Partnership Advisor for Middle East/Syria Response
Save the Children
Amman, Jordan
Closing date: Tuesday 18 April 2017
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PARTNERSHIP ADVISOR FOR MIDDLE EAST/SYRIA RESPONSE
THE ORGANIZATION:
Save The Children International employs approximately 17,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 60 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection.
We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise children's rights and ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
Contract length: 12 months
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Partnership Advisor takes the lead role as the focal point for Save the Children's strategic approach and operational support to partnerships in the Middle East Region with a special focus on inside Syria. The overall aim of the Partnership Advisor will be to ensure partnership practices are in line with Save the Children's Partnership Principles of value-driven and empowering relationships, transparency, accountability and mutual benefit; and ensure quality programme implementation with partners through a strategic and informed partnership approach guided by the Syria Strategy (for Country Offices programming in Syria) and Save the Children's Global Partnership Framework.The Partnership Advisor will support inside Syria programs at 80% level of effort, with the remainder 20% level of effort dedicated to Country Offices in the Middle Eastregion identified as priority need.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Post graduate or Master degree in relevant field or equivalent work experience
- Minimum 10 years of international experience, with minimum 5 years working in civil society programming
- Experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile state, preferable previous experience in the Middle East
- Solid knowledge about core elements of approaches to working in partnerships, including capacity strengthening
- Excellent and proven training/facilitation skills
- Proven excellent strategic and analytical skills
- Experience of representation and ability to represent Save the Children International effectively in external forums
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- Innovative and creative problem solving skills
- Strong commitment to team work and understanding of how to contribute to this
- Willingness to travel at short notice and for extended periods of time
- English language fluency, both spoken and written
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of Save the Children, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good
Understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.
DESIRABLE
- Languages skills in Arabic
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
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