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CIMMYT is a cutting edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong partnerships. This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries. For more information, visit: cimmyt.org  CIMMYT is looking for an outstanding, self-motivated, and result-oriented professional for the position of Partnership Excellence Specialist. Partnerships are central to how CIMMYT operates, they shape our science, deliver our innovations, enable resource mobilization, and amplify our impact. This role exists to make those partnerships work better: more consistent, better governed, and more clearly tied to results.  As Partnership Excellence Specialist, you will report directly to the Chief Transformation Officer and lead the design and implementation of a risk-based, systems-enabled partnership management framework across the organization. You will enhance how CIMMYT identifies, selects, manages, and monitors its partners, reducing fragmentation and strengthening the organizational capability to sustain high-quality partnerships at scale.  This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will co-develop tools, frameworks, and processes, in collaboration with colleagues working across Finance, Programs, Legal, Grants Management, and IT, and then support teams in adopting and using them. A near-term priority will be translating internal audit findings into concrete improvements to financial oversight, compliance monitoring, and systems controls across the partnership lifecycle.  Over time, the role will evolve from framework-building toward continuous improvement and stewardship of the partnership management function.  This role requires strong financial acumen, with the ability to interpret budgets and financial reports, project funding structures, and risk indicators, and convert these into actionable organizational tools and controls, monitoring approaches, and data-driven insights.  The role is not responsible for financial transactions or accounting operations.   The location of this position will be CIMMYT’s headquarters in Texcoco, near Mexico City. Key Responsibilities 1. Partnership Lifecycle Framework •       Design and implement standardized process improvement across the full partnership lifecycle: identification/selection, due diligence, contracting and negotiation, management and monitoring, and renewal/exit. •       Develop workflows, templates, and documentation standards that enable consistent, auditable practice across programs and partner categories, aligned with existing institutional policies and roles. •       Capture and document lessons learned and best practices and translate these into targeted improvements in process design and continuous improvement initiatives. 2. Technical and Financial Performance Frameworks, Tools & Data Solutions •       Support the development of partnership trackings system covering contractual agreements, deliverables, financial and technical performance metrics, risks, and project progress. •       Support the development and implementation of consistent standard organizational requirements for partner financial reporting and expenditure information, ensuring consistency, transparency, and auditability. •       Develop tools to track reporting timelines, ga