Partnership Coordinator – ELNHA Project Jobs – Oxfam
Job Title: Partnership Coordinator – ELNHA
Organisation: Oxfam
Project Name: Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors (ELNHA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Oxfam:
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 affiliates networked together in more than 90 countries committed to ridding the world of poverty and injustice. To achieve this, we support local projects in developing countries, we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people and we campaign to involve citizens in our work. We implement our programs by working with local NGO partners and civil society organizations and engaging with private sector and governments. Oxfam employs over 6,000 people worldwide in more than 90 countries. In Uganda, our program is anchored on three broad themes deliberately focused on Women’s Rights: Resilient Livelihoods, Governance and Accountability and Humanitarian Preparedness and Response.
About ELNHA Project:
Oxfam in Uganda is under taking a project named: ‘Empowering Local and National Humanitarian Actors’ (ELNHA) to be implemented over three years in collaboration with relevant district structures ard national actors in sub-regions of Karamoja (Kotido, Kaabong), Acholi (Lamwo, Agago), and West Nile (Koboko and Zombo) commencing January 2016. These districts face challenges from climate change induced prolonged droughts and food insecurity as well as refugee influx as a result of the conflicts in the neighbouring States South Sudan, CAR and DRC).
Job Summary: The Partnership coordinator will lead ELNHA’s engagement with civil society and partner organisations, to grow their role in the humanitarian space, influence the humanitarian agenda in their country, and further develop their institutional capacities sustainably. Job Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical
- Responsible for supporting the collaborative design, coordination and management of the Humanitarian Action Fund (HAF) in the districts;
- Support LNHA in the set-up of a tailored-made partnership arrangement, which ensures equality in relation and alignment in expectations and interests between local actors and between partners and Oxfam;
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborations and partnerships among local/national humanitarian actors and with international actors, towards a more inclusive and sustainable humanitarian system.
- Provide technical advice, knowledge and skills related to partnership-building and collaboration among local actors towards reaching collective identified goals and managing funding for preparedness and response activities.
- Lead the integration of equitable partnership practices across Oxfam’s technical and operational units to ensure coherence, consistency and quality in Oxfam’s partnerships.
- Assist in the establishment of consortia for the local Humanitarian Response Grant Facility (HRGF) at sub-regional level
- The incumbent will hold the direct relationship with partners or a network/collective of local actors, support partners with their governance and compliance, progress monitoring, and strategic planning for results;
- Support local actors and partners in assessing risks and opportunities of collaboration, assessing capacities in terms of strengths and gaps to meet objectives;
- Convene and facilitate networks and provide a primary interface between the organisation and its partners at local level and create linkages to Oxfam national and international partnership agenda.
- Work closely with LNHAs in developing a strategic plan for strengthening the humanitarian system in their district, devising a related action plan and supporting them in the implementation, by identifying opportunities for complementarity and collaboration with international actors, national service providers, advocacy organizations, institutions, media, etc.
- Support strengthening of partners’ internal controls, capability to utilise grants and maintain an adequate management and information system in order to increase accountability and the timeliness, quality and reliability of reporting.
Leadership
- Lead on the identification and pursue of strategic collaborations and opportunities at the local and national level for the sustainability of the project approach and results beyond the 2-year project;
- Provide mentoring support to partners and carry out advocacy, networking and develop a voice in the civil society sphere.
- Ensure Oxfam’s commitment to gender mainstreaming is prioritised and properly reflected in the partner strategies and projects.
Management
- Ensure all the project partners are aware and abide to Oxfam’s Code of Conduct.
- Support the coordination and management of a Humanitarian Action Fund (HAF) as well as the HAF to partners
- Support documentation and sharing of humanitarian capacity development outcomes and lessons across the humanitarian partners in this project.
- Ensure adherence to the terms of the contract/MOU with the partners by ensuring that both parties perform their roles in accordance in a timely manner.
Other
- Be eager to and require others to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of gender justice and women’s rights (click here).
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Oxfam Partnership Coordinator-ELNHA job should preferably hold a University Degree and or Masters in International Relations, Social Sciences, Management or relevant discipline
- Desirable: trained Partnership Broker Association (PBA) practitioners, or similar
- Five years of experience in Programme and Partnership Relations Management
- Proven capacity to plan strategically, identify results, measure progress towards results;
- Capacity to create and implement strategies for sustainability;
- Knowledge of the Humanitarian landscape in the country and the localization agenda.
- Experience working in humanitarian settings and with affected communities
- Relevant work experience in supporting the set-up and coordination of committees, platforms, networks and other inclusive collaborative approaches;
- Proven ability to have constructive, progressive and mutually respectful relations and networks with other staff, partners and varied organisations and institutions
- Strong analytical skills and able to think beyond the “project” and see opportunities for longer-term sustainability and scope.
- Skills and experience in Organizational Development and strong attention to detail
- Experience in facilitation and presentation to various audience.
Personal Attributes:
- Ability to take an empowering and coaching approach – empowering local actors to lead, while supporting moving forward.
- Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
- Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
- Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications in writing, including a cover letter and curriculum vitae (Not exceeding 2MB) to the HR and Admin Coordinator at oxfamuganda-jobs@oxfam.org
Deadline: 22nd March 2019
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