About Human Appeal

Here at Human Appeal, we have an exciting opportunity for Partnership and Capacity Building Coordinator position. Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide. Human Appeal has seven International Field Offices across the globe.

Note: We will only consider candidates who hold the nationality of a country where HA has a presence.

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Key Result Indicator:

Successfully;

• Capacity build HA’s implementing partners

• Develop and nurture equitable and collaborative partnership

• Assess the quality and effectiveness of the relationship between partners

• Bring HA to the next level of localisation by building a robust foundation of partnership models aligned with localisation.

• Align Partnership framework and tools with the Core Humanitarian Standard of Quality and Accountability, ensuring that best practice in relation to partnership is implemented.

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Accountabilities

• Partnership Strategy and Policy:

• • Develop Partnership Strategy that guides HA to promote accountable and equitable partnership with local actors operating on the ground
  • Review and refine HA’s Partnership Policy and Manual for field offices that meet the requirements of the sector standards.
  • Work with the CHS coordinator to ensure the Policy is aligned to the Core Humanitarian Standard of Quality and Accountability.
  • Develop HA’s internal capacity of partnership, including development of partnership self-assessment toolkit, partnership capacity building and identification of new potential partners.
  • Support the dissemination and implementation of partnership policies and tools. This will include ensuring that our policies are made accessible and conveyed to all levels of staff.

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• Partnership Due Diligence:

• • Upgrade due diligence processes in collaboration with relevant departments to further strengthen ways in which HA operates through partnership.
  • Facilitate and coordinate the due diligence process with respect to the existing partners and potential partners as required, including through appropriate screening, support review of partnership capacity analysis and to analyse risks associated with HA’s projects.

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• Capacity Building and Training:

• • Guide the Programme Department to deepen their capacity of partner monitoring and capacity building.
  • Conduct capacity assessment and develop capacity building plans for all implementing partners in collaboration with Programme Department, Global MEAL and the Safeguarding Teams.
  • Establish Partner Working Group with implementing partners across the regions to facilitate sharing learning among the partners.
  • Ensure that gaps are identified in the due diligence process and coordinate with relevant departments for the timely, quality implementation of the plans.
  • Promote and identify ways of continuous learning between HA staff and partners across different country offices.
  • Work with implementing partners to monitor safeguarding and due diligence and provide support as required.

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• CHS Compliance:

• • Collaborate with Quality and MEAL Principal Advisor and CHS Coordinator to integrate technical and CHS capacity sharing approaches including how HA can learn from local partners.
  • Develop effective methods to ensure partners understand and meet the CHS requirements in its application.

NB: Employee duties are not limited only to the above-mentioned Accountabilities; he/she may perform other duties as assigned

Education:

• Educated to degree level, ideally in a relevant field such as international development and social sciences, or social work.

Experience:​

• Experience of international development and an understanding of how the international aid sector operates

• At least three years’ experience working with implementing partners and local actors in an international development context

• Experience of developing and delivering learning and training workshops

• Knowledge and experience of applying the Core Humanitarian Standard of Quality and Accountability

• Understands partnership challenges and familiar with the concepts and application of localization.

• Ability to react with maturity to an emergency incident at short notice

• Desirable – experience of working for international or national organisations that operate through implementing partners in the field

Skills:

• Computer literate and competent with MS Office package and case management software desirable

Languages:

• Fluent English is essential with knowledge of additional languages such as Arabic / Urdu desirable

Passionate and knowledgeable about the international development sector

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HOW TO APPLY:

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success please click the link, and apply today to become our Partnership and Capacity Building Coordinator. We would love to hear from you.

Please note that we will only be contacting the Shortlisted candidates.

*Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply*