Program and Partnership Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Organization Profile and Background

Welthungerhilfe/German Agro Action is an international NGO with Head-Quarter in Bonn and working in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Welthungerhilfe/GAA is fighting to help free the world of hunger and poverty. This vision is the basis of our organization’s character and activities. Welthungerhilfe/GAA secure funds from private donations and international funding organizations, for example, EC, USAID, UN-OCHA, ECHO and German Government. We work in the sectors of Rural Development, WASH, Natural Resource Management and Social Development. Welthungerhilfe/GAA Ethiopia follows partnership approach for project planning, implementation, and administration with Ethiopia Partner-NGOs and in exceptional cases WHH/GAA implements projects by itself.

 What We Offer

• A multicultural work environment where differences are accommodated
• A continuous learning culture
•  Innovative and creative work practices
• Flexible work arrangements
• Very attractive pay and benefit packages (life and medical insurance ,Provident fund & Pension)
• Working with an organizational philosophy: “help the poor to help themselves”

·       Duty station: Addis Ababa, with frequent travel to the project areas

·       Job Title:  Program and Partnership Manager

·       Reports to: Head of Programs

·       Contract Period: till 31.12.2023 with high possibility of extension.

Job Description

The Program and Partnership Manager supports the Head of Programmes to develop and implement programmes and projects and to strengthen partnerships with local NGOs and develop their capacity.

·        Ensure projects under your oversight are managed according to WHH and donor standards and implementation is according to budget and time plan and results are met

·        Ensure consideration of do-no-harm principles, accountability and sustainability in projects

·        Ensure mainstreaming of topics of strategic relevance such as gender, inclusion, climate and conflict sensitivity, Triple Nexus

·        Ensure that all obligatory programme and project relevant documents are updated according to agreed time frames and the internal project management system (ProMIS) is up to date

·        Ensure quality project management for one to two assigned projects

·        Donor management for selected donors (mainly none- German Donors)

·        Ensuring timeliness and quality of donor reporting and communication (e.g. amendments, extensions)

·        Accompanying donor visits to projects

·        Pro-actively develop new project ideas or initiatives and conceptualize them into proposals

·        Advising or leading proposal development processes and make sure learnings from past projects are taken into consideration.

·        Initiates and requests support from and collaboration with relevant departments of HQ, such as Sector, Donor and Finance Coordination Unit, necessary to adhere to the relevant WHH and external standards

·        Ensures close coordination and collaboration with other relevant stakeholders from civil society, government, the private sector and academia in the area of responsibility

·        Engage in A2015 learning, sharing and collaboration on program level

·        Lead and Manage part of program staff according to WHH leadership principles, staff policies and WHH strategy (up to 4 people)

·        Participate in the development of JD and screening, recruitment and training of new/ replacement of program staff

·        As member of the senior leadership team actively participate in strategic discussions and contributes to the overall organizational development and strategies.

·        Management of local NGO partners

-        identify potential new project partners and coordinate partner assessments

-        Advise partner organizations on organizational and conceptual matters and identify capacity building measures

-        Facilitating long-term capacity and organizational development of the partners according to jointly developed capacity development plans

-        ensure regular communication and active collaboration with partner organizations, quality assurance and compliance

-        Organize yearly partnership workshops under the lead of the Country Director

-        Facilitate learning and exchange workshops among partners

-        Support the further growth of the community of practice on food system and triple nexus approaches.

Job Requirement

·        A master’s degree in development studies or a field commensurate with this position

·        At least 5 -7 years of working experience, preferably in an international NGO set-up.

·        Demonstrated experience in partner management and programme/project management

·        Experience in project designing, proposal writing and Donor relation management

·        Strong understanding of all stages of program cycle management and quality standards in development programming

·        Excellent report writing skills

·        Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills

·        Excellent spoken and written English language skills