Proposal and Partnership Manager

Job Title: Proposal and Partnership Manager

Reference NO : PPM/SCoN/2025/001
Reports To: Emergency Response Manager
Duty Station: Maiduguri with frequent travels within Nigeria
Contract Term: 24-month fixed term contract, full-time
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:15pm, Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm

Background:

Street Child is a UK charity working to protect vulnerable children and improve access to education in some of the poorest communities in the world. Since November 2016, Street Child has been actively involved in humanitarian response efforts in Nigeria, as well as being a partner of the Education in Emergencies Working Group.

Street Child works in the fields of education, child protection, and livelihoods, delivering sustainable solutions and creating maximum impact. Our work includes counselling, family mediation, business support, school building, teacher training, and child protection. We operate through local partnerships and emphasize sustainable development through community participation.

About the Job

The Proposals and Partnerships Coordinator focuses on two critical, strongly inter-linked areas: proposal development and leading our local partnership co-ordination in Nigeria; part of our commitment to local leadership.  They will be responsible for managing the interface with our partners and for developing new and existing partnerships, improving coordination, strengthening organizational development, completing due diligence and supporting programme delivery across education, child protection and livelihoods initiatives.  The role holder will play a significant role in proposal development - in addition to, and as a key part of, the local partner dimensions of this position.  Excellent writing skills are essential. This aspect of the role will span both Street Child-fronted applications but also directly supporting key local partners with their own applications – and the longer-term development of their capacity in this area. A distinctive feature of Street Child’s partnership proposition to local organizations is a commitment to supporting their own resource mobilization, not just as a downstream partner of Street Child – but independently too.

Key Responsibilities

Proposal writing and development (30%)

• Play a lead role, as directed by Senior Management, in the drafting of compelling proposals for Street Child of Nigeria
• Interact with Street Child’s global fundraising teams to support their fundraising activities for Nigeria
• Support key local partner organisations with bid and proposal writing
• Support the longer-term development of key local partners’ proposal writing and resource mobilization capability

Partnerships Coordination (30%)

• Lead and coordinate partnerships across Street Child’s programming portfolio
• Manage the communication and agreement of partnership expectations
• Participate in coordination platform and humanitarian clusters to advocate for better approaches for locally led action
• Generate and share evidence about Street Child’s ‘localisation’ approach at the national and global level

Partnership Development (20%)

• Provide support to partners in developing and implementing organisational development plans
• Identify new partner organisations and take the lead in conducting the appropriate due diligence

Programme Management (20%)

• Lead on the development and delivery of Street Child’s ‘localisation’ projects, including follow up and reporting processes
• Assist in developing and monitoring work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs
• Prepare, coordinate reviews, edit, and disseminate project-related reports and documents
• Support Programme Managers during implementation with regular field monitoring to check progress and identify gaps
• Increase the internal and external visibility of Street Child by developing and sharing learning and case studies.

Essential

• A bachelor’s degree in  International development or a related field.
• Prior work experience in international development (3+ years preferred)
• Demonstrable experience in working with local partners
• Demonstrable experience in proposal development and report writing

Desirable

• Previous experience in a humanitarian setting
• Experience in project management
• Experience in supporting organisational development
• Able to travel regularly, sometimes in insecure environments

Core values

• Commitment to Street Child’s mission, vision, and values.
• We value high integrity, honesty, confidentiality and willingness to work in a flexible, dynamic, and challenging environment.
• Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as core principles.

Required Skills

• Excellent spoken and written English skills
• Proven proposal and report writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills
• Ability to positively influence others
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines

To Apply

• Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and early application is encouraged

Disclaimer

Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. Street Child Nigeria does not charge any fees for recruitment and does not use any employment mediator. Any attempt at canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process will lead to direct disqualification and blacklisting.