Partnership and Localization Coordinator - Beirut

The Opportunity

The Partnerships & Localization Coordinator will support Save the Children’s engagement with partners and local actors in Lebanon, and supporting a strategic process to broaden and deepen the Country Office’s relationship with local and civil society organisations and networks. S/he will support the implementation of Save the Children Lebanon’ partnership and localization strategy and its operationalisation. The Partnerships and localisation Coordinator will support the mapping and identification of new partnership opportunities, contribute to the assessment of partners’ organisational capacities, facilitate relevant capacity strengthening support, and provide ongoing support to the partner organisation throughout the project cycle.  S/he will work with the Partnerships and localisation Manager, Programme Teams and the Awards Management Unit to ensure that partner agreements are in place and donor/SCI requirements complied with by the partner organizations.

The Partnerships & Localization Coordinator will work closely with the Programme Development and Quality Unit, Area Offices, Business Management unit, Finance, Supply Chain teams to support effective partnerships and the CO programming towards proper localization approach.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Minimum 4 years’ work experience in the humanitarian sector/with NGOs, with at least 2 year experience in partnership-based programming or community-based programming
• Good skills and experience in all aspects of project cycle management - design and development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
• Sound understanding of remote management/monitoring practices
• Experience in organizational capacity development, training, mentoring and coaching
• Excellent training, facilitation and capacity building skills
• Proven commitment to participatory approaches
• An excellent team player with good skills in team work and consultative approach to decision making
• Demonstrable experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including a good track record of report writing
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English and Arabic

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.

A copy of the full role profile can be found at Partnership and Localization Coordinator - Beirut

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 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 the right of children and to 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

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.