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Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children programs focus on Education, Health, Child Rights Governance, Child Protection and Humanitarian. We work with government partners and local NGOs to improve children’s live especially marginalized and disadvantaged children. Save the Children is looking for high quality national motivated a candidates to fill in the position of Partnership Manager based in Phnom Penh with regular travel to field.
The Purpose of the Role
Working in partnership is central to Save the Children’s Theory of Change on how to maximize our impact for children, and is a key element of the 2016-2018 Cambodia Country Strategic Plan (CSP). In 2017, developing and rolling out a Partnership Strategy has been identified as one of the “Top Ten” country office priorities. The Partnership Manager will lead and coordinate this effort, working to develop a strategic framework and systems to strengthen our partnerships with government, civil society, the private sector, research institutions and others. The Manager will play a lead role in strengthening Save the Children in Cambodia’s approaches to partnership, building on SCI’s global partnership principles. S/he will work across departments to establish systems and approaches for identifying, pursuing and maintaining effective partnerships that contribute to Save the Children’s strategic direction and support reaching breakthroughs for children in Cambodia.
Qualifications and Experience
- Passion for leveraging partnerships for strategic achievement of organizational goals, mutually beneficial relationships, strengthening civil society/government/etc.
- Master's Degree in social sciences, or any relevant field. Extensive and substantive relevant practical experience may be considered in lieu of a Master's Degree;
- A minimum of 7 years relevant work experience, including at least 3 years of management experience;
- Experience designing and implementing development programming in Cambodia.
- Deep knowledge of local partnership, civil society and donor context;
- Demonstrated skills in systems thinking and policy development
- Ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector working; demonstrated understanding of basic departmental roles and functions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills;
- Training, capacity building, coaching, and mentoring skills;
- Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams, in emergencies;
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches;
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer;
Interested applicants are requested to submit a CV and cover letter to jobs.cambodia@savethechildren.org or post at Save the Children office. The deadline for application is 31st January 2017 at 17.00.
“All recruitment practices and procedures reflect Save the Children’s commitment to protecting children from abuse”.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified women and people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified for interview. Submitted documents will not be returned.
Save the Children: P.O. Box 34, Villa 5, Street 242, Sangkat Chaktomouk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Phone: (855) 23 223 403/4/5/6, CCC Box 59,
Email: jobs.cambodia@savethechildren.org / website: http://cambodia.savethechildren.net
Please mention "www.Cambodiajobs.Biz" where you saw the ad when you apply!
Position Title: PARTNERSHIP MANAGER
TEAM/PROGRAM: Program Development and Quality (PDQ) |
LOCATION: Phnom Penh (with regular travel to field – approximately 30% of time) |
GRADE: 2 |
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Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. “To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way this reflects Save the Children’s commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy”. |
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ROLE PURPOSE: Working in partnership is central to Save the Children’s Theory of Change on how to maximize our impact for children, and is a key element of the 2016-2018 Cambodia Country Strategic Plan (CSP). In 2017, developing and rolling out a Partnership Strategy has been identified as one of the “Top Ten” country office priorities. The Partnership Manager will lead and coordinate this effort, working to develop a strategic framework and systems to strengthen our partnerships with government, civil society, the private sector, research institutions and others. The Manager will play a lead role in strengthening Save the Children in Cambodia’s approaches to partnership, building on SCI’s global partnership principles. S/he will work across departments to establish systems and approaches for identifying, pursuing and maintaining effective partnerships that contribute to Save the Children’s strategic direction and support reaching breakthroughs for children in Cambodia. |
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SCOPE OF ROLE Reports to: Director PDQ The Partnership Manager is a senior level position that works across departments (Program Implementation, Fundraising, Award Management and Communications, Program Development and Quality, and Support Services) to support the Country Office in establishing and continuously improving systems to support our partnership strategy. The Partnership Manager also engages externally, particularly in coordinating our partnership work with other INGOs, representing the organization in partnership discussions, and in helping to identify and pursue new partnership opportunities in the Cambodian context. S/he engages in Save the Children’s global and regional partnership discussions/initiatives, contributing learning and leveraging best practices from other contexts. Dimensions: Save the Children works with a wide-range of partners. Over 20 different national partners are responsible for the implementation of over 40% of our program budget. We also work very closely with a wide range of government partners and plan to further our partnerships with the private sector, research entities and the media. Staff directly reporting to this post: None currently |
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY Partnership Strategy
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SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability:
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
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Date of issue: 17 January 2017 Author : Elizabeth Pearce |