Proposals and Partnerships Coordinator at Street Child of Nigeria

Street Child is a UK charity working to protect vulnerable children and improve access to education in some of the poorest communities in the world.  We work in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nepal and since November 2016, Street Child has been involved in the Humanitarian response in North East Nigeria.

Street Child works in the fields of education, child protection and livelihoods, working to deliver sustainable solutions and create maximum impact. Our work combines counselling, family mediation, business support, school building, teacher training and child protection.  We were a key player in the Ebola crisis and led the global response for children orphaned by Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia. We deliver all our programmes through local partners and, since 2008, together we have built/renovated over 200 schools and are now helping to educate over 40,000 young people.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Proposals and Partnerships Coordinator

Locations: Maiduguri, Borno with frequent travel within Nigeria as required
Report to: Country Representative
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Type: 12 – 24 –month FTC with potential extension
Hours: Full time (Monday – Friday 8:30 to 17:15)

Job Description

• Street Child is searching for an excellent professional to join our superb Nigeria team to focus on the two critical, strongly inter-linked areas: proposal development and local partnership co-ordination.
• Delivering through, and building the strength of, excellent local NGOs is at the heart of Street Child’s approach globally. This is very true in Nigeria, where we are recognised as one of the outstanding INGOs in terms of local partner engagement and support.
• This position will be the focal point for all Street Child’s local partnership relationships – improving coordination, strengthening organisational development and supporting programme delivery across education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives. You will also be involved in the identification of potential new partners and associated due diligence.
• You will play a significant role in proposal development – in addition to, and as a key part of, the local partner dimensions of this position.  Excellent writing skills are essential. This aspect of the role will span both Street Child-fronted applications but also directly supporting key local partners with their own applications and the longer-term development of their capacity in this area.
• A distinctive feature of Street Child’s partnership proposition to local organisations is a commitment to supporting their own resource mobilisation, not just as a downstream partner of Street Child but independently too.
• This unique role is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic team player, who is committed to Street Child’s cause and ways of working and brings fantastic inter-personal and written skills. Whilst this role could be suitable to an exceptional candidate at the start of their humanitarian career, prior relevant experience would be an advantage. The salary will be commensurate with experience.

Role Purpose
The Proposals  and Partnerships Coordinator focuses  on  two critical,  strongly  inter-linked  areas:

• Proposal development and leading our local partnership coordination in Nigeria;  part of our commitment to local leadership.
• They will be responsible for managing the interface with our partners and for developing new and existing partnerships, improving coordination, strengthening organisational development, completing due diligence and supporting programme delivery across education,  child protection and livelihoods initiatives.
• The role holder will play a significant role in proposal development -in addition to, and as a key part of, the local partner dimensions of this position.
• Excellent writing skills are essential.
• This aspect of the role will span both Street Child-fronted applications but also directly supporting key local partners with their own applications – and the longer-term development of their capacity in this area.
• A distinctive feature of Street Child’s partnership proposition to local organisations is a commitment to supporting their own resource mobilisation, not just as a downstream partner of Street Child but independently too.

Key Responsibilities
Proposal Writing and Development (30%):

• Play a lead role, as directed by Senior Management, in the drafting of compelling proposals for Street Child of Nigeria.
• Interact with Street Child’s global fundraising teams to support their fundraising activities for Nigeria.
• Support key local partner organisations with bid and proposal writing.
• Support the longer–term development of key local partners’ proposal writing and resource mobilisation capability.

Partnerships Coordination (30%):

• Lead and coordinate partnerships across Street Child’s programming portfolio.
• Manage the communication and agreement of partnership expectations.
• Participate in coordination platform and humanitarian clusters to advocate for better approaches for locally-led action.
• Generate and share evidence about Street Child’s ‘localisation’ approach at the national and global levels.

Partnership Development (20%):

• Provide support to partners in developing and implementing organisational development plans.
• Identify new partner organisations and take the lead in conducting the appropriate due diligence.

Programme Management(20%).

• Lead on the development and delivery of Street Child’s ‘localisation’ projects, including follow up and reporting processes.
• Assist in developing and monitoring work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs.
• Prepare, coordinate reviews, edit, and disseminate project–related reports and documents.
• Support Programme Managers during implementation with regular field monitoring to check progress and identify gaps.
• Increase the internal and external visibility of Street Child by developing and sharing learning and case studies.

Person Specification
Education / Qualifications:

• Educated to Bachelor’s Degree level or higher in International Development or related field.

Experience and Knowledge:
Essential:

• Prior work experience in international development.
• Demonstrable experience in working with local partners.
• Demonstrable experience in proposal development and report writing.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a humanitarian setting.
• Experience in project management.
• Experience in supporting organisational development.

Skills and Abilities
Essential:

• Excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Proven proposal and report writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills.
• Ability to positively influence others.
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.

Others:

• Able to travel regularly, sometimes in insecure environments

Application Closing Date
7th July, 2021.