{"id":3951144,"url":"https://alion.io/job/chancen-international-partnership-associate","title":"Partnership Associate","company":{"id":2067588,"name":"Chancen International","domain":"chancen.international","url":"https://alion.io/company/chancen","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Zoho Recruit","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Johannesburg, South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T03:41:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T11:39:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"ABOUT CHANCEN INTERNATIONAL\n\nApplication Deadline: 06 November 2026 \n\nChancen International is a non-profit financial institution providing ethical, fair, and responsible financing to help young Africans access quality tertiary education. Using an innovative Income Share Agreement (ISA) model, we cover students’ tuition fees, allowing them to study without financial barriers. Graduates repay a portion of their income once employed, creating a sustainable funding cycle that supports future generations. By empowering young people with education, we enable their transition to meaningful employment, fostering economic mobility, and strengthening communities.\nHeadquartered in Kigali, Rwanda, and operating in Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana, Chancen International has helped over 5,000 young people access education leading to dignified work. Our focus on marginalized populations ensures these youth gain the skills needed to thrive and contribute to building strong economies and peaceful nations.\nWe are committed to creating an inclusive and positive working environment where each individual can flourish and achieve their full potential. Our actions are guided by our company values: Authenticity, Curiosity, Courage, Stewardship and Fairness\nThis is an intermediate-level, 12-month contract position, with the possibility of renewal, within the Partnerships team. The role supports the full partner lifecycle, from opportunity identification and due diligence through to onboarding, portfolio monitoring and performance management. The Partnership Associate will work closely with the Partnership Manager to support the development and management of strategic partnerships with Partner Education Institutions (PEIs), ensuring that partnerships deliver against agreed financial, student and employment outcomes, contractual commitments and organizational objectives.\nA key responsibility is the operational ownership of monthly PEI portfolio monitoring,\nincluding identifying performance gaps and emerging risks, following up on outstanding partner commitments, coordinating corrective actions and escalating underperformance or material risks timeously. The incumbent will ensure that portfolio information is accurate, performance discussions are evidence-based, and agreed actions are tracked through to resolution.\nThe Partnership Associate will also support continuous improvement in partnership management processes and undertake additional responsibilities as departmental priorities and operational requirements evolve.\nROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE \n\n1. Identify and Assess Opportunities\n\nConduct market research to identify potential partners and opportunities for collaboration.\nSupport the assessment of potential partnerships to ensure strategic fit and alignment with company objectives.\n2. Due Diligence Support\n\nSupport due diligence processes by analyzing financial statements, forecasts, and\nbusiness models.\nAnalyze and interpret data provided by partner institutions, including alumni outcomes, program performance metrics, and engagement statistics, to assess investment impact and inform strategic decisions.\nIdentify gaps, inconsistencies or concerns in information submitted by prospective partners and coordinate the resolution of outstanding due diligence requirements.\nAssist in preparing investment briefs, risk assessments, and recommendations for internal approval.\n3. Partnership and Stakeholder Management\n\nBuild and maintain effective working relationships with PEIs, employers, ecosystem partners and other relevant stakeholders.\nCoordinate regular partner engagement to ensure that contractual commitments, performance expectations, reporting requirements and agreed deliverables are clearly understood.\nCoordinate with internal teams to ensure effective partner onboarding and implementation.\nMaintain accurate records of partner engagements, commitments, outstanding actions and key decisions.\nIdentify relationship management challenges and emerging concerns, escalating matters to the Partnership Manager where intervention is required.\nRepresent Chancen professionally in partner and stakeholder engagements where appropriate.\n4. Monthly Portfolio Monitoring and Performance Management\n\nOwn the monthly monitoring process for assigned Partner Education Institutions (PEIs), ensuring performance data is collected, validated, analysed and reported accurately and timeously.\nMonitor partner performance against agreed KPIs, contractual commitments and\ninvestment requirements, identifying performance gaps, emerging risks, recurring issues and deviations from targets.\nEngage partners to resolve data gaps, obtain outstanding information and address performance concerns, ensuring that commitments and reporting requirements are met.\nMaintain accurate portfolio dashboards, risk records and action trackers, documenting performance exceptions, agreed corrective actions, responsible parties and deadlines.\nCoordinate monthly PEI performance meetings and prepare concise reports highlighting performance trends, risks, overdue commitments, corrective actions and matters\nrequiring management intervention.\nTrack corrective actions through to completion, hold relevant stakeholders accountable for agreed deliverables, assess progress and escalate material risks, persistent underperformance and overdue actions to the Partnership Manager.\nEnsure portfolio records, supporting documentation, meeting outcomes and action trackers remain current and audit-ready, while contributing to continuous improvements in monitoring and reporting processes.\n5. Internal Collaboration and Reporting\n\nCollaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment on partner objectives, deliverables, data requirements and performance expectations.\nCoordinate the flow of partner, student, employment and financial information required for effective portfolio management.\nProvide regular updates to the Partnership Manager on partnership development, portfolio performance and key risks.\nContribute to the continuous improvement of partnership monitoring, reporting and data management processes.\nSupport the preparation of management information and portfolio insights for senior leadership and other internal stakeholders.\n6. Additional Responsibilities\n\nUndertake additional responsibilities aligned with the role's level, competencies and overall purpose as departmental priorities and operational requirements evolve.\nSupport emerging partnership initiatives and process improvements that contribute to the effectiveness of the Partnerships function.\nDemonstrate flexibility in responding to changing departmental needs while maintaining accountability for core responsibilities, deliverables and agreed deadlines.\nRequirements\nQualifications \n\nMinimum bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration, Development Studies or related field.\nCompetencies and Experience\n\nMinimum 3+ years’ relevant professional experience in partnerships, development finance, investment, programme management, financial services, education, youth employment or a related field.\nExperience in partnership or stakeholder management, including coordinating multiple stakeholders and managing partner commitments.\nExperience in performance monitoring, KPI tracking, outcome measurement and reporting.\nProven experience in data analysis, report writing, programme implementation and relationship management.\nExperience analysing financial, operational or programme data and translating findings into actionable insights.\nAbility to analyse and interpret an organisation’s business model, performance and long-term sustainability.\nStrong ability to cross-reference diverse data sources and identify trends, risks and performance gaps.\nExperience managing targets, SLAs, commitments or performance outcomes and escalating underperformance where required.\nDemonstrated ability to follow up on outstanding actions, coordinate corrective measures and maintain accountability for agreed deliverables.\nSkills required\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a practical, solutions-oriented approach.\nStrong stakeholder and relationship management skills.\nAbility to analyse data and translate findings into clear, actionable insights.\nStrong attention to detail and ability to identify data gaps, inconsistencies and emerging risks.\nStrong report writing, communication and presentation skills.\nProficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.\nStrong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders.\nStrong follow-through and accountability, with the ability to independently manage recurring portfolio monitoring activities.\nAbility to facilitate structured performance discussions and ensure actions are followed through.\nAbility to work under pressure, exercise sound judgement and escalate matters appropriately.\nComfortable working across programme, partnership, employment and financial information to understand overall portfolio performance.\nAdaptability and initiative, with the ability to respond to evolving departmental priorities while maintaining focus on agreed deliverables.\nBenefits\nBenefits\n21 days 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