, programme quality or related humanitarian programming roles.
• At least 2 years of experience in protection programming – CP, GBV;
• Demonstrated experience working with local and national NGOs, civil society organizations and community groups.
• Proven experience conducting organizational capacity assessments and supporting institutional strengthening processes.
• Experience designing and implementing capacity-building plans, training programmes, coaching and mentoring initiatives.
• Experience supporting grant implementation, reporting and programme quality processes.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in International Development, Social Sciences, International Relations, Human Rights, Organizational Development, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field.

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