Local Leadership & Partnerships Manager

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Job Announcement Local Leadership & Partnerships Manager Job Summary: The partnership and Capacity Strengthening Manager serves as the lead staff person for all aspects of partnership and capacity strengthening in the country, including leading the strategy on Local Leadership, Communication and Relationship Management, and Coordination. In addition, depending on the Liberia portfolio, additional responsibilities could include program support as well as staff supervision. S/he serves as the primary liaison between the CRS and its partners and is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships. S/he ensures the understanding and application of relevant partnership principles and is a resource person for the CRS and partner staff engaged in joint programs and/or other partnership activities, to ensure that partnerships are effective and mutually beneficial. S/he further serves as the primary liaison with regional and HQ-based partnership and capacity-strengthening staff, ensuring the adoption and sharing of peer agency best practices in Liberia. S/he supports projects or components of projects that are focused on capacity strengthening. Roles and Key Responsibilities: Strategy leadership Provide overall leadership of partnership strategy and related initiatives, including goal and target development and related monitoring and evaluation; ensure the application of specific methodologies designed to ensure the appropriateness and quality of the partnership strategy; identify and pursue funding opportunities to support/enhance the partnership strategy; identify potential new partners using CRS tools, including partner mappings and assessments. Communication and relationship management Support the development and adoption of a common language around partnership, capacity strengthening and institution strengthening among the CRS and partner staff; Ensure the effective sharing of information, including key decisions, status updates, successes and challenges, with the appropriate people within the CRS and partners (in keeping with situational demands and the requirements of established agreements); Identify and apply effective communication methods (meetings, bulletins, presentations, reports, etc.) to ensure regular and effective communication is maintained; Build and/or maintain strong and effective relationships between CRS and partners, through the committed application of identified principles and other relevant methods; Ensure completion and dissemination of reports/documentation of partnership initiatives in keeping with established requirements. Capacity strengthening Provide strategic leadership in the development, identification and dissemination of standardized approaches and best practices to implement the strategy; Work with staff of relevant program, finance and operations sectors, to develop/ adapt and provide training, tools, etc. for targeted CRS and partner staff; Develop/adapt, provide and/or oversee technical assistance activities with partners, including Accompaniment and mentoring; Identify any gaps in understanding or application, by relevant CRS and partner staff, of key partnership terms and principles, and address them through dialogue, training, provision of tools, etc.; Work with partners

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