Job Overview
The Senior Director of Program Partnerships serves as the primary liaison for collaborations with international non-governmental organizations, for-profit entities, and multilateral and bilateral organizations. This role is responsible for expanding partnerships in both scale and depth, while fostering improved coordination and consistent collaboration practices across the network.
Key Responsibilities
* Program Development: Lead and oversee collaborations that deliver joint program design and implementation with external actors, ensuring programmatic alignment with strategic priorities.
* Thought Leadership and Learning: Coordinate with program experts to share knowledge and implement joint initiatives that highlight best practices, generate evidence, and advance housing issues in global, regional, and national forums.
* Fundraising Consortia and Co-Developed Initiatives: In collaboration with the fundraising team, identify opportunities for fundraising consortia to mobilize resources for large-scale, multi-stakeholder programs. Where appropriate, co-lead partnership cultivation and proposal development with the fundraising team.
* Partnership Mapping and Coordination Across the Network: Lead the mapping of external collaborations across the organization to strengthen coordination, reduce duplication, and identify opportunities for collaboration. Develop and refine standards, process flows, and protocols that guide consistent collaboration engagement.
* Partnership Performance and Impact Assessment: Establish and track key performance indicators and reporting systems to assess the impact of collaborations, including influence, program outcomes, and overall community impact. Provide quarterly and annual reporting with recommendations.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in public administration, business, marketing, or a related field. Master's degree in public administration, or international development is preferred.
* 7 years of experience in an equivalent role, in the nonprofit, international development, and/or housing sector.
* Strong knowledge of programs in international development and affordable and adequate housing.
* Proven experience in managing and scaling collaborations and strategic alliances.
* Strong knowledge of collaboration and IT tools, project management, interpersonal, coordination, communication, and facilitation skills.
* Strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving, relationship management, negotiation and deal-making, foster and steward internal and external organizational relationships, work effectively in a global and multicultural environment.
Preferred Qualifications
* Ability to manage multiple collaborations simultaneously and meet deadlines.
* Analytical mindset with the ability to assess potential opportunities and risks.
* Experience in implementing change management practices to improve internal collaboration.
* Active support of Organizational Values.