Programme & Partnership Coordinator - Colombia

Programme & Partnership Coordinator - Colombia

Permanent, Full time. Hybrid working

Location: Bogota, Colombia

Salary: 136,956,456 Colombian Pesos per year

If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the scheduled closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience. 

Applications and CV to be submitted in English please.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

Learn about our vision, mission and values

About the role

Reporting in to the Programme & Partnership Lead, the Programme & Partnership Coordinator will support and complement the programme and partnership lead to actively manage a dynamic and responsive partner portfolio that aligns with the organisational strategy.

The post-holder will ensure Christian Aid is always employing a decolonised approach to partnership to improve locally led work and 
maximise impact. Acting with humility, respect, mutuality the role will be on the frontline ensuring positive engagement with diverse partners across the portfolio, bringing together a range of stakeholders that can improve impact.

The role will build relationships, facilitate, convene and understand and employ approaches that catalyse change, and will work well with partners regardless of size, status (active or inactive) or focus area, bringing relevant actors along in any co-creative processes. The role will stand with civil society partners helping them to improve ways of working and delivery and getting them what they need to do so.

Some of the main responsibilities of the Programme & Partnership Coordinator include:

• Manage relationships with active and inactive partners across the portfolio, ensuring that they have the support they need and that CA systems are engaged, supportive and prepared for potential shifts in context (i.e. to ‘flex’ the programme portfolio). 
• Co-design and convene spaces for learning and co-creation by all key stakeholders to support with a culture of continuous learning and improvement, with oversight from the programme and partnerships lead.
• Provide or make available operational support to dynamic portfolio of partners, using decolonised and localised approaches that support them in their work and foster a mindset of connection and enhance collaboration.
• In collaboration with the Lead, scope, identify and recommend potential new partners and once agreed, engage CA systems to support the partnership. This will be done under the guidance and leadership of the Programme and Partnerships Lead and MCC SLT to maximise impact. 
• Identify what partners need (e.g. working with Ops and Finance colleagues through POCRA process and project co-design spaces) and making sure that they have what is required for success that aligns to organisational values and goals. 
• Collaborate to co-create and design projects to deliver support for each partner that is high-quality and impactful, ensuring alignment with CA four thematic areas

About you

Who we are looking for

Essential:

• Significant experience in decolonised, localised approaches to partnership working. 
• Significant experience of building and maintaining relationships with networks and alliances. 
• Significant experience working with programme cycle management systems to improve poverty outcomes for communities. 
• Significant experience convening collaborative and co-creation spaces with CSO’s. 
• Significant experience working in partnership with Civil Society under Christian Aid’s 4 Thematic areas. 
• Significant experience delivering decolonised approaches to MEL and working with humanitarian responses. 
• Significant experience facilitating/hosting and convening. 
• Developed IT systems (e.g. Excel, Word) and Christian Aid programme systems such as IPIM’s.
• Detailed understanding of development issues and key drivers of poverty in priority countries. 
• Detailed understanding of programme cycle management, tools and techniques. 
• Significant experience of budget monitoring to ensure gaps in partner capacity are identified.
• Developed ability to capacity share and bridge opportunities that could support partners. 
• Highly developed communications skills, both writing and verbal, and identifying key stakeholders for alliances. 
• Posts located in Latin America and Caribbean (except Haiti), written and spoken fluency in Spanish and English

Desirable:

• Demonstrable experience of managing staff
• Degree ideally in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Economics or International Relations

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. 

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. 

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this. 

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, please refer to the benefits booklet for your location to see our full list of employee benefits. 

For Salary details for this role, please refer to the Salary band by location.