Senior Partnership Officer job at International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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Vacancy title:
Senior Partnership Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

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International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Deadline of this Job:
07 January 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 26, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Job Overview
This position will be placed within the IRC Uganda Partnership department which acts as the formal coordination point between IRC departments, including programs, operations, finance, and global headquarters.
Directly supervised by the Finance Manager-Partnership and working closely with the Senior Finance Officer-budgeting and reporting, the position supports donor compliance, partner draft budgets and reports reviews, participate in conducting Partner’s Project Capacity Review (PPCR) and partner capacity support.

Duties and Responsibilities
Budgeting & Reporting
• Support the Finance Manager-Partnership to disseminate updated information regarding donor formats (budgets and reports) and other donor related information to the partners.
• Support in the review of partner financial and programmatic reports and provide timely feedback to partners.
• Stay up to date with donor compliance guidelines and disseminate to relevant colleagues in the country Programme and partners.
• Support in sub-award grantee reporting, ensuring that partners use the budgeting and reporting templates provided at the time of signing the Partnership Agreements.
• Ensure that draft reports are shared for review and feedback by Finance Manager-Partnership & Partnership Coordinator prior to submitting the final report to Finance for posting in Integra.
• Facilitate timely and accurate submission of partner financial reports to Finance Manager-Partnership for final review of financial and programmatic reports with relevant IRC staff.

Partnership Management
• Support the implementation of the Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results (PEERS) system across all areas of sub-award management, partner budget review.
• Support in reviewing partner sub-grants agreement terms and conditions is well understood by the sub-grantees; arrange for the initial financial reporting training to the sub-grantees where necessary.
• Work closely with the Finance Manager-partnership to prepare and update the partnership tracker.
• Support partner monitoring schedule per Partners Project Capacity Review results and ensure programmatic and compliance monitoring visits happen in coordination with the partnership coordinator and responsible technical coordinators.
• Support in capacity sharing of partners in identified areas as per the partner support plans.
• Work closely with the Finance Manger -Partnerships and Partnership Manager to ensure the timely scheduling and carrying out of sub-award activities with IRC internal relevant program staff per PEERS guidelines.
• Liaise with Finance Manager-Partnership and Partnership Coordinator to relay the communications to sub-award Partners as requested.

Cash/Bank – Processing
• Support the Finance Manager- Partnerships to review Cash Transfer (CTR) documentation.
• Support in reviewing Partner payment vouchers to ensure completeness and accuracy of documentation.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Key working relationships
• Position reports to: Partnership Finance Manager
• Direct reporting: N/A
• Other internal contacts: Country Director, Finance Controller, Grants team, MEAL Coordinator, Technical Coordinator, regional grants/compliance teams.

Qualifications
• University degree in Business Studies or Administration, organizational management, social sciences, and/or other relevant fields.
• 2-3 years’ work experience in humanitarian/development programming entailing community-based activities, sub-grant management and/or local stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working in a similar role with NGO is highly regarded.
• Exceptional coordination and interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience working effectively in coordination with multi-functional (e.g., Program, operational, finance) teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English
• Knowledge of donor rules and regulations
• Willingness to travel to IRC and partners’ field offices
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel; experience using, or at least a familiarity with, accounting software and budgeting/budget management is a plus.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: NGO - Non Government Organisation jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 07 January 2023
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 27-12-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 27-12-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-12-2066
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