Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement capacity-strengthening plans for local partners, addressing areas such as organizational development, program management, financial management, and advocacy.    
• Build and maintain strong relationships with local partners, ensuring effective communication and coordination.    
• Facilitate partnerships and synergies between local organizations, government agencies, and other stakeholders.    
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to local partners, supporting them in meeting project objectives.    
• Contribute to project monitoring and evaluation, ensuring that capacity-strengthening efforts are tracked and evaluated.   
• Promote a culture of learning and knowledge sharing, documenting and disseminating lessons learned and best practices.   
• Contribute to project reporting, documenting capacity-strengthening activities and outcomes.

Required Languages – English

Travel – Position based in Ghana or Sierra Leone, Must be willing and able to travel up to 50%.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervisory: Directly supervises: Sr Partnership & Community Resilience Officer (2, one per country)

Key Working Relationships: 

Internal:  Country Representative, Head of Programs, Heads of Office, Head of Operations, EMPOWER Coordinator, Empower Technical Advisers, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality (DRD/PQ), Deputy Regional Director for Operations (DRD/Ops), and Finance Managers. 

External: Local Partners, Donor representatives, government representatives (national, provincial and district levels); other stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of capacity-strengthening principles and approaches.    
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and training skills.    
• Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, including local organizations, government agencies, and international organizations.    
• Demonstrated commitment to local ownership and partnership principles.    
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.   
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively in diverse cultural contexts.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field such as international development, social sciences, public policy, organization studies or a degree in a relevant field.   
• Minimum of five years of professional experience in implementing and leading capacity strengthening programs for local organizations and partnership building in an international development or humanitarian context is required. 
• Experience in managing moderately complex projects preferably with an international NGO.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working with USAID-funded activities is preferred. 
• Experience working with local organizations in complex/challenging contexts; preferably in West Africa. 
• Experience in rapid response mechanisms or crisis modifiers. 
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality technical proposals.