Compassion International is hiring Partnership Preparation Specialist II 2022 in Dhaka

Compassion International is hiring Partnership Preparation Specialist II 2022 in Dhaka

Responsibilities

• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the organization. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to serve, respect, and empower the local partners according to principles outlined in Compassion’s philosophies.
• Coordinates with cross-functional specialists in the National Office to complete the assessment or survey of geographical areas in the country. Findings will be used to determine where new partnerships would be opened, targeting regions and communities with the greatest need in their country.
• Casts vision for child and youth ministry and actively facilitates the church mobilization process, ensuring that all leads participate in mobilization activities.
• Develops a good relationship with potential local partner’s leadership. Facilitates processes that build ownership with the potential local partners from the beginning of the relationship in order to build a non-dependency mentality.
• Identifies potential local partners based on the Partnership and Growth Strategy, as well as criteria identified in the leads process. Provides a pool of potential local partners through initial interviews, assessments, and training workshops for National Leadership Team final selection and approval. Responsible for implementing the required activities, follow-up, data and reporting needed to fulfill the targets for new partnerships for the given period.
• In collaboration with other cross-functional specialists, delivers on a detailed plan indicating the schedule for registration of new beneficiaries and the number of new beneficiary registrations (NBRs) for new partners.
• Transitions the partnership relationship to the Partnership Facilitator during the startup milestones (as determined by National Office Partnership Leadership).
• Coordinates the initial training, equipping and preparation for partnership in collaboration with Partnership Facilitators and the Program Training team, and other local facing team members.
• In collaboration with the Partnership Facilitator, processes requests for the Sponsorship Launch grant of assigned local partners.
• Contributes to efforts that increase Compassion’s visibility with potential local partners. Supports the Public Relations Specialist in developing in-country communication materials by providing input on local partners feedback and communication needs.
• Contributes to the development of relationships with major partner alliances and denominations to maintain strategic relationships that impact and benefit the Partnership and Growth Strategy.
• Serves as a resource for global local partners planting efforts at the National Office.
• Participates in the development and implementation of the Partnership and Growth Strategy, partner selection process, and local partners multiplication initiatives. Contributes input to the operations and grant budget for the preparation and selection of leads.
• Communicates child protection and other essential standards to potential partners and evaluates the potential partnership for alignment to these non-negotiable elements of partnership.
• Manages the preparation and selection process by tracking all leads through the process and mobilizing the appropriate Compassion staff that are needed in each stage.
• Ensures the clear understanding of the Partnership Agreement, and coordinates appropriate initial signing the Partnership Agreement with the Partnership Facilitator.
• May provide expertise to other professionals and support staff in the partnership discipline.
• Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion’s core “Cultural Behaviors” in all internal and external communication and relationships.

Compassion International is a Christian child development ministry aimed at releasing children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty in Jesus’ name.