Consortium Partnership Manager at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

DRC has been present in Tanzania since 2015, delivering integrated
multi-sectoral assistance combining CCCM, livelihood programming,
individual and community-based protection, general food distribution, as
well as environmental preservation and regeneration. The country has
provided asylum to refugees from neighboring countries, such as Rwanda,
Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), and has
naturalized over 160,000 Burundians

Job Overview
The
Consortium Partnership Manager will have an appropriate balance of
leadership, managerial, technical, and interpersonal skills and
experience. She/He shall have a deep understanding of the overall goals
and objectives of the constortium(s) projects and will be able to
articulate the strategic vision. S/he is responsible for close
coordination and collaboration with the consortium partners and donors
in order to provide overall grant management, and general technical
direction to the entire programmes, ensuring an integrated vision among
technical components and partners and a focus on achieving high quality
programming and results.

S/he will ensure progress toward
targets and timely implementation; identify issues and risks related to
programme implementation. In response to monitoring and evaluation
information, s/he will work with the partners to adjusting programme
interventions as and when appropriate in order to enhance results. S/he
will also prepare annual work plans, progress reports, and technical
deliverables related to achievement of programme results.

Roles and Responsibilities.
Programme management:

• Provide overall strategic and operational leadership to the consortium (s);
• Develop and implement the strategic and operational plans, workplans and joint SOPs;
• Provide
  oversight and support to consortium partners on implementation,
  coordinating with them closely to ensure the timely and quality delivery
  of activities and outputs as per the proposal and log frame;
• Monitor and update work plan and keep partners accountable to programme commitments;
• Review actual financial performance against the budget, and investigate variances on a regular basis;
• Ensure quality and timely internal and external reporting;
• Facilitate and improve sharing and learning between partners and support capacity building of local partners.
• Coordinate and support the endline and midline Evaluation for the programme;
• Lead and coordinate the development of complimentary concepts notes and/or full proposals, from conception to submission.

Coordination and Representation:

• Prepare
  Steering Committee meetings and ensure that clear agendas are set and
  meeting minutes produced and circulated in line with the Steering
  Committee TOR;
• Coordinate and attend the technical Steering
  Committees ensuring they are presented with key decisions and
  information on which to make their decision;
• Represent the Consortium in coordination mechanisms with partners;
• Ensure
  proper coordination and project representation to the donor and other
  local and international stakeholders, including MoHA;
• Ensure
  that key information on the project is available to senior members of
  the consortium and decisions are taken to support the effectiveness of
  the consortium;
• Maintain excellent relationships with all consortium partners and working groups;
• Share
  operational and technical lessons learnt with wider humanitarian sector
  within Tanzania and internationally to enable the sharing of best
  practices;
• Bring in new partners to the programme as relevant and as possible with the aim of expanding the programme footprint.

Compliance and Risk management:

• Ensure donor compliance and harmonized approaches between consortium members;
• Ensure
  the timely delivery of agreed outputs of the Consortium and ensuring
  quality programme; implementation in line with the agreed strategy;
• Periodically review overall project budget and alert concerned partner of any identified risk of over or under spending;
• Ensure all Consortium procedures (M&E, SoPs, policies etc.) are followed by consortium partners;
• Provide
  timely reporting to the Steering Committee on any risks, challenges or
  delays and in coordination with the Steering Committee, ensure major
  risks and obstacles to delivery are tackled and actions taken with
  agreement of consortium partners;
• Through the Steering
  Committee, ensure major risks and obstacles to delivery are escalated
  and actions taken with agreement of consortium partners.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum 5 years of practical experience in sector area (protection, EcRec, WASH, education) working for an INGO or UN agency.
• Significant experience in project management/coordination
• Documented skills in project planning and design, drafting, calculation and technical writing.
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience in project development.
• Experience working with (inter)national partners, local/government authorities, and UN organisations.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’ core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes. 
• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values.

Education:

• Master’s degree humanitarian assistance, political science, international development, economics or another relevant field

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Languages:
Swahili (full proficiency)
English (full proficiency)

Key stakeholders:

• Representants of the consortium members
• Area Manager
• HOP
• Economic Recovery and Protection Managers
• Grants Manager
• Donors

Technical support and overview:

• Oversee high quality delivery of Consortium objectives;
• Regularly
  review project work plan to ensure the Consortium meets its strategic
  objectives; Supervise the implementation of the MEAL strategy;
• Ensure that the consortium advocacy strategy is followed and promote the use of Consortium-generated knowledge and learning;
• Conduct
  internal planning and progress review meetings and ensure regular
  progress monitoring is taking place at different levels in coordination
  with other members;
• Oversee knowledge sharing between partners,
  and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and
  used to improve programme implementation;
• Provide strategic leadership on external communications in line with Steering Committee guidance.