IRC - Partnership Coordinator - Juba

IRC - Partnership Coordinator - Juba Job Vacancies SSHR2020 (Recruitment at IRC South Sudan) October 29, 2026, 2:35pm 1 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. IRC has operated in South Sudan for over 30 years now delivering humanitarian relief, post-conflict assistance, and development programs in both refugees, internally displaced and host community settings. IRC operates in 10 field offices including in Juba with program portfolio covering health, nutrition, Environmental Health (EH), child protection, economic recovery and development (ERD)/livelihoods, women’s protection, and empowerment, Education, and general protection. IRC continues to provide life-saving assistance and humanitarian aid to vulnerable South Sudanese, trying to rebuild their lives and restore peace. The IRC’s new strategy in South Sudan will prioritize improving health, safety, and economic well-being, targeting women, children, and other vulnerable. Partnership Coordinator - Juba.pdf (2.6 MB) Key dates from the attached advert: COMMITTEE (per local law) Exempt Closing Date: 13" November 2026 The Intemational Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives Attached advert: Vacancy Announcement Parmerships Coordinator — Juba Job Title: Band / Level / Grade: 6B - Coordinator Department: Grants and Partnerships Location: Juba South Sudan INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Overtime Eligible: Opening Date: 27" October 2026 COMMITTEE (per local law) Exempt Closing Date: 13" November 2026 The Intemational Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster, and with the host communities that support them, as well as with those who remain in their homes and communities. The IRC has a focus on narrowing the gender gap in humanitarian aid and on ensuring that we contribute to gender equality, diversity and inclusion in both our programmes and our operations. The IRC also has a strong commitment to an equitable and inclusive culture in which safeguarding is upheld in our workplace and our programmes. We protect our clients and staff from safeguarding violations through prevention and, where misconduct is alleged, address it without fear or favor. IRC South Sudan is one of the largest providers of aid in the country, with a workforce of more than 2,000 national, international and incentive staff, delivering emergency relief and post-conflict assistance across health, nutrition, economic recovery, education, child protection, women’s protection and empowerment, and protection and mule of law. South Sudan faces a protracted and volatile crisis: political tensions remain high, localized conflict persists, repeated flooding has devastated livelihoods, and the spillover of the conflict in Sudan has driven large-scale refugee and retarnce movements into the country. Local and national organizations are critical partners in the response, providing essential services in hard-to-reach and conflict-affected areas. IRC South Sudan’s partnerships portfolio includes government institutions, nation IRC South Sudan Partnerships Coordinator NGOs, civil society organizations and community-based organizations across Central Equatoria, Unity, Ruweng Administrative Area, Upper Nile, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Jonglei. IRC is committed to deepening existing partnerships and building new ones, and to capacity sharing that contributes to policy and systems change and sustained unpact. IRC South Sudan’s Strategic Action Plan (Strategy100 Phase 2, F Y¥25-FY28, updated for FY26-28) sets the partnership goals this post delivers: 15% of the country programme budget going to partners, and ten strategic partnerships, five of them with women-led or women-focused organizations, by 2028. The plan moves the portfolio toward fewer, deeper strategic partnerships and larger, consolidated parmer agreements, with partnerships and localization reviewed as a standing item in senior Management meetings. Scope and job overview: The Parmerships Coordinator leads IRC South Sudan’s partnership management with local and national organizations. Working under the supervision of the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator in Juba, the post is accountable for the quality, compliance and consistency of partnerships across the country programme, applying IRC’s Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS) through every step of the parmership lifecycle: identification, due diligence, agrecment, monitoring, capacity sharing and close-out. LABS go The post exists so that IRC South Sudan works with partners in ways that are principled, compliant and capacity-building, and so that partnerships are built into project cycle management and business development rather than added afterwards. It leads and develops the partnerships team, works closely with the grants and compliance functions, Programmes, Finance, Supply Chain and Operations, and supports the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator and the Deputy Director, Programmes in advancing the localization of the South Sudan response. Key responsibilities A. Strategy and localization (15%) Builds IRC’s understanding of grassroots and community-led emergency response in conflict-affected areas, including local and national NGOs, commmnity-based organizations and commnunity-led initiatives. Evidenced by a current, maintained map of local responders and engagement priorities. introduces IRC’s mission, principles and response strategy to local responders and cultivates relationships with organizations that share similar objectives. Establishes and mins, under the oversight of the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator and the Deputy Director, Programmes, an inter-sectoral steering committee for grassroots and local initiatives that sets the parameters of IRC engagement with them. Works with the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator and the Deputy Director, Programmes to embed partnerships in the Strategic Action Plan and sector strategies, and engages local responders in programme development and strategy validation. Leads delivery of the SAP partnership targets: local partner share of the country programme budget (from a 9% baseline to 15%), and the number of strategic partnerships (from 3 to 10, including five women-led or women- focused). Evidenced by regular reporting fo senior management, where partnerships and localization are a standing agenda item. B. Partnership management and PEERS (30%) Leads the management of all partnerships in the country programme and all PEERS processes and docamentation. Evidenced by a complete PEERS record for every active partnership. Coordinates programme, grants, operations and finance inputs across the partnership lifecycle, with the Partnership Working Group, so that management is planned, timely and coherent. Ensures IRC’s approach to sub-award management prioritizes positive client outcomes while managing risk, and that sub-award opening, modification and close-out are completed on time with all in-country and headquarters inputs and approvals. Evidenced by sub-award modifications processed within agreed timelines. Ensures partnership processes, partner reports, project trackers and schedules are documented, working with Grants. Ensures timely and accurate partnership reporting to country, regional and headquarters teams, escalating challenges early. Facilitates the development of principled, strategic partnerships that share power, resources and learning, and promotes the application of PEERS modalities suited to local and national organizations. Moves the portfolio toward fewer, deeper strategic partnerships, including consolidating smaller partner agreements where this reduces delivery and access risk, and works with Programmes so that new proposals and renewals carry a Clear local partnership and sub-granting approach. C. Partner support and capacity sharing (15%) Facilitates the partner project support plan so that it addresses the issues found in due diligence, and coordinates the departments responsible for delivering it. Evidenced by movement in partner assessment scores over the award period. Establishes partners’ capacity strengthening priorities, plans where IRC can support them, and coordinates organizational development support, including- resourcing. Works with technical coordinators to integrate capacity: ‘sharing into programmes, and promotes continual learning between IRC staff and partners, including what IRC can baa 9 from partners. D. Partnership risk, compliance and safeguarding (15%) Ensures partnerships meet IRC and donor requirements, including key donor rules (in particular U.S. Government, Sida and ECHO where they apply), and consistency with the partnership management system. Evidenced by the number and severity of donor and andit findings on partnerships. Ensures due diligence covers partners” safeguarding, safety and security and fiscal capacity before any partner implementation begins. Helps the country programme identify and correct institutional bias against organizations that do not aim to institutionalize, while holding the minimum requirements for safety and security, safeguarding and fiduciary control in acute humanitarian response. Records and escalate partner risk through the country risk register. Reports any safeguarding concem or allegation immediately through the mandatory reporting channels, without investigating at post level. E. Team leadership and capacity development (15% Supervises the partnerships team: sets objectives, gives timely performance feedback, manages development and leads recruitment for the team. Evidenced by completed performance cycles. Provides leadership and support at field level in collaboration with Field Coordinators, and coordinates partnership workloads of staff outside the line of management. Trains intemal and parter staff on PEERS and partnership principles, so programme and operations staff apply them without routing every question through the partnerships team. Builds a culture, with the support of the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator, of respectful, collaborative partnership based on a shared understanding of IRC’s role, and adherence to The IRC Way — Standards for Professional Conduct. F. Representation and coordination (10%) Leads IRC’s engagement in partnership networks and forums, and promotes the localization of the IRC South Sudan Tesponse. Collaborates with the grants and compliance team to gather systematic partner feedback on IRC’s management of the partnership and to document and respond to it. Identifies potential parmerships with civil society organizations and ensures partnership considerations are built into new business development. Decision-making authority Decides The stracture and timetable of the partnership management cycle and PEERS processes in the country programme. Whether partner due diligence is sufficient for an agreement to proceed to signature recommendation. The content of partner support plans, and the priorities for partner capacity sharing within approved resources. Objectives, performance ratings and development plans for direct reports, and selection recommendations for team vacancies. Refers upward * Acceptance of any sub-award, modification or parmer agreement, and any commitment of IRC resources — per the Delegation of Authority matrix, to the Senior Grants and Partnerships Coordinator, then the Deputy Director, Programmes and the Country Director as applicable. Suspension or termination of a partner agreement, and donor-facing escalation of parter compliance breaches or disallowed costs. The parameters of engagement with saamatde iniasives } weirs they carry reputational, security or safeguarding risk. Safeguarding concems and allegations /< — ~ immediatly, ‘trough the Lintigat reporting channels, without imvestigation at post level. Y4 // f Hi / (28 OCT 2026 Job qualifications Education e Bachelor’s degree in international development or affairs, finance, business or a related field. An advanced degree is an advantage. Equivalent professional experience will be considered. Work experience. e Minimum six years’ experience with international or national NGOs, including at least three years managing partnerships with local or national organizations, and at least two years supervising staff. e Experience of partnership management in South Sudan or a comparable conflict-affected, access-constrained context e Demonstrated experience of the full partnership lifecycle, including due diligence, agreements, monitoring and close-out. e Working knowledge of project planning and management cycles and programme design. e Knowledge of donor miles and regulations (in particular U.S. Government, Sida and ECHO) is desirable. « Expenence with IRC’s PEERS system ts desirable. e Experience training internal and partner staff. Demonstrated skills and competencies e Able to supervise a team and also coordinate partnership workloads of staff ontside direct line management. e Highly organized, attentive to detail, and able to prioritize in a fluid environment, able to work independently. e Diplomatic and credible with partners, donors and government; able to give unwelcome compliance messages without damaging relationships. e Very strong English writing and editing skills; strong computer skills. e Commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion, to locally led response, and to safeguarding in programmes and im the workplace. Language skills e Required: professional fluency in spoken and written English. ® Desirable: Arabic, Juba Arabic or a South Sudanese local language. Working environment Duty station: Juba, South Sudan, with willingness to travel frequently to field offices and partner locations — approximately 30% of working time, including to partner locations in the states listed above. South Sudan remains a volatile operating context. Security conditions vary significantly by location and can change rapidly; several field sites are classified at higher security risk levels due to intercommunal conflict, banditry or active security. Access to some sites may be constrained by imsecurity, seasonal flooding or bareancratic impediments. Movement, communication and travel are governed by IRC South Sudan security protocols. Safeguarding requirement Level 3 — the post supervises staff and is accountable for partner due diligence, which includes partners’ safeguarding capacity. The post does not work directly with clients. This level drives vetting, reference checking and training. It does not affect the grade. The IRC Core Values and Commitments: Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC: Workers Biust adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct. These aré ‘Integrity, Service, “Accountability and Equality. 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