ABOUT OXFAM
\nOxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn\u2019t inevitable. It\u2019s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women\u2019s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more.
\nAnd we won\u2019t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
\nOxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.
\nOUR VALUES AND COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING
\nOxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and is committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
\nThe post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.
\nOUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA
\nSince the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues.
\nTEAM PURPOSE: To support Northern Ethiopian populations to access appropriate and equitable assistance that meets short-term humanitarian needs and mid-long-term development-related needs and priorities. To ensure quality, timely, and safe delivery of comprehensive and integrated projects and programs in Northern Ethiopia (Afar, Amhara, Tigray Regions).
\nJOB PURPOSE: The Programme Manager is responsible for leading and managing the Oxfam team working in the Northern Ethiopia programme office (and sub-offices), overseeing projects, programmes, and support services<\/p>\n
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE:
\nStrategic Alignment and visioning: Outcome-oriented and ensuring that each project within the program supports the programmatic vision and the programme contributes to the organization\u2019s strategic objectives and priorities.
\nResource Allocation: Optimizing the allocation of resources (e.g., finances, personnel, equipment) across projects and program initiatives to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
\nRisk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across the programme\/ portfolio to minimize potential negative impacts on the organization.
\nAdvocacy & Influencing: Contribute to Oxfam\u2019s advocacy and influencing initiatives by suggesting advocacy and influencing asks around projects and programme; representation in public and private domains for advocacy and influencing for policy initiatives within the country, cluster, regional and global programmes in line with Oxfam\u2019s priorities and values.
\nPerformance Monitoring: Tracking the progress and performance of projects and initiatives within the programme\/ portfolio to ensure they meet their objectives and deliver expected benefits.
\nDecision-Making: Decisiveness and making informed decisions about starting, continuing, or stopping projects and initiatives based on their performance and alignment with programmatic strategic goals.
\nAn understanding of the wider issues of the team members\u2019 professional work, the international humanitarian context, working in volatile and complex setup, Oxfam\u2019s ways of working, the priorities of other departments\/regions within Oxfam.
\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
\nGeneral Responsibilities:
\nDIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
\n\u2022 Leadership: Develop and guide program strategies to align with organizational goals and vision.
\n\u2022 Management: Oversee the execution and evaluation of programs, ensuring they meet objectives and timelines.
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\nBudgeting: Effectively manage financial resources, ensuring programs operate within budget constraints.
\nQuality Assurance: Monitor and uphold program standards to ensure high-quality outcomes.
\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
\n1. Program development and delivery
\nUnder the leadership of the Country Director, provides overall strategic and technical leadership in the revision, planning, budgeting, and implementation of the Oxfam Country Strategy.
\nEnsures the delivery of a country program with demonstrable impact and is accountable for ensuring that the programme meets overall program quality and learning standards.
\nManages and is accountable for the programme budget, including responding to high-level management and variance reports.
\nWorking with the Program Quality and Learning Manager, develop, implement, and embed, a knowledge management system, that will ensure the sharing of knowledge across the program, other country programs, and the broader confederation.
\nOversees the development of program and project improvement plans, to ensure effective and timely implementation of the projects and program.
\nWorking closely with the Business Development Manager, identify opportunities for funding to ensure the financial sustainability of the country programme of Oxfam in Ethiopia
\nDevelop a comprehensive understanding of Oxfam\u2019s partnership approach, including work with coalitions and networks, adopting a strategic, proactive perspective on how to achieve partner led approaches to achieve sustainable change
\nOversee the partner portfolio, with specific reference to the identification of both implementing and strategic partners and building and maintaining these relationships
\nLeads the development of country-level programme reporting \u2013 facilitating Programme Managers and other team members\u2019 contributions to reporting, consolidating programme reports and providing high-level strategic analysis of programme impact
\nDirects and coordinates external program engagement
\nStrong links between development programmes, humanitarian preparedness and response and policy and advocacy interventions
\nEnsures that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and cognizant of inherent gender issues. In particular, promote the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work \u2022 Assist the programme team to develop, finalise and closely monitor their programme(s) budget
\nWork closely with the Finance Department to ensure effective financial and budgetary control of the programmes, according to OI\u2019s policy and procedures
\nManages a broad spectrum of programs or geographies, requiring a variety of competencies and skills of the job holder. Management tasks and problems are diverse and complex and involve a significant degree of risk (financial, security, brand).
\nParticipate in the annual budget process, leading the program budget process, and provide ongoing oversight of program budgets
\n2 Coordination, networking, and representation
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\nProvides strategic leadership and management of Oxfam\u2019s programme in the country including development, advocacy, and humanitarian programming to maximise Oxfam\u2019s influence and impact .
\nCoordinate and lead Oxfam\u2019s one program in Ethiopia ensuring it delivers on the Oxfam Country Strategic vision and objectives and championing the new ways of working embodied in the Oxfam Country Strategy.
\nDevelop and facilitate links with civil society (including non-implementing partners), the private sector, academic \/knowledge institutions, and governments, initiating contacts and building associations that can be used to enhance Oxfam\u2019s work, and identifying key partners to collaborate with on the delivery of the program
\n3 People development and management
\nStrategic management and thought leadership
\nEnsures that team members have access to staff development opportunities, identifies and addresses capacity gaps and provides ongoing counselling and support to team members
\nMotivate and support the Programme Team, providing leadership, inspiration, capacity building and guidance and ensuring that the management of the team is in line with Oxfam\u2019s HR policies and procedures.
\nEstablish effective relations with programme managers and other managers at all levels for the application of matrix management responsibility of Programme and Programme Support staff based in operating locations.
\nEnsure all programme teams have set annual performance objectives and perform quarterly and annual performance appraisals as per the Let\u2019s Talk Process
\nManage and support the Programme Team to deliver on the OCS (Oxfam Country Strategy), providing leadership, inspiration, and guidance, and ensuring that the management of the team is in line with Oxfam\u2019s HR policies and procedures.
\nWith support from the Human Resources unit, manages the life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including Let\u2019s Talk processes, people\u2019s development, and working with HR on issues such as disciplinary matters, among others.
\nWork closely with the Head of People and Culture on the human resources planning for the programmes team, including staff retention and talent management, and succession planning.
\n4 Leadership and Management
\nTo provide direct support to the Country Director and the Programme Managers in the field on all matters of program and grants management with a view to ensuring quality program development and implementation standards are met.
\nLeadership, management, negotiation, and coordination skills (of people and projects) in a complex multi-stakeholder, networked, global and largely virtual environment
\nProvide leadership to the programme team, ensuring the best possible support to the programme and advice to the country management team.
\nLiaising with managers in the country in order to resolve problems related to the effective functioning of the program function.<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
PERSON SPECIFICATION
\nMost importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
\nLive our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY and EMPOWERMENT (read more about these here).
\nEnsure you commit to our ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):
\n1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race\/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity.\u201d
\n2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam\u2019s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.
\nExperience, Knowledge & Competencies
\nEssentials
\nFor this role, we have selected the most relevant feminist leadership practices, which we will use for assessment purposes (which you can read more about here):
\nSelf-Awareness
\nMutual accountability
\nStrategic Thinking and Judgment
\nSKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
\nPostgraduate from a recognized university\/ college in International Development, Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian \/ Programme Management, or any other area that can bring added value to the job.
\nHR Consistency Checked HJ 17\/07\/2020
\nRelevant programme management experience of at least 10 years, preferably in an international NGO\/operational UN agency\/equivalent, out of which at least 7 years should be senior leadership\/managerial experience
\nA minimum of seven years of experience in the field leading development and humanitarian programmes in one or more challenging contexts in developing countries.
\nGood understanding of development issues in general, with significant knowledge and experience in one of the fields of (a) sustainable livelihoods and resilience, b) gender and development
\nGood managerial skills to coordinate the Ethiopia program team to deliver on the Oxfam Country Director\u2019s objectives.
\nAbility to coach on the building of strong, credible relationships with international and local NGOs, government associations, business leaders, and communities
\nAbility to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through
\nStrong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
\nAbility to think strategically, work creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner
\nCommitment to Oxfam\u2019s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women\u2019s rights and those of marginalised people in all aspects of Oxfam\u2019s work in Ethiopia.
\nProven analytical and conceptual thinking, high-level research, project management knowledge and skills and experience using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, programme identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
\nComprehensive knowledge and experience of development programs, humanitarian response and advocacy and campaigning.
\nKnowledge of capacity building, learning and development activities and how to create a learning and sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis
\nCommitment to and knowledge of creating a partner-led operational environment, with an ability to create an internal Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam\u2019s objectives
\nKnowledge of, and experience in working with donors
\nExcellent influencing and persuasive skills and personal gravitas to gain respect and build and maintain strong, credible relationships, with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
\nInfluencing experience and ability to develop organisational networks and associations
\nDemonstrated organisational awareness and understanding of knowledge management
\nStrong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
\nPersuasive influencing, motivation, team building, and facilitation skills
\nGood understanding of management roles and dynamics in organizations
\nDeveloping organizational strategies and plans for communication and measuring effectiveness
\nExperience in managing and developing others, including direct line management
\nExperience in leading and managing conflict resolution
\nAbility to liaise with a wide range of people, both internally and externally at very senior levels (OI, Executing Affiliate, and other senior organizational leaders) with credibility, tact, and diplomacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"https:\/\/jobs.oxfam.org.uk\/jobs\/vacancy\/23407\/description,%20https:\/\/jobs.oxfam.org.uk\/internal\/vacancy\/23407\/description","_company_name":"Oxfam Great Britain","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-1286","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-ethiopia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}