Partnership and Localisation Coordinator at Trocaire

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to Trócaire country teams and head office on advancing equitable partnerships with local and national organisations.
• Accompany partners in identifying and delivering their own capacity strengthening initiatives to enhance institutional resilience, leadership, and sustainability, in collaboration with country teams.
• Facilitate the participation and leadership of local and national actors, including women-led and women-centred organisations, in coordination, advocacy, and decision-making spaces at country and global levels, in collaboration with country teams.
• Convene and facilitate regular engagement with the Partner Advisory Group, ensuring partner perspectives inform Trócaire’s partnership and localisation strategy, learning, and decision-making processes
• Monitoring, reporting, and learning
• Track and compile progress made by Trócaire on equitable partnerships and local and national leadership across teams and country programmes.
• Contribute to internal and external reporting processes, including reports to institutional donors and global commitments related to partnership and localisation.
• Coordinate and contribute to joint learning processes that strengthen understanding and practice across diverse partnership and localisation efforts.
• External engagement and sector influence
• Represent Trócaire in key networks, coalitions, and policy spaces on advancing national and local CSO leadership.
• Facilitate linkages between the advocacy of local and national networks and Trócaire’s global advocacy and learning on shifting power to local and national actors.
• Contribute to joint initiatives with aligned organisations and networks to support the leadership of local and national actors.
• Other Duties
• Fulfil other duties as may reasonably be required by line management, including engaging with wider organisational processes and priorities.
• Travel to programme locations, including potentially fragile or conflict-affected areas.

Essential Requirements

Skills

• Excellent coordination, planning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams and partners.
• Strong communication skills, including verbal, written, and public engagement.
• Demonstrated agility and flexibility to adapt to emerging priorities and evolving localisation agendas.
• Ability to support and accompany local and national partners in strengthening leadership, systems, and influence.
• Ability to facilitate collaborative learning and knowledge exchange across teams.
• Competent in Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and online systems (Salesforce, Box, Agresso).
• Fluency in English; knowledge of French, Spanish, or Arabic is an advantage.

Requirements

Experience

• Experience working in partnership-based roles within NGOs or INGOs
• Experience facilitating joint learning, sector dialogue, or peer exchange on localisation or partnership.
• Familiarity with global policy frameworks on localisation (e.g., the Grand Bargain) and current sector debates.
• Experience facilitating joint learning, sector dialogue, or advocacy processes with local and national organisations or networks.

Qualifications

• Relevant graduate degree (or equivalent in experience).