Senior Partnership Officer

Job Description

Position Summary

The Role

To develop, deliver, and lead specific projects and standards of Oxfam Country Strategy with a focus on strengthening civil society leadership in civic space, influencing skills, and local humanitarian leadership (LHL) both internally and externally.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of Partner Investment Fund (PIF) project by Oxfam GB partners.
• Responsible for capturing learning out of implementation of flexible fund leaded by partners such as PIF and OUS.
• Lead on piloting CAPAS tools process across the country and capture learning and the team’s contribution to improving CAPAS under Oxfam GB mentorship from the regional team.
• Responsible for developing ToR to work with platforms and networks in thematic areas such as governance, peace-building, and advocacy.
• Co-lead with different groups/tasks assigned under the task force responsible for advancing LHL agenda in the country.
• Lead specific groups/tasks assigned under the task force focusing on improving our relationship with partners to move from transnational toward collaborative relationships.
• Support partnership lead in proposal development and donors’ reports.
• Lead on publishing research/policy paper in coordination with local partners across the country where applicable.
• Support the development of any capacity strengthening ToRs related to partners in institutional and programmatic areas.
• Mentor working with platforms and networks on lobbying, advocacy, and institutional capacity in close coordination with advocacy and campaign teams.
• Work with program managers to support partner-led response mechanisms by mentoring partners’ performance, working with the finance department to simplify compliance requirements to fit and reduce bureaucracy in our way of working with partners.
• Support emergency response led by Oxfam’s partners under pre-emergency framework agreement (PFA) and support simulation exercises for northern partners in preparation for signing PFA with new partners in the northern part of the country.
• Support the program team in including governance components into our planned capacity building as part of Oxfam’s resilience strategy, enhancing current local capacities, especially in the WASH sector.
• Support the partnership department to carry out validation workshops for partnership/LHL strategy in the country.
• Any other tasks proposed by the line manager in line with advancing LHL agenda in the country based on Oxfam Country Strategy/Partnership LHL strategy.

What we are looking for:

Essential

• Experience managing the performance of others and helping partners to develop, grow, and achieve their potential, including increasing diversity and inclusion in terms of partners.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering institutional capacity, governance, and communication work.
• Excellent project management skills with a track record of delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong negotiating skills, and the ability to persuade, motivate, and influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong team-player with the ability to show leadership in complex and challenging environments.

Desirable

• Understanding/experience of local humanitarian leadership programming in Yemen context.
• Coaching or mentoring experience.
• Team and people management experience.

Organizational Values:

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen.
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.