Overview
The Partnership Manager leads, develops, and maintains long-term institutional relationships with multilateral and bilateral institutions to broaden and deepen financial support for the ICRC.
Tasks Summary
- Develops and implements partnership strategies to secure multi-year, steerable and additional funding.
- Leads on the full partnership cycle, including negotiations, drafting, compliance oversight and closure of financing agreements.
- Identifies, shapes and advances funding and financing opportunities jointly with ICRC delegations and technical experts.
- Safeguards a principled approach to funding, ensuring commitments remain aligned with ICRC policies and humanitarian principles.
- Provides Financial intelligence, income forecasting and portfolio analysis.
- Strengthens ICRC’s positioning with Development actors and IFIs stakeholders through proactive engagement, analysis of policies, and targeted communications.
- Broadens the ICRC’s influence and access by fostering senior-level and working-level networks.
- Represents the ICRC at key partner meetings, consultations and technical forums.
- Contributes to MBI Unit knowledge development, tools, processes and best practices.
- Supports collaboration across REM, HQ and delegations to ensure coherent, integrated and non-competitive public-sector engagement.
- Advises ICRC colleagues on Development actors and IFIs modalities.
Experience Requirements
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in resource mobilization, partnership management, international development, humanitarian action, or related fields, preferably within complex, large-scale or matrixed organizations.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering financial income through complex institutional partnerships, including designing and executing funding strategies, negotiating agreements, and stewarding institutional relationships.
- Demonstrated experience engaging and working with Development actors and International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
- Experience developing analysis of humanitarian and development-related trends and policies.
- Experience working with or alongside the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including the ICRC, or with other major humanitarian or development organizations (an asset).
- Ability to operate effectively in politically sensitive or fragile contexts.
- Evidence of strong strategic advisory capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and deliver results.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and representation skills.
- Proven relationship management skills.
Qualification Requirements
• Master’s degree in international relations, development, business administration or a relevant field, or equivalent experience
