Oxfam GB Deputy Country Director - Programmes Jobs in South Sudan
Oxfam is an international non-governmental organisation with a mission of working with others to alleviate poverty, suffering and distress.
Oxfam has been working in South Sudan since 1983. Our Programmatic Strategy concentrates on Saving lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through a full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy.
Oxfam currently operates via eleven area offices in nine former states (Upper Nile, Unity, Jonglei, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Western Equatoria and Western Bahr-el Ghazal, and Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
As a part of the country leadership and senior management team in the country, develop strong matrix links with other country programme teams, relevant HECA regional staff, Global Humanitarian Team(GGT) and relevant International Department staff in order to develop and deliver the Oxfam country strategy.
Oversight of geographical humanitarian and development programmes by:
Ensuring programme plans, budgets and resource requirements are developed to meet planned objectives.
Budget, fund and contract oversight and donor liaison.
Ensuring effective advisory support from the country, regional and Oxford technical teams to the field teams.
Ensuring strong coordination and learning within and between geographical teams and technical teams.
Ensure synergies between and harmonisation of humanitarian, development and advocacy programme strategies according to the “one programme approach”, and enabling a smooth transition from emergency humanitarian interventions towards resilience and longer-term development programming where possible.
Ensure that the effectiveness, impact and direction of the programme is regularly monitored, reviewed, evaluated and can be learned from and report any findings regularly to the Country Director, Regional Centre, donors and others as appropriate.
One of the most crucial roles of the Deputy Country Director - Programmes is ensuring a strong link and mainstreaming of activities between the assigned departments, maximising their performances and effective use of resources through coordination and strategic guidance.
Ensure that programme operations are of high quality, comply with established policies and procedures and contribute directly to Oxfam strategies and operational plans.
This includes, but is not limited to gender mainstreaming, protection mainstreaming, programme accountability frameworks and humanitarian preparedness and response.
Work with the Country Director and programme teams to secure internal and external funding to deliver programme activities through support to development of appropriate strategies and funding proposals.
In close collaboration with HR Team, Programme Managers and Technical Coordinators, identify staffing needs, support recruitment of staff and manage the performance and development of all direct reports, ensuring performance objectives are produced and worked to, including identification and effective delivery of training and development needs.
Representing Oxfam to government officials, donors, UN agencies, and NGO community as appropriate.
Deputise for the Country Director in his/her absence or whenever necessary.
Produce regular programme and context updates that can be shared with other Oxfam stakeholders.
To ensure all Oxfam staff and programmes are familiar
with and abide by the Oxfam’s Code of Conduct, Oxfam International standards and procedures and other regulatory codes (e.g. Sphere Minimum Standards).
Frequent national travel to work with the field teams and liaise with Government, UN agencies and other NGO's as appropriate.
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
Masters / Post-graduate from a recognized university/ college in International Development, Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian, Programme Management or any other area that can bring an added value to the job.
Relevant experience, of 7 - 10 years for Masters or Post-graduate holders or 10 + years for Bachelor holders, preferably in an international NGO out of which at least 4 years should be supervisory/managerial experience
Good understanding of development issues in general with significant knowledge and experience in project and programme management in one of the fields of: (a) humanitarian programming (b) sustainable livelihoods and resilience, b) gender and development
Excellent personal management and communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills and able to use different approaches to achieve followership
Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and those of marginalised people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work in South Sudan
Comprehensive knowledge and experience of development programmes, humanitarian response and advocacy and campaigning
Knowledge of capacity building, learning and development activities and how to create learning and sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis
Commitment 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’s objectives
Politically astute, with high impact 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
Committed to a right based approach including an active commitment to putting women’s rights at the heart of all we do as well as the rights of other marginalized people in all aspects of an organization’s work.
Driving licence and use of it in insecure contexts.
Ability to travel away from home, often to remote programmatic sites within the country for weeks per annum, and periodic travel aboard for global meetings.
Desirable
Working experience in South Sudan
Working Experience with Oxfam.
NB: Qualified Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Previous Candidates need not re-apply. Only short listed candidate will be contacted.
How to apply
Interested Applicants should apply on our website using this link or send soft copies of their CVs and Cover letters to Hrsouthsudan@oxfam.org.uk or drop hard copies of their application to our Oxfam South Sudan Country Office in Juba. Deadline for submission of applications is 24th August 2018.
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