47176

Damascus

Full time

TEAM PURPOSE: To support conflict affected populations access to appropriate and equitable assistance that meets humanitarian needs and provides opportunities for increased resilience.
JOB PURPOSE: The Partnership Coordinator will provide overall leadership and technical oversight to partnership processes within Oxfam’s Syria programme, particularly in relation to strengthening and managing relationships with partner organisations. The Partnership Coordinator will be responsible for supporting three hub teams in Damascus, Aleppo and Deir-ez-Zor in the effective scoping and building of (new) partnerships, managing and maintaining partnerships and providing support to joint programming and advocacy initiatives. The role will work with hub teams to institutionalize partnership ways of working and processes, and review and revise partnerships as relevant for the country programme. The Partnership Coordinator will support institutional development of civil society actors, through capacity sharing initiatives, technical support and network / alliance building.
In doing so, the role supports civil society actors and Oxfam teams to implement effective and locally-led humanitarian assistance and, where needed, the professionalization of aid led by local actors. In line with Oxfam’s partnership principles, all team members are expected to foster an appropriate working culture build on Oxfam’s values, respectful and cognisant of power imbalances internally and between Oxfam, our partners and the communities we serve.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Partnership Management:
• Explore local actors’ existing responses, roles, capacities and interest to partner with INGOs.
• Support partner mapping and scoping at hub-level, including identifying potential value added of parties (including Oxfam)
• Liaise with Area Manager(s) and Syria CO leadership to identify local actors aligned with Oxfam’s work, mission and (programmatic) priorities in Syria.
• Support or lead the setting-up of partnership building conversations with potential partners.
• Explore ways to extend (informal) partnership relations to diversify Oxfam in Syria’s partnership portfolio by building on previous Oxfam in Syria engagement with less formalised organisations, including non-registered and women/youth-led local groups and charities.
• Lead and coordinate with different departments on partnership assessment processes and tasks (due diligence, capacity assessments) and provide guidance to involved Oxfam in Syria staff.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of a transparent partnership assessment process.
• Support financial and other colleagues on documentation, contracting and compliance of legal partner contracts, conditions and amendments.
• Ensure that partner organisations receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting, communications and other organisational requirements.
• Based on Oxfam’s partnership principles, set up a monitoring agreement with each partner, with a dual emphasis on compliance and risk management for funds and goods, as well as a monitoring plan to measure the impact of capacity strengthening agreements/actions on organisational capacity and ability to implement good quality programmes
• Support partner-led advocacy, influencing and communication activities, in collaboration with the advocacy and policy leads in the Syria programme.
• In collaboration with each partner, develop clear action plans for capacity strengthening of partners outlining necessary resources and including the required type of support (training, coaching, development of policy / tools, field trips, shadowing, exchange visits, Oxfam staff seconded into partner etc.), to overcome capacity gaps, if any.
• Coordinate with relevant senior staff to plan for appropriate technical support and mentoring, including in the fields of finance, procurement, MEAL and HR.
• Regularly review partnership relations, milestones and ways of working to shape and evaluate the health of the relationship through open dialogue and the monitoring of progress.
Strengthen internal partnership ways of working:
• Ensure country and hub teams are familiar with Oxfam’s partnership principles and policies, including commitments to the Charter for Change, Grand Bargain etc.
• Provide coaching to Oxfam in Syria staff on equitable partnering, principles and behaviours.
• Facilitate cross-hub learning on partnership lessons learned and good practices.
• Enable and facilitate meaningful participation and engagement of partner staff in the full project cycle and Oxfam in Syria’s programmatic planning processes.
• In collaboration with the DCD-P, Advisors and Ams, implement the Oxfam in Syria partnership strategy (2026-2031) and ensure socialisation amongst Oxfam in Syria teams.
Other:
• Represent the Syria programme in partnership- and localisation-focused coordination meetings where and when relevant.
• Encourage and enable civil society actors to meaningfully engage in formal coordination activities and cluster meetings.
• Ensure the work of, and leadership by, local actors is visible and promoted in media and donor visits.
• Support in regular and joint learning exercises with partners in various stages of the partnership, and promote learning across
• Capture partnership-related lessons learned and good practices, and promote learning across countries and by creating spaces for sharing, innovation and peer-to-peer learning within the Oxfam confederation and, where appropriate, with external networks and allies.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding:

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information 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 his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

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Mar 19, 2026