Partnership Technical Officer Ukraine - Nationals Only

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 6 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 6 (NRC) contracts.

This role requires proactive attitude combined with a diverse set of skills including an understanding of partnership programming in protracted crisis and the ability to collaboratively develop practical field-oriented partnership guidance. The successful candidate will be a strong networker with the ability to explain and share knowledge with a wide range of stakeholders (local non-governmental organisations, governmental institutions and public facilities, universities and others).

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

1. Role and responsibilities

The following is a brief description of the role.

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements

2. Provide timely and context specific information to internal and external stakeholders

3. Play an active and strategic role in the humanitarian community to strengthen localization of the response in accordance with the NRC country strategy;

4. Ensure high level of risk management and compliance in strong and reliable partnerships;

5. Facilitate transition from the delivery of humanitarian assistance and provision of the lond-term development assistance to provide durable solution for the internally displaced and conflict affected people;

6. Prepare and submit periodic and ad-hoc reports to line manager;

7. Provide specific technical support and capacity building to project staff.

Specific responsibilities

• Support Consortia Coordinator with maintenance of Partner Relationships;
• Build relations with a range of partners and work with the partnership team to identify prospective partners and their organizational development needs;

• Support and facilitate communication and coordination among partners;

• Conducts needs and organisational capacity assessments to determine measures required to enhance partner performance;

• Lead on evaluation and organisational assessment of potential partners as per NRC process requirements, ensure timely annual vetting of the active partners and its key personnel using CSI WatchDog, YouControl and other similar software;
• Summarise in English Partners’ organisational policies, procedures and other documents that are in local language (when necessary);
• Provide clarifications and support to partners on how to fill the evaluation forms for organisational assessment;

• Act as focal point for contracting and sub – granting related issues to NRC’s downstream and lateral partners;

• Drafting project implementation agreement and its annexes providing standard information and consolidating inputs from programme and support teams (partners’ information, reporting schedule, etc.);

• Arrangements of the signatures and approvals for partnership-related documents with internal and external stakeholders;
• Work actively with the protection, grants, M&E, finance and support teams to ensure strong mainstreaming of core NRC principles and adherence of minimal standards across downstream and lateral partners;
• Provide support to partners in cross – cutting issues (M&E, Finance, Procurement) with capacity building and good operational practices;

• Maintain tracking of planned, active and closed partner projects in electronic and hard copy, ensuring all documentation is in place;

• Participate in project review meetings and actively follow up on outstanding partnership issues;

• Provide input to the development and implementation of NRC Ukraine overall strategy and operational methodology for engagement with public, private, and civil society stakeholders;
• Ensure NRC’s partnership building approach is in line with the durable solution operational strategy;
• Monitor partner’s compliance to NRC’s and where applicable to specific donor’s requirements;

• Maintain Partnership Tracker, Stakeholder Mapping Tools and partnership files, monitoring information in scope and updating tools accordingly as a daily routine;

• Support NRC Country Office with development and operationalisation of the partnership strategy by flagging bottlenecks in the utilised processes and providing suggestions for the improvement of existing mechanisms;

• Other administrative support and assistance as required by the line manager.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• NRC staff: Head of Programme, Area Manager(s), Area Programme Manager(s), PDMs/PMs/PCs (ICLA, WASH, LFS) and Protection and Advocacy Unit, other programme and support staff;

• I/NGOs staff;

• Governmental organisations and communities;

• Other stakeholders: universities and thinking hubs, Clusters, etc.

2. Competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in Law, Business Administration, International Development or related field;
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience from working in a humanitarian/recovery/human rights or development contexts or contract management in business companies;

• Advanced speaking, writing, and listening skills in English, Ukraine and Russian is required;

• Knowledge of methodologies to conduct background check, due diligence and risk assessments;

• Solid understanding of the civil society, governmental and/or private sector landscape;
• Desirable experience in management and/or coordination of project implementation in legal, sanitation, or employment sectors;
• Ability to work independently and with the team with limited supervision;

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including communication (both written and verbal);

• Attention to details, organisational skills and discretion with confidential information;

• Confident user of the MS Office 365 Apps, online information platforms. Experience in other relevant software, e.g. State Company Register, YouControl, CSI WatchDog, etc., is an advantage.
• Documented/proven results related to the position’s responsibilities, particularly in coordination and networking.

Willingness to work in Severodonetsk would be considered as an advantage.

2. Behavioural competencies:

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioral competencies and the following are essential for this position:

• Planning and delivering results;

• Coping with change;

• Communicating with impact and respect;

• Analyzing
• Working with people;
• Handling insecure environments

3. Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description

• The Work and Development Plan

• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template

• The End-term Performance Review Template

• The NRC Competency Framework

** This position is subjected to national recruitment, Only Ukrainian nationals will be considered for this role. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis, therefore we encourage interested candidates to apply early**