Partnership Coordinator (Nationals Only) (INT11493)

Overview

The Partnership Coordinator will provide leadership and technical oversight to partnership processes within Oxfam’s Syria programme, focusing on strengthening and managing relationships with partner organisations.

Tasks Summary

• Support partner mapping and scoping, and lead partnership building conversations.
• Coordinate partnership assessment processes and provide guidance to staff.
• Support documentation, contracting, and compliance of legal partner contracts.
• Ensure partner organisations receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting, and communications.
• Set up monitoring agreements with partners, focusing on compliance, risk management, and capacity strengthening.
• Support partner-led advocacy, influencing, and communication activities.
• Develop capacity strengthening action plans for partners.
• Coordinate technical support and mentoring for partners.
• Regularly review partnership relations and ways of working.
• Ensure country and hub teams are familiar with Oxfam’s partnership principles and policies.
• Provide coaching to staff on equitable partnering.
• Facilitate cross-hub learning on partnership lessons learned and good practices.
• Enable meaningful participation of partner staff in the project cycle and programmatic planning.
• Implement the Oxfam in Syria partnership strategy.
• Represent the Syria programme in partnership- and localisation-focused coordination meetings.
• Encourage and enable civil society actors to engage in formal coordination activities.
• Ensure the work of local actors is visible and promoted.
• Support joint learning exercises with partners.
• Capture partnership-related lessons learned and good practices.

Experience Requirements

• 3-5+ years of relevant experience in a local, national or international NGO.
• Experience and proven ability of working with national and/or local partner organisations, and an understanding of the challenges they face.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with international and local NGOs, government entities and communities.
• Experience working as part of the humanitarian response in Syria would be advantageous.

Qualification Requirements

• Graduate qualification in relevant field related to humanitarian and/or development programming and strategies.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Excellent personal communication skills, in writing and verbal communication (Arabic and English).

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration: Fixed Term

Work Modality: On-site

Remuneration: As Per Oxfam Salary Scale