Fairtrade Africa Partnership Coordinator Jobs in Kenya

Fairtrade Africa Partnership Coordinator Jobs in Kenya

Job Title: Partnership Coordinator

Team: Programmes

Location:

Nairobi, Kenya

Fairtrade Africa Purpose: To improve the socio-economic conditions of African producers through increased access to better trading conditions.

Reporting to: Programme Director

Reporting to this post: none

Budget Responsibility: Yes

Background:

Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is the umbrella organisation representing Fairtrade certified producers in Africa.

FTA aims to effectively represent and provide services to producers and workers within the international Fairtrade system and to thus contribute to livelihood improvement of African producers and workers by increasing access to better trading conditions. FTA has four (4) regional networks – Eastern and Central, Southern, West and Middle East & North Africa supporting producer activities and trader engagement. FTA’s Secretariat is located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Job Purpose:

The Partnership Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and strategic engaging with Partners and managing the interface with all implementing Partners.

Key Performance Areas

Design and develop FTA partnership strategies

Develop and maintain an FTA Partner Database, indicating partnerships by theme and by key products and by key technical skills and capabilities.

Explore and research on Partnering needs of grass root/ community based organisations

Develop and operationalise partner assessment tools and processes in collaboration with the HORs, Project and Product Managers

Ensure the operationalization of the FTA Partnership Guide

Provide clear guidance on partnerships with Governments and Private sectors

Conduct bi-annual partnership forums to review and reflect on partnership best practices, key learnings and key outcomes and impact.

Coordinate with partners and networks to develop strategies for engaging and influencing targeted national, regional and global institutions

Facilitate respectful reciprocal relationships between local communities and FTA

Ensure that the FTA partnership approach is inclusive and includes interactions with key government department, funding organisations, media institutions, Research and knowledge institutions, community based organisations, regional and international organisations and private sector players. FT member organisations NFOs and PNs should also be included as in the partnership guide.

Ensure a budget is allocated for

enabling and strengthening partnerships

Coordinate and where appropriate accompany external partners visits in the regions

Required Qualifications

A degree in business, development studies, social sciences or any related field.

Atleast 5 years of multicultural and multidisciplinary people management experience

Bilingual/ English-French spoken and written would be advantageous

At least 3 years working experience working with different partners at regional or/and regional front

Other competencies/ skills

Ability to work with minimal supervision, meet multiple deadlines, and establish priorities

Excellent presentation skills for diverse audiences

Excellent communication and facilitation skills

Ability to analyse information to identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions

The following are core competencies required for the role:

Passionate commitment - This competency shows you have a passion, dedication, and proactively can show your support for FTA

Embracing change - This competency is about you showing you are flexible and responsive to changing needs. It is about innovating, doing something new or differently

Working together -This competency is about how we all relate to one another – either as Line Manager and Team, the Team itself, or colleague to colleague

Delivering results - This competency is about achieving a high quality of measurable results while at the same time maintaining or even raising, the quality of work

Knowledge management - This competency is about working in a way that promotes information and knowledge sharing to the team and our broader network

How to Apply:
Application Deadline 22nd November 2018

Fairtrade Africa Partnership Coordinator Jobs in Kenya

Find jobs in Kenya. Jobs - Kenya jobs. Search our career portal & find the latest Kenyan job positions, career opportunities & jobs in Kenya.

Jobs in Kenya - banking jobs, IT jobs, accounting jobs, NGO jobs, business administration, ICT, UN jobs, procurement jobs, education jobs, hospital jobs, human resources jobs, engineering, teaching jobs, and other careers in Kenya.

Find your dream job from 1000s of vacancies in Kenya posted and updated daily - Click here!