Action Against Hunger USA Partnership Manager Jobs in South Sudan

Action Against Hunger USA Partnership Manager Jobs in South Sudan; Under the direction of the Head of Finance, the Partinership Manager is responsible for ensuring that the day-to-day grants and financial management functions are performed in accordance with ACF’s policies and procedures, donor rules & regulations and in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This position requires a motivated, flexible, problem-solving team-player with excellent analytical, communication skills and the ability to priorities activities and work to tight deadlines.

purpose

The Partnership Manager will provide support in grant budget preparation, revisions, realignments, donor reporting, tracking grant spending, developing spending forecasts, handling Partner grant disbursements and reporting in line with the ACF procedures and donor rules & regulations.

Engagement

The Partnership Manager will hold an interactive relationship with HEARO/HQ Business Development Unit, the Country’ s Human Resources, Logistics, Coordination Teams i.e. Technical Heads of Departments, Field Coordinators, Partners, Sub IPs, Finance Technical Working Group and relevant external stakeholders.

Delivery

The Partnership Manager will undertake functions including but not limitted to budget Development, Grant Management and Donor reporting, donor audits; facilitate mission staff training in grants/financial policies to effectively and efficiently reinforce compliance with organization and donors’ policies and procedures in order to achieve organizational objectives.

Essential Job Functions

1. Partnership Management

*Work with the Business Development Director to ensure Organisational Capacity Assessments, financial assessments and programme assessments are conducted for partners.

*Manage the development, delivery, and reporting of assessments.

*Conduct pre-award assessments of potential partners, assessing a partner’s internal controls, their capacity to manage a grant from ACF, and the risk associated with the partnership. The results of the pre-award assessment will inform the payment and monitoring schedule of the partner which will be laid out in the partnership agreement.

*Maintain a log of action points and recommendations for each partner. Ensure these are communicated to ACF and partner management and are followed up on/implemented in a timely manner

*Work with the Programme Director, programme and finance staff to ensure partnership funding agreements are put in place in a timely manner,

*Work with finance staff to ensure partner internal controls environments are fit for purpose compliant with donor and ACF requirements,

*Identify Partner capacity building needs in relation to compliance issues (donor rules, Ethics& Compliance Policies, etc)

*Work with programme and finance staff to ensure relevant donor requirements are effectively communicated and understood by partners

*Carry out, or support finance staff to carry out interim and final compliance reviews of partner transactions and make recommendations to country management on full or partial payments to partners,

*Function as the main liaison point for all enquiries toACF about partnership

*Assess current partnerships and make recommendations for partnership development

*Facilitate the process of partner identification, assessment, selection

*Support the preparation of partner proposals, logframes, narratives and budgets

*Draft, maintain and update partnership agreements

*Ensure proper recording and filing of all partnership documents on ACF server

*Support partners’ reporting processes, to both ACF and other donors

*Coordinate with ACF finance team to ensure timely pay roll and grant disbursal as well as capacity building of partner finance systems

*Coordinate with ACF project managers and technical officers to support partner project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

*Support partners to develop their internal mechanisms for institutional learning and memory

*Support partners to develop their own internal staff and systems capacity building plans

*Support the development of partners’ monitoring and evaluation and programme management tools and systems

*Support partners to mainstream key issues, such as gender, HIV, DRR and environment in their programming
Function as focal point for all communication within ACF in relation to partnerships

*Travel frequently to all areas of ACF’s operation as required

*In coordination with the Business Development Director ), assess funding opportunities within South Sudan through attending relevant meetings and liaison with other NGOs.

Assess any calls for proposals related to partnership from donors for their suitability for ACF South Sudan

Delivery

*Provide health/nutrition technical support to consortium partners to ensure application of project cycle management from conception to evaluation.


Required Qualifications

*Master’s Degree in Development Studies; Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration with CPA or ACCA is an added advantage.

*At least 5 years of experience in similar position within humanitarian context

Skills and Experience

*3+ years of experience in Grants Management (Proposal Budget Developments, Donor Reporting and Audits)

*Attention to details, extreme motivation, willingness to learn and grow in the organization

*Exceptional organization and planning skills, ability to manage and follow work plans

*Highly developed interpersonal communication, able to negotiate, influence, give effective feedback, a team player able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities and able to maintain confidentiality

*Fluency in English, strong computer skills particularly in Excel, literacy and numeracy

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Action Against Hunger USA Partnership Manager Jobs in South Sudan

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