Welthungerhilfe Partnership Expert Vacancies || UN Jobs in Juba

Your responsibilities

• Maintain strategic leadership, coordination and management to the on-going and future partnerships
• Lead a collaborative and cooperative approach to partnership across all sectors to maximize synergies and efficiencies
• Ensure mapping of strategic and/or thematic partnerships outside of project implementation
• Contribute to the country strategy formulation, planning of new projects/programs
• In collaboration with HoPDQS and HoPI, support regular review of annual plans and partnership strategy
• Develop and/or update WHH South Sudan’s partnership and localization strategy
• Network and exchange with civil society networks and INGOs on partnerships and civil society support in South Sudan
• Lead the process of identification of new partners and/or advise on opportunities to continue working with existing partners
• Identify new tools and suitable approaches for capacity development for different types of partners including digital collaboration tools
• Actively coordinate with respective WHH South Sudan departments to ensure the partner due diligence and contracting processes are completed and documented
• Take responsibility for setting up a system for smooth partners’ on-boarding (in coordination with the respective Heads of Departments and HoPs)
• Support the Country Office and Project Teams in ensuring that partners do meet all the donor and WHH compliance requirements dictated by the nature of partnership with WHH
• Develop and implement performance and progress monitoring for local partner’s work within WHH South Sudan in collaboration with MEAL Manager and respective project teams
• Train WHH team about country and global partnership strategy, policies and regulations concerning partners in coordination with relevant departments
• Support project teams in their daily work with partners; offering capacity development support for WHH staff in relation to partnership and localisation

Your profile

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Rural Development, Business Administration, Social Science, or related fields; Master’s degree preferred
• At least 5 years of progressive experience and proven record in designing and managing projects in fragile contexts in partnerships; previous experience in South Sudan is an asset
• Proven track record of capacity building of national and sector staff, partners, and authorities
• Experience in representation and ability to represent WHH effectively in external forums; previous experience in leading the Consortium of multinational organizations and/or Cluster coordination and/or coordination experience on NGO Forum level would be a strong asset
• Strong understanding of humanitarian architecture, understanding of trends in the sector and ability to research as well as quickly analyse information and trends and translate findings into action
• Substantial understanding of South Sudan’s civil society landscape incl. cultural dynamics, strengths/weaknesses, and operational challenges of organizations both in emergency and rehabilitation contexts an asset
• Good participatory facilitation skills – workshop/meeting settings as well as online facilitation
• Strategic thinker, creative with ability to provide strategic direction and translate strategy into operation plans and actions
• Demonstrated ability to respond to multiple responsibilities in timely manner and produce high level outcomes
• Willingness to travel to remote and volatile locations, perform under high pressure and understand work life balance
• Readiness to receive necessary vaccinations for working in Welthungerhilfe’s project countries
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken