Capacity Strengthening Advisor
Trócaire, Kenya
Job Description
Trócaire works in partnership with local and church organisations, supporting communities in over 20 developing countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to bring about lasting change. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where; people’s dignity is ensured and rights are respected; basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; people have control over their own lives; and those in power act for the common good.
The role of the Capacity Strengthening Advisor(CSA) will form part of Trócaire’s Global Hub on Partnership amp; Localisation. This new role will provide strategic and technical supports on capacity strengthening, both internally and externally, working within Trócaire’s partnership and localisation framework. This post will work across all Trócaire country programmes, including development, humanitarian, and advocacy contexts, and will engage with Country Office leadership and colleagues that have partner capacity strengthening as a core part of their duties.
For the candidate with the required experience and passion for the role, Trócaire offers a competitive package of salary and benefits.Reporting to the Global Director Partnership amp; Localisation, this is a fixed contract for 2 years and can be based in any Trócaire office. Current and valid permission to work and reside in the location is required.
Safeguarding Programme Participants-Children amp; Adults:
Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding people within our programmes from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Closing date to receive applications: 30th September 2021
Key Duties amp; Responsibilities
Development and Delivery of Capacity Strengthening Resources
- Lead the review and updating of Trócaire’s Partner Capacity Assessment System (PCAS) and Capacity Strengthening approach, ensuring it is fit for purpose, based on partners’ expressed needs, and designed and coordinated in relation to other external assessment tools and global best practice.
- Lead the rollout of the updated capacity strengthening approach and resources across all Trócaire country offices.
- Develop organisational tools, guidance, or resources on partners’ operational, administrative, or institutional capacity strengthening and support their rollout.
- Train Trócaire staff on tools, guidance, or resources on partners’ operational, administrative, or institutional capacity strengthening.
- Develop Trócaire staff capacity strengthening expertise through continuous coaching, mentoring, training, and development opportunities.
- Review, provide critical feedback on, and support the revision of manuals, guidelines, training materials, and other outputs relating to partner capacity strengthening, ensuring quality control.
- Ensure that all resources relating to partner capacity strengthening are stored using Trócaire’s online systems.
Technical Support on Partner Capacity Strengthening
- Provide technical support and guidance to Trócaire staff, particularly Country Programmes, on partner capacity strengthening.
- Liaise across the organisation to leverage capacity strengthening expertise.
- Support country offices in the design and implementation of capacity strengthening initiatives/ projects.
- Maintain global oversight of Trócaire’s capacity strengthening initiatives/ projects across all Country Programmes.
- Support Country Programmes to conduct efficient and effective organisational capacity assessments and re-assessments that are led and owned by local partners and receive necessary follow-up.
- Create opportunities and tools for partners to assess Trócaire’s strengths and areas for improvement of its capacity strengthening approaches and ensure organisational follow-up on recommendations.
- Provide guidance to country teams when designing capacity strengthening outcomes, frameworks, activities, and budgets.
Monitoring, Knowledge Management and Learning
- Track monitoring frameworks to effectively measure and monitor Trócaire’s global progress against capacity strengthening targets.
- In collaboration with Hub colleag