Business Development and Partnership Manager at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

A reputable organization seeks a dedicated individual for this role. Main Responsibilities Lindii Peace Foundation is currently looking for a Business Development and Partnership Manager Partnership Coordinator in Nigeria under the supervision of the Country Director. The Grant/Partnership Manager is responsible for managing donor funding relationships, developing strategic alliances, and overseeing grant programs to ensure compliance and impact. Key duties include monitoring funding trends, building donor relationships, leading sub-award management, preparing proposals, reviewing applications and budgets, and ensuring adherence to donor policies. The role involves utilizing grant management tools, supporting monitoring and evaluation, facilitating partnerships, conducting data analysis, and providing grant management training. Additionally, the manager will support external audits, maintain documentation, and stay updated on donor guidelines to ensure efficient grant administration and organizational growth. The post holder will strengthen LPF’s engagement with Donors, UN Agencies, International Organizations, National NGOs and CSOs by combining programme partnership development with hands-on support services capacity strengthening (Finance, HR, Logistics and Administration). Responsibilities Partnership development & management:

• Conduct and maintain new existing donor/partner mapping and a partnership database that maps out funding support and partner capacity, influence, and strategic alignment with LPF programming. 

• Lead in donor selection process, partner selection, and due diligence, including meetings, donor audits, and assessments. Support partner selection processes for national NGOs, including local authority liaisons as needed.

• Support drafting and management of partnership documentation (MoUs, agreements, budgets).

• Establish and maintain productive relationships across Donors, UN Agencies, International Organizations, National NGOs and CSOs

• Liaise with LPF’s Programme Managers to support the integration of support services into partnerships management in sectors including Protection, Health, Nutrition, FSL, WASH, Shelter and Settlements, Peace Building and Economic Recovery

• Input into strategy development of various sectors to include plans and targets on the improvement of support services with partners.

• Support technical coordinators to work with duty bearers in different governorates to improve their financial, HR, and Logistics systems and processes and to better support partners.

• Conduct partnership reviews to inform future partnership engagements.

Capacity and Needs Assessments and Partnership Management in addition to Capacity Development:

• Support, develop comprehensive capacity assessment tools related to project and programme design and manageme...