Partnerships Coordinator, Small Business Growth and Investments, Africa

Role Overview

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key project partners in the geography of focus
• Develop robust relationships with country level project stakeholders, including the donor, the access to finance lead partner, relevant governments and enterprise support organisations.
• Represent WUSC among stakeholders, ensuring that the project can provide value to local actors and make a positive impact within the entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Provide support for project activities in the geography of focus.
• Contribute to key project planning deliverables (i.e. Initiative Inception Plan, Annual Work Plans) using results based management approaches and tools;
• Support the integration of specific strategies for cross-cutting themes (capacity building, gender equality, youth and refugee inclusion, disability inclusion, enterprise support and capital allocation) for the initiative
• Share in WUSC’s commitment and approach to advance gender equality and social inclusion for all young people
• Maintain open and effective communication amongst local partners
• Work with the project team to implement, revise and update the project work plans and strategies
• Contribute to the development of project annual work plans and annual reports for submission to the donor, showcasing success stories and highlighting key results
• Work closely with the Finance Manager to manage and monitor the budget allocated to the key activities of responsibility, and contributing to the financial reports as needed
• Work closely with the M&E manager to ensure targets are set, and results are being monitored according to the PMF, as well as identifying and highlighting any unintended results
• Work closely with the Gender Equality Manager to ensure that the GESI considerations are integrated into activities according to the GESI strategy and work plan.
• Actively participating in team meetings, stakeholder meetings and other events as required

Requirements

• A university degree in international development, business administration, finance or other relevant area; or equivalent work experience
• Specialized training in entrepreneurship support, financial inclusion, women’s and/or youth economic empowerment would be an advantage
• A minimum of eight years of experience in economic growth programming
• Experience developing and managing complex partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience working with international development donor agencies
• particularly foundations
• Knowledge of Results Based Management (RBM) and environmental and gender policies and reporting requirements
• Proven administrative and organizational skills
• Proven experience of adaptability to a challenging and constantly changing environment requiring iterative planning on a regular basis
• Proven knowledge of and commitment to the concepts of Gender Equality
• Complete fluency in English is required. Ability to communicate in French a strong asset.

Benefits

• Join Us. Our work is important, cutting-edge, and rewarding.
• We encourage curiosity, innovation, and flexibility.
• WUSC offers a dynamic international work environment with a diverse intercultural workforce.
• We offer employees exciting opportunities to apply their skills and gain experience all while making a difference in the lives of youth around the world.
• WUSC promotes responsibility, respect, honesty, and professional excellence and we will not tolerate harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form.
• WUSC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.