Job Purpose:

• The Advocacy and Partnership Advisor will work within the wider Concern team to support engagement with downstream partners, ensuring effective capacity development towards long-term organisational development objectives.
• Under the leadership of the Programme Quality Director, the Partnership Advisor will work closely with CD, PDs, programme partner organisations, Programme Managers, and Senior Management Team (SMT).
• The position holder will adhere to the standards of conduct outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct and Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4). As part of the Concern P4 responsibility the position holder will:
• Support and promote the standards outlined in the P4 and the Concern Code of Conduct to their team, partner organisations and beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment; and
•  Contribute to the establishment of preventive measures to reduce the potential for abuse in Concern programme.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

Partnership 

 Partner Engagement:

• Support to partnership arrangements and management, including contracting, identification of issues and bottlenecks, and facilitating reporting and processing of payments.
• Document learning from Ethiopia’s engagement and collaboration with partners and share with Concern Worldwide globally where appropriate.
• Support on continuous projects and new proposals that involve local partners
• Design and coordinate partnership platform meetings if and when appropriate, where Concern invites partners to come together to review/learn from each other. 

Partner Selection and Assessment

• Support on due diligence and safeguarding assessments of existing and potential new programme partners, and support CLIPAT assessments.
• Support to map and gather information on local partners in Ethiopia for future proposals and programmes 

Partner Capacity Building 

• Lead on the organisational capacity development assessments, planning and processes for each of Concern’s partner organisations
• Coordinate and deliver training and other capacity development activities for local partners and deliver these in collaboration with relevant technical staff and consultants as appropriate.
• Monitor progress and performance of partners following capacity development support
• Support partners in their compliance with donor requirements, the requirements of Concern’s Code of Conduct and associated policies and in strengthening their accountability to programme participants and other stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain relationships with Partnership/Capacity Building staff in other NGOs, institutions and with professional groups to remain abreast of current thinking and good practice around localization, partnership and organisational capacity building. 

Wider Organizational Learning 

• Support Concern Ethiopia’s work to deliver on the country strategic plan, particularly in the objectives that could require closer cooperation with local NGO and civil society actors (i.e. gender equity programming or advocacy for best practices on a local, district, region and national level).

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Manage the implementation of M&E activity plans in coordination with senior programme quality coordinator and area staff across all partnership programmes
• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems for partnership and partner's projects and closely follow up the implementation

Other

• Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the line manager, senior programme quality coordinator 

Emergency response

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Accountability

• In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 
• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 
• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities. 

Gender Equity 

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
• Practises in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.
• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

Job Requirements

Person specification:

Qualification

• Required: A degree in any field relevant to Project/Program Management, Financial Management, Compliance, Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Systems Development, Governance, HR, Safeguarding, Logistics, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning.
• Desired: Evidence of continual learning on Organizational Development or Learning and Development (e.g. short residential or online courses, leading on special projects in a previous role, additional degree or course etc.). 

Experience

• Required A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, at least partly acquired in working with not-for-profit or voluntary organizations.
• Desired: Experience working in an international NGO. Experience in more than one of the areas of Program Management, Administration and Finance.

Competencies:

Required

• An ability to analyze and understand overall organizational/institutional capacity and development, including some experience in at least two of the following areas: Project/Programme Management, Financial Management/Compliance, Strategic Planning, Systems Development, Governance, HR, Safeguarding, Logistics, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning.
• Ability to build strong relationships within the Concern team as well as with staff members of partner organizations, recognizing power imbalances in relationships and how to offset them.
• Ability to communicate complex information in an accessible format. Strong capability to organize and prioritize your own work and set strategic goals and targets independently with little supervision, while asking for support when appropriate.
• Experience and skills in the design and delivery of trainings and workshops
• Facilitation skills, including ability to facilitate difficult conversations.
• Demonstrated mind-set of and passion for continuous learning and process improvement.
• Empathy with Concern’s vision, mission and values

Desired

• Specific experience in partnership approach and of capacity development of both internal and external partner staff.
• An understanding of the organizational structure and dynamics of Concern Worldwide or equivalent experience of working in an international organization
• Good English language skills, both written and spoken

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy, please note that no need to submit your

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• Women and people with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply
• Only short listed candidates will be contacted

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package
• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
• 20 days annual leave
• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave

Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

• Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.