Partnership and Network Coordinator

Job Description

Job Advert for Partnership and Network Coordinator

Location: Makeni – CARE Sierra Leone

Manager: Communication, Advocacy and Partnership Director

Period:    Full Time

Background

CARE seeks a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security. CARE places a particular emphasis on women and girls, their dignity, and empowerment to lead their communities out of poverty. In 2020, CARE worked in 104 countries, reaching 90 million people through more than 1,300 programs, with an annual budget of $650 million. Every single one of those 90 million people has a story of resilience, community, strength, and hope—all things that bind us together, across every corner of the globe. 

In Sierra Leone, CARE staff and partners work tirelessly to save lives and address the root causes of poverty and social injustice through advocacy, partnerships, system strengthening, and programming in impact areas of Gender Equality, Empowering Women and Girls, Humanitarian Assistance, Rights to Food, Nutrition, and Water, Right to Health, Women’s Economic Justice and Climate Justice.

Opportunity

CARE Sierra Leone is seeking a talented visionary to assume the role of a Partnership and Network Coordinator to enhance collaborative partnerships and alliance-building strategies, under CARE’s commitment to locally-led impact. The primary focus will be on establishing and nurturing strategic relationships with both new and existing partners including VSLA networks through consistent communication, meetings, and strategic outreach.

This role will report directly to the Communication, Advocacy, and Partnership Director. with dotted lines to the r.

The key responsibilities of a Partnership and Network Coordinator:

• Assist in the identification, formation, and nurturing of strategic partnerships with reputable local entities, including Civil Society Organizations, VSLAs, professional networks, federations, alliances, and social movements, fostering collaboration on mutually agreed-upon agendas. 
• Implementation of activities: Support VSLA groups and networks’ emergency prevention and management roles in communities, when called upon.
• Input VSLA technical knowledge, when called upon, in CARE concept note and proposal design process.
• Support project implementation teams in VSLA roll-out, community engagement and sensitization, monitoring, and evaluation of VSLA practices, and innovative practices.
• Compliance agreement with CARE standard: Develop a compliance monitoring plan such as checklists to track compliance in close consultation with the project Director to Deliver program quality standard implementation. Support monitoring of staff and communities’ compliance to safeguarding principles on protection against sexual harassment exploitation and abuse (PHSEA) at all levels.

To be successful in this role you will:

Possess experience and education in Project:  You must have a bachelor’s degree in rural development, social work, and/or related fields with a minimum of 3 years of relevant or similar experiences and a thorough knowledge of VSLA practices. 

Have communication and reporting skills needed to deliver and conduct both oral and written training sessions for small, medium, and large-sized groups. Be able to tell the story and know when it’s applicable to convert data to conversation. 

Be a problem solver and critical thinker. You must be able to clearly identify and define the different levels of problem-solving and resolution. Think holistically with a vision and use your analytics and reporting skills, 

Be a leader with influence. Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and negotiation skills with internal and external partners with the ability to be a team player. 

Know your systems. Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word and good skills at using Technical experience in VSLA or similar savings models and software applications (PeopleSoft experience will be preferred). 

Competencies.

              Integrity and Accountability

              Commitment 

              Diversity and Respect

We will be reviewing resumes for these roles on a continuous basis until the position is filled. If you are selected as a candidate, a member of our team will reach out to you to start the recruitment process. Thank you for your interest in CARE Sierra Leone.

To apply please send your CV to: sle.recruitment@care.org