Partnership Operations & Portfolio Analyst

Chancen International; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

21 days annual leave

Medical aid/insurance

Training, learning and development

Growth pathways

Job summary

Chancen International is seeking a mid-level Partnership Associate in Johannesburg to support the Partnerships team. You will help develop and manage strategic partnerships with PEIs, oversee onboarding, and monitor portfolio performance to ensure outcomes align with contractual and organizational goals.

You will work closely with the Partnership Manager to identify opportunities, perform due diligence, and maintain accurate data, dashboards, and action tracking.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration, Development Studies or related field.
• Minimum 3+ years’ relevant professional experience in partnerships, development finance, investment, programme management, financial services, education, youth employment or a related field.
• Experience in partnership or stakeholder management, including coordinating multiple stakeholders and managing partner commitments.
• Experience in performance monitoring, KPI tracking, outcome measurement and reporting.
• Proven experience in data analysis, report writing, programme implementation and relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly monitoring process for assigned Partner Education Institutions (PEIs), ensuring performance data is collected, validated, analysed and reported accurately and timeously.
• Monitor partner performance against agreed KPIs, contractual commitments and investment requirements, identifying performance gaps, emerging risks, recurring issues and deviations from targets.
• Engage partners to resolve data gaps, obtain outstanding information and address performance concerns, ensuring that commitments and reporting requirements are met.
• Maintain accurate portfolio dashboards, risk records and action trackers, documenting performance exceptions, agreed corrective actions, responsible parties and deadlines.
• Coordinate monthly PEI performance meetings and prepare concise reports highlighting performance trends, risks, overdue commitments, corrective actions and matters requiring management intervention.
• Track corrective actions through to completion, hold relevant stakeholders accountable for agreed deliverables, assess progress and elevate material risks, persistent underperformance and overdue actions to the Partnership Manager.
• Ensure portfolio records, supporting documentation, meeting outcomes and action trackers remain current and audit-ready, while contributing to continuous improvements in monitoring and reporting processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Report writing

Partnership management

KPI tracking

Attention to detail

Communication

Excel proficiency

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Chancen International is seeking a mid-level Partnership Associate in Johannesburg to support the Partnerships team. You will help develop and manage strategic partnerships with PEIs, oversee onboarding, and monitor portfolio performance to ensure outcomes align with contractual and organizational goals.

You will work closely with the Partnership Manager to identify opportunities, perform due diligence, and maintain accurate data, dashboards, and action tracking.