Welthungerhilfe
Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personality, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe!
We are one of the largest and most respected private organisations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. As a politically and confessionally independent organisation, our value-oriented actions are always based on ethical principles. Our vision is clear: “Zero Hunger by 2030” – If you want to become part of our global mission to end hunger around the world, we look forward to receiving your application as:
Partnership Officer*
in Poltava
The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of one year. There are very good prospects for an extension. Employment location will be Poltava, Ukraine.
Alliance15 members Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Concern Worldwide, and Cesvi are working together in Ukraine using their combined resources and reach, to ensure a quick and effective emergency response to assist the crisis-affected population. This response, known as JERU (Joint Emergency Response Ukraine), is working inside of Ukraine to support conflict-affected communities.
As Partnership Officer for Ukraine, your aim will be to identify, select and train partners in the area; being focal point of relationship between partners and the organization; conduct partners assessment and redact partnership agreement in both languages.
Your responsibilities
- Support the organization in identifying, communicating with and building relationships with local partners
- Conduct local partners assessments following the existing procedures
- Redact the partnership agreements following the existing procedure and ensuring the internal revision and approvals are provided in time
- Be the main point of contact between the organization and its local partners
- Be the focal point for resolving problems/programmatic/operational and administrative issues with local stakeholders with the support of the other relevant departments (Logistics, Finance, Programme)
- Supporting partners in the activities planning and implementation, ensuring WHH and CHS principles are applied
- Provision of appropriate translation between international staff and partners (e.g. national non-governmental organizations) and partnership related documents
- Attending meetings and representing JERU when required by the supervisor
Your profile
- Relevant professional qualification/formal vocational training with additional qualifications (e.g technician, vocational college)
- Experience in one of the following areas is an added value: finance/administration or logistics, humanitarian programs (especially cash and voucher assistance),
- 1-3 years of job-related professional experience
- Strong MS Teams skills
- Willingness to travel within Ukraine
- Fluency in Ukrainian
- Russian and or English language skills are an asset
Our offer
We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale.
How to apply
Please send your application via our online recruiting system by December 19, 2022. Welthungerhilfe is committed to fighting terrorism in all its activities. Accordingly, any applicant who is offered employment will be screened against lists of known and suspected terrorists.
*Welthungerhilfe values diversity and ensures an inclusive, non-discriminatory working environment. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.