Job title: Field Partnerships Coordinator
Employment type: Full time
Country: Uganda
City / Location: Gulu and Hoima
Job category: NGO/Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Min. years of experience: 3 years
Minimum degree: Bachelors degree
Closing date: December 27, 2013
Report to: Regional Operations Manager
Purpose of position: To provide strategic guidance on local level partner engagements focussing on civil society organisations, district and sub county local government and the private organisations. In addition, the position is required to provide high level guidance on aspects of partner capacity building.
Key Responsibilities
Provide technical backstopping and guidance to regional and field staff on several partnership issues including: organisational assessments, partners’ capacity building, sub granting, networking, partners’ capacity building, sub granting, networking, partner reflections and reviews and mapping of partners.
Mentor Regional staff with skills and knowledge to facilitate the growth and development of strong partnerships within the Region.
Follow up and report on compliance and effective utilisation of the tools, models, guidelines developed to facilitate effective relationship enhancement and management.
In consultation with the Staff Training and Development Coordinator, facilitate staff capacity enhancement to improve on the knowledge and skill levels of staff in initiating and managing partnerships.
Organize and facilitate forums to enhance the sharing and learning of best practices within World Vision Uganda (WVU) and amongst partners through forums like partner review meetings.
Develop monthly, quarterly and annual work plans, budgets and reports and share them with the Regional Operations Managers to reflect Area Development Programme priorities for review, agreement and approval.
Support the development of knowledge products for the strengthening of World Vision institutional memory as a basis for learning, documentation, monitoring and evaluation of promising practices, collaboration and partnering.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Bachelors Degree in Development studies, social science, NGO management or any other related field
Post Graduate training in capacity building, net working and monitoring & evaluation will be an added advantage.
Preferably a minimum of 3 years working experience in an NGO sector (Directly facilitating capacity building and partnerships at a field level)
How to apply:
Please submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae, via email to wvujobs@wvi.org.
Address your application to the People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title of the job you are applying for in the email subject line.
