Job Description
Our vision, our mission, and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world's poorest people towards this goal. Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, values-driven staff to join our Dublin team and are currently looking for a Global Technical Advisor to be part of our Strategy, Advocacy, and Learning department. The job: To support Concern country offices to develop strong, equitable partnerships with local actors, especially civil society organisations, in line with Concern’s commitment to localisation. This will entail supporting country offices to (i) strengthen their internal capacity to work in partnership with a range of local actors, (ii) strengthen the capacity of local organisations, and (iii) support the development of tools and systems to aid working in partnership for effective delivery of services to communities. If you join us, this is what you will be doing: Supporting Country Offices to: Develop strategic partnerships: Assess country office’s internal capacity to work in partnership with local actors and provide necessary training and accompaniment to strengthen this capacity. Develop, update, and roll out country programme partnership strategies and partnership-related strategic approaches and tools (including partner capacity development plans) in alignment with Concern’s Partnership Policy, to ensure a harmonised approach to programming with partners. Identify, map, and select local partner organisations. Reflect and adapt - assuring and improving the quality of Concern’s partnerships with local organisations. Facilitate participatory and mutual capacity assessments with local organisations, in line with international best practice and supporting approaches to ensure capacity support and/or organisational development plans are budgeted for and implemented. Support change management processes required to implement Concern’s Localisation Strategy. Programme Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Ensure local actors are involved, as equal partners, in all stages of programme and proposal design – including decision-making. Develop tools and templates for effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of programmes developed and implemented with local partners, ensuring quality and accountability. Work with Concern’s M&E and Digital Data Gathering teams to strengthen data collection and presentation, to monitor Concern’s support to local partners and their programmes. Work with Concern’s M&E and Digital Data Gathering teams to ensure targets related to working in partnership are achieved. Documentation and Learning: Contribute to Concern’s learning on equitable partnerships by assessing progress, analysing results, and documenting this for sharing across the organisation. Contribute to annual reports on Concern’s progress on its work with local partners. In coordination with other advisers working on partnership, develop and disseminate guidance for country teams on working with local partners. Contribute to an online database (guidance, materials, and tools) on partnership, through engagement with staff in the country offices and within other head office directorates. Stay abreast of sectoral learning and discussion on partnerships and localisation and ensure country offices are aware of these. Carry out training and information sharing workshops and webinars as appropriate. Representation/Networking: Support country programmes to establish and maintain relationships with localisation and partnership specialists in other NGOs, institutions, and professional groups. Skills you will bring: Essential: Ability to work effectively in both French and English. Demonstrable understanding of challenges and opportunities for INGOs working towards localisation and building equitable partnerships: including at least five years’ relevant experience that includes working with, or for, local organisations as partners and/or supporting country programmes working through a partnership model. Experience in at least 3 different settings, ideally including in a fragile or conflict-affected context and/or in West and Central Africa. Demonstrable understanding of the key challenges of working in fragile and conflict-affected contexts including working towards both humanitarian and development objectives. Experience of capacity development and mentoring staff on partnership principles and approaches. Experience of developing and providing training on practical guidance and templates for staff and partner organisations, to ensure quality programming. Experience facilitating participatory, mutual organisational capacity assessments and developing support plans with local organisations. Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to operate as part of a team. Ability to communicate complex information clearly and in an accessible format. Ability to work independently. This is a fixed term (two years) contract with the possibility of extension. The salary will depend on location and pay scales for that country. #J-18808-Ljbffr