Partnership and Performance Team lead BRIDGE+ Project

Planning and portfolio governance

• Develop maintain and periodically update the BRIDGE partnership and performance management framework including partner segmentation review cycles performance criteria decision rights and escalation routes.
• Maintain an integrated programme-wide overview of the partner portfolio contractual commitments expected results expenditure risks and strategic relevance in collaboration with component leads and operations colleagues.
• Translate programme priorities into annual objectives plans and coordinated workflows for the MEAL Coordinator Data Insights and Analytics Lead and Contract Advisor.
• Advise management and component leads on appropriate partnership modalities localisation pathways capacity strengthening sustainability and responsible transition or exit strategies.
•  Agree priority performance questions with management and ensure that dashboards reviews analyses and learning activities address those decision-making needs.

Implementation and team leadership

• Lead coach and coordinate the MEAL Coordinator Senior Data Analyst and Contract Advisor setting clear objectives balancing workloads and ensuring timely high-quality delivery.
• Convene structured partner performance reviews that assess technical progress results expenditure contractual compliance risk partner capacity and strategic relevance.
• Oversee due diligence contracting amendments deliverable monitoring and close-out ensuring that processes are timely proportionate and aligned with SNV and donor requirements while working closely with operations and specialist functions.
• Support component leads and regional teams to address partner underperformance through agreed improvement plans targeted capacity support escalation reallocation or responsible transition as appropriate.
• Establish practical tools and routines for partner engagement performance dialogue localisation tracking risk follow-up and management action.
• Foster constructive and accountable working relationships with consortium members implementing partners and strategic stakeholders.

Performance oversight reporting and adaptive management

• Provide strategic oversight of the BRIDGE MEAL and data functions while the MEAL Coordinator remains responsible for day-to-day coordination of results measurement data quality reporting and learning processes.
• Integrate programme results partner performance contractual and financial information to identify delivery gaps emerging risks and opportunities for corrective action or resource reallocation.
• Lead periodic programme performance reviews and management reflection processes ensuring that decisions adaptations owners and deadlines are documented and tracked.
• Quality assure performance inputs to donor reports management updates dashboards evaluations studies and learning products without duplicating the technical responsibilities of the relevant leads.
• Advise the Project Manager and management team on the strength limitations and implications of available evidence and on priorities for additional analysis verification or learning.
• Ensure that relevant cross-cutting priorities including GESI safeguarding and climate are incorporated into performance monitoring and review processes.

Capability strengthening learning and representation

• Strengthen the capability of component leads regional teams and partners in partnership management performance dialogue evidence use localisation and adaptive management.
• Facilitate cross-component learning on partner performance and implementation quality identifying recurring issues and solutions that require programme-wide action.
• Maintain effective working relationships with consortium partners public institutions private-sector actors and knowledge organisations relevant to programme delivery and sustainability.
• Represent BRIDGE on partnership performance and learning matters when delegated by the Project Manager.
• Coordinate with relevant SNV country and global functions to apply organisational standards draw on specialist expertise and share lessons from BRIDGE Project.

Qualifications :

Essential qualifications and experience

• Masters degree in international development agriculture agribusiness economics business administration public policy monitoring and evaluation or a related field with ten years of relevant experience; or a bachelors degree in a relevant field with at least twelve years of relevant experience.
• Progressive experience in managing partnerships and program performance in complex donor-funded development programs including substantial responsibility for team leadership and management advice.
• Demonstrated experience with partner portfolio management contracting or grant management performance monitoring risk management and corrective action.
• Experience in MEAL leading or overseeing MEAL data or learning functions and using evidence to support adaptive program management.

Essential competencies

• Strong ability to integrate technical results financial progress contractual obligations and partner capacity into balanced performance assessments and practical recommendations.
• Proven people-management coaching facilitation and influencing skills including the ability to work across functions without taking over technical ownership.
• Strong knowledge of partnership approaches private-sector engagement localisation institutional capacity strengthening and sustainability in development programs.
• Sound understanding of donor compliance due diligence safeguarding accountability data quality and responsible information use.
• Excellent analytical judgement communication and report-writing skills with the confidence to challenge constructively and advise senior management.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with government private-sector civil-society research and consortium partners in a multicultural environment.

Desirable experience

• Experience in agriculture agribusiness market systems or dairy-sector development in Ethiopia.
• Experience with consortium programs and performance dashboards or integrated management-information systems.

Languages and mobility

• Fluency in English and Amharic; additional Ethiopian languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel regularly to BRIDGE Project regions.

Additional Information :

Additional Information

Contract Type: National

Expected start date: January 1 2027

Duty Station:  Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Contract Duration: The contract is for one year with the possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability.

How to Apply
If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and a letter of motivation before/on 5th November 2026. Please submit your application only via Smart Recruiters. All information will be kept in the strictest confidentiality. 
If we see that your experience and skills match the requirements of the position we will contact you to advise on the next steps in the recruitment process.

Working at SNV  
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Vetting
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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time