Partnerships Volunteer - Beirut

Who we are

Save the Children's work saves and improves children's lives around the world. We work to ensure children have healthcare, food and shelter, as well as learning and child protection services when children need it most. We are committed to helping all children achieve their full potential by ensuring they grow up healthy, receive a good education, and stay safe.

Securing children's rights is the foundation of our work. Millions of children around the world are denied their rights, simply because of who they are or where they are from. We know that to ensure every child has the chance for a future their rights must be upheld.

Through our programming, emergency responses and advocacy, we put the most vulnerable children first, tackling the barriers to survival, learning and protection.

Project/department background

The Partnerships volunteer will support the implementation of Save the Children Lebanon’ partnership strategy and its operationalization. The Partnerships volunteer will support the mapping and identification of new partnership opportunities, and provide ongoing support to the partner organization throughout the project cycle.  S/he will work with the Partnerships Coordinator, Programme teams to ensure that partner agreements are in place and donor/SCI requirements complied with by the partner organizations.

What you will do

• Manage SCI’s partnership online application system
• Explore and refer new partnership opportunities to apply via SCI’s online partnerships portal
• Coordinate with award management unit to initiate the partner vetting process.
• Attend the partner selection committees
• Coordinate partners’ kick-off meetings
• Review the partnerships systems
• Support the field focal point to update the partners’ capacity development plans
• Conduct monthly partnership system review meetings
• Maintain and regularly update a database for all partners
• Coordinate between the field focal points.
• Follow up on partner payments and reports
• Initiate partnership close out meetings
• Initiate partnership evaluation report

Learning opportunities for the Intern

• General understanding of partnerships principles and mission of SCI and its localization strategy
• Insight and hands-on experience on partnerships SOPs and managing partnerships;
• Hands on experience in organizational capacity development

Minimum qualification and experience:

• University graduate in Management, Political sciences, International Development and Sociology studies
• Experience in the humanitarian sector/with NGOs in partnership-based programming is a plus
• Good skills and experience in all aspects of project cycle management
• Excellent skills in SharePoint, Excel and survey applications.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• Good level of written and spoken English