Oxfam Humanitarian and Development Programme Manager - Jobs in South Sudan
Oxfam Humanitarian and Development Programme Manager - Jobs in South Sudan
Oxfam GB is an international non-governmental organisation working with others to alleviate poverty and injustice and has been working in South Sudan since 1983.
Oxfam’s Programmatic Strategy concentrates on Saving Lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Relationships
Representation in coordination meetings and external relationships, liaise with donors and partners when required and work in close relationship with local actors including local authorities.
Impact and influence with point departure in the programme areas and/or external public.
Involve in influencing work and take part in public campaigns based on agreed plan of action and objectives.
Decision making
The post holder will be expected to pursue manage and oversee the implementation of currently funded activities under the resilience, peacebuilding and humanitarian portfolios, while also actively pursuing fundraising opportunities for resilience and peacebuilding components for both humanitarian and development programmes within agreed parameters and in agreement with line / matrix managers.
Leads on recruitment and management of staff in his/her team.
Makes day-to-day decisions to guide the implementation and smooth running of the humanitarian and development programmes she/he is managing.
Ensure development of yearly budgets and closely follow up on spending
Analytical skills
Expected to produce, assimilate, analyse and use programme information from varied and diverse sources to provide in-depth analysis in the specific programme unit and work with initiative and innovation, using analytical skills and own judgement to recommend high level education, resilience and peacebuilding humanitarian and development programme and funding decisions in consultation with a wide range of country team and partner organisations
Developing self and others
The post holder is expected to work independently with limited supervision, providing leadership and influencing strategies within his/her management and ensuring the upholding of humanitarian standards, strengthen safeguarding including child safeguarding principles and Oxfam’s code of conduct and partnership principles.
Accountability
Accept accountability internally and externally for the effective use of resources, look for ways to achieve more effective outcomes by using existing resources in a new or different ways, manage resources and workloads to ensure your own and others’ goals are achieved.
Realising potential
Show continuing commitment to your own professional and personal development.
Use coaching and mentoring skills to support others to develop and encourage others to give their best by discussing goals and aspirations and recognising achievement.
Provide an appropriate level of supervision according to need; know when to provide help and when to give others space to learn. Give constructive and timely feedback to others on difficult or contentious issues.
Deal with poor performance directly and sensitively, seeking appropriate and timely advice
and support if needed.
Seek feedback from others to learn and improve.
Continuous improvement
Be open to suggestions, able to evaluate the benefits and risks of new ideas and ways of working and identify ways to reduce risk.
Find and implement ways to better support internal knowledge- and information-sharing.
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
Graduate Degree from a recognised University/college in international development, social science, economics, management or any other related area that can bring added value to the job.
Experience managing large humanitarian programmes, and an understanding of relevant issues, especially in a conflict setting
Relevant experience of 7 years for Post graduate holders, or 10 years + for Degree holders, including budgeting, planning, programme cycle management, preferably in an international NGO out of which at least 5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience
Proven programme and project management skills including planning, monitoring, evaluation, budgeting, proposal development and report preparation.
Experience of using accountability practices and standards through the project life cycle.
Experience from working in partnership with CSOs and community groups
Strong skills and experience in capacity-building of staff and partners, including coaching and on-the-job training
Commitment to humanitarian principles and action and understanding and experience of humanitarian standards and accountability initiatives, including Sphere, People in Aid, NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, CHS etc
Experience from managing education programmes
Knowledge of gender, wash and the livelihoods approaches in emergency and recovery.
Professional experience living and working in disaster/conflict affected countries.
Experience of strategic planning and management of large and complex budgets.
Experience of distance management of staff.
Excellent communicator with strong written and reporting skills, and an excellent ability to influence verbally to persuade with diplomacy and tact
Experience in fast-paced and difficult emergency contexts
Adaptable in approach to work with a willingness to work under pressure in a demanding environment
Initiative and motivation to work independently and develop solutions to problems. Highly flexible in style with the ability to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to complex problems
Desirable
Knowledge of health promotion, community water supply, sanitation, EFSVL/Cash). Experience of working in South Sudan or in another conflict programme
How to Apply
Deadline for submission of applications is 20th May 2019.
Interested Applicants should send soft copies of their CVs and Cover letters to Hrsouthsudan@oxfam.org.uk.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of screening checks.
For more information and job application details, see; Oxfam Humanitarian and Development Programme Manager - Jobs in South Sudan
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