Capacity Building and Partnership Officer - IRC

The Capacity Building and Partnership Officer will be responsible for the development and implementation of capacity building plans to increase IRC’s staff and its local partner’s knowledge and skills to deliver quality GBV response and prevention services through mobile teams in the Wadi Khaled region. He/she will act as the main focal point for the local partner IRC will identify and work with for the duration of the project and will monitor the progress of capacity building efforts to ensure they are able to deliver quality GBV programming by the end of the year.

Training & Capacity Building

• With the support of the Capacity Building Manager, develop a capacity building plan based on a SWOT analysis and assessment of local partner’s needs and gaps

• Contribute to the development of training and learning modules and mentoring and coaching tools

• Organize and ensure smooth delivery of trainings for local partners and health facilities by coordinating with the Admin Assistant and the relevant technical focal points for each training

• Facilitate trainings in technical and organizational development topics, including GBV case management, GBV core concepts, adolescent girls programming, community mobilization, reporting.

• Conduct regular coaching and mentoring sessions with local partner staff and mobilize other IRC’s team members to provide technical input and expertise

• Utilize agreed tools to monitor quality of implementation by local partners and provide recommendations to address gaps

• Build capacity of IRC’s staff in partnership principles and effective partnering strategies

• Develop and adapt training materials (handouts, presentations, etc.) and tools to monitor effectiveness of trainings, including pre and post-tests

Partnership development & management

• Participate in the mapping and assessment of local partners working in the target area

• Act as focal point for all communications with the local partner

• Maintain regular contact with local partner to establish a relationship based on trust and reciprocal respect and to ensure their regular involvement in IRC’s activities

• Support local partner during administrative and reporting processes, including recruitment of staff, submission of financial and narrative report to ensure adherence to IRC’s standard and build capacity of local partner

• Prepare schedule for local partner’s staff dedicated to the project to ensure coordination with IRC’s WPE team

• Provide feedback to WPE Manager and other key WPE team members on how to best support local partner’s capacity building process

• Monitor application of key IRC’s partnership principles by all IRC’s staff and make recommendations to the WPE Manager in case of gaps

• Act as focal point for communications between the IRC’s support teams (finance, HR, supply chain, grants) and the local partner and follow up with IRC’s support teams to ensure they are adequately supporting the local partner in their processes

Other

• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs

• All IRC staff is required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Who this position reports to: WPE Manager

Who this position supervises: None

Who this position works with: WPE Sr Officer, Case Management Officer, Adolescent Girls Officer

Job Details

Date Posted:	2015-01-23
Job Location:	Lebanon
Job Role:	Other
Company Industry:	Other

Preferred Candidate

Career Level:	Mid Career
Degree:	Bachelor's degree / higher diploma

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Date Posted: January 23, 2015 at 08:54AM

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Capacity Building and Partnership Officer - IRC