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Job Title:  Graduate Intern – Partnerships Management (No Experience Paid Internship Jobs)

Organisation: Plan International

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Partnerships Manager

About US:

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 75 countries.

Job Summary:  Plan International Uganda is introducing the Graduate Trainee Program that will be a Vigorous exercise to prepare and orient Ugandan graduates towards developing their skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to make them effective employees, when they secure employment.  The program runs for 11 months where successful candidates will undergo various types of training within the Partnerships Management Unit and possibly, a little bit with the Monitoring and Evaluation, Projects, Finance and Administration Departments. This role offers a learning opportunity for a graduate intern on how organisations deliver programmes through partners, gives exposure on Partnerships Management processes, and for the intern to understand some of the clerical roles in organisations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and updating PIU’s existing and potential Partnerships databases regularly to ensure that all information is up to date. These include but are not limited to MoUs, Partnerships Agreements, Teaming and Pre-Teaming Agreements, Partner contact persons and any other relevant information in their profile.
• Maintaining electronic records partnerships management documents e.g. Partnerships Agreements, MoUs, Teaming and Pre-Teaming Agreements and Partner Capacity Strengthening Plans among others.
• Reviewing partnership folders on SharePoint PIU for each project, and making sure they are complete and being kept up to date.
• Coordinating Partnership Unit initiated meetings, trainings and events and acting as rapporteur and following up actions that are agreed on to conclusion.
• Uploading new and updated partnership approach documents on share point. E.g. tools, guidelines, frameworks, reports, agreements, Partnership annual survey and reflection reports
• Follow up Project Teams to update the partner capacity strengthening plans and partners, to update the Local Partner corrective issues log.
• Support review processes of potential partners’ expressions of interest.
• Participate in partner mapping, due diligence exercises and selection processes of new partners including their onboarding. Follow up of any other administrative issues regarding Partnerships Management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Social Sciences, Social Work, community Psychology or a related field.
• Must have acquired at least a Second-Class upper degree from a recognized University or institution
• Should have Graduated between 2021 and 2023.
• Knowledge of Microsoft technologies (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows) and able to develop digital solutions to improve business processes
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team Setting
• Openness to learning
• Excellent writing skills
• Timeliness on assignment
• Has the self-drive and a positive attitude

How to Apply:

All qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 9^th August 2023

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