Created in 1979, Action Against Hunger is a non-governmental organization that fights against hunger. Its charter of humanitarian principals- independence, neutrality, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism, transparency – has been part of its identity for more than 35 years. Its mission is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of under-nutrition, particularly during and after emergency situations linked to conflicts or natural disasters. Action contre la Faim focuses its actions on 5 main areas of expertise: Nutrition and Health – Mental Health and Care Practices – Food Security and Livelihoods – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – Advocacy. In 2016, Action contre la Faim provided aid to 14.7 million people in more than 49 countries worldwide. www.actioncontrelafaim.org

 

We are looking for

A Partnership Manager

 

Context: Irak, based in Erbil

 

Length of contract: 6 months, starting on February the 15^th, 2020. Please note this position is subject to fundings.

 

The position:

In collaboration with the Deputy Country Director, the Heads of Departments and the Field Coordinators, you are the person in charge of developing our Iraq’s partnership approach and strategy: you develop the systems & processes for managing partnerships & support as well as building capacities of the teams in partnership management.

You ensure that Action Against Hunger is considering various types of partnerships, including LNGO, CSO, private sector, consortium, cooperatives, local authorities, etc.

 

More specifically:

You coordinate and lead the development of Action Against Hunger Iraq’s partnership strategy

Mapping and analysis of national NGOs working in areas and sectors of ACF operation

Coordinating with DCD and other key staff members to define partnership approach across various partnership modalities

Acting as partnership lead for ACF Iraq, coordinating with other country offices and HQ on regional or global initiatives on partnership

 

You lead the development of systems and processes for managing local partnerships

Developing the process and tools for partners identification and selection

Defining the partner vetting and due diligence processes

Establishing standard MOUs, sub-agreements and other processes to manage partnerships

 

You provide technical support and advice on selection, design and management of local partnerships

Supporting the teams in identifying relevant national NGOs and initiate calls for partnership proposals

Facilitating the assessment, selection and vetting process for local partners

Supporting the project design and proposal development of projects including local partners

Closely working with programs and MEAL teams to develop and implement MEAL plans for partners

Monitoring and conducting lessons learned and evaluations of partnerships

 

You build capacity of partners and Action Against Hunger Iraq staff to manage partnerships

Supporting the development and implementation of capacity development plans for partners

Supporting the bases to manage partnerships: conduct workshops with Program Managers, provide technical support, advice and on the field trainings

Facilitating lessons learnt meetings or workshops on specific partnership experiences

 

The applicant:

You hold a Master’s degree in fundraising, public relations, communications, development, humanitarian aid or international relations.

You have a significant field experience within the international humanitarian sector in similar contexts directly engaged with project management linked to partnership development and capacity building.

You have strong understanding and commitment to partnership principles as well as a good knowledge of donor compliance and rules and regulations

You have strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable you federate staff and stakeholders around a common objective.

You are proactive, self-starter with good organisational skills that enable you to autonomously lead a follow-up transversal projects.

 

You have full proficiency in spoken and written English; Arabic and/or Kurdish would be an advantage

 

Status:

• Monthly gross salary from 2 412€ to 3 129€ upon experience.
• Per diem and living allowance: 456€ net  – paid in the field
• + 150€  as country allowance
• + 16% of monthly gross salary as reimbursement of retirement insurance for non-French citizen.

Transportation and accommodation:

• Coverage of transportation costs to and in the mission.
• Individual room in guesthouse covered

 Medical coverage: 100% coverage of medical expenses + repatriation insurance.

 Leaves and RnR: 

• 25 days of paid leaves per year.
• + 20 RnR per year.
• + 215 € at each RnR period every 12 weeks.
• Coverage of the transportation expenses to the RnR area of reference.

 Training: Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Cross knowledge ©.

 

Working Environment:

Presentation of the mission: Action Against Hunger has been operating in Iraq since 2013, following the sudden massive influx of refugees fleeing the Syrian crisis. The multiple offensives of ISIS have caused the displacement of more than three million people across the country. In the summer of 2014, attacks on Mosul and the Sinjar region pushed hundreds of thousands of people into Iraqi Kurdistan. ACF has since been implementing its humanitarian response with an integrated, multi-sectoral approach, addressing WASH, Mental Health & Care Practices, Food Security & Livelihoods amongst the Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camp and non-camp settings, as well as returnees and host communities. In 2019, ACF is willing to continue the humanitarian intervention in the areas still presenting urgent needs but also focusing on post-emergency / recovery interventions. Our team is running operations of approximatively 9 million euros. The main donors of the mission are OFDA, EU through MADAD, GIZ, AFD, WFP, SDC and ACF.

 

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