Partnership Manager

The Partnership Manager will lead the implementation of the NRC Moldova partnerships and localization strategic objectives, contributing to programme sustainability and high-quality programmes.

Partnership Unit Management: 

• Ensure a coordinated approach from all NRC staff across all departments (support, programme, HSS, advocacy) in engaging with partners.
• Liaise with programme teams to support strategic thinking around partnership and landscape mapping and deliver on the identification, screening and contract management of partners.
• Keep abreast of evolving trends (social, economic, and political), including the application of innovation to partnership and project development.
• Support relevant senior staff in organising meetings and engagements with relevant local actors, and during meetings, follow-ups, and negotiations with partners to achieve the most cost-effective and mutually beneficial terms for NRC engagement with prospective partners.
• Proactively solve conflicts and address issues and misunderstandings that could occur between NRC and various partners.
• Conduct field visits to partner activities and provide coaching and mentoring when possible and relevant.
• Lead on the design and implementation localisation initiatives on capacity strengthening utilising internal NRC capacities, outsourced technical capacities and partner led capacity interventions.
• Support with the implementation of partner-specific aspects of NRC Moldova’s Safe & Inclusive Programming Action Plan
• Ensure adherence to NRC’s Safe & Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards

Project Implementation Agreement PIA management:

• Supervise or directly draft partnership agreements and/or contractual documents required for the signature and implementation of new projects.
• Ensure the adherence of the intervention with NRC’s project cycle management approach.
• Ensure that partnership process and agreements are fully compliant with NRC’s and donors’ rules and regulations.

Capacity sharing: 

• Oversee the implementation of relevant localization and capacity strengthening initiatives in accordance with the project plan and develop a countrywide capacity strengthening annual plan.
• Supervise the monitoring of partner learning progress and the application of the transferred knowledge, identifying and reporting challenges and achievements.
• Lead on the implementation of cross-learning and exchange sessions, as part of larger partner networking and peer to peer mechanism.
• Building internal staff capacities on enhancing knowledge, skills and behavioural traits required to work with partners.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related area. Master’s degree preferred but not mandatory
• Minimum 3 years of experience with NGO and/or international organisation with grants management or partnership-related duties
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Ability to coordinate tasks and work processes and work with short deadlines
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Fluency in Romanian and/or Russian speaking, reading, writing.

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