Oxfam Programme Quality Manager Jobs in Rwanda

Oxfam Programme Quality Manager Jobs in Rwanda

Oxfam is a development, humanitarian and campaigning international confederation of 20 organizations that work in over 90 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, inequality, and injustice. Oxfam was established in Rwanda in 1980s, although prior to that had funded the work within the country.

We have been always inspired and driven by the potential that is inherent in all Rwandan people; the potential not only to survive tragic history but to thrive and achieve impressive growth and stability. Oxfam is not an implementing organization, rather it works through partners.

In Rwanda, OXFAM vision is just Rwanda without poverty. Our mission is to ensure that women, youth and men enjoy equal rights and benefit from fair and inclusive development.

About Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome.

We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Job purpose

The overall objective of the Programme Quality Manager (PQM) role is to maintain a strong culture and practice of high quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact and advancing Oxfam work in fighting poverty and inequality.

PQM will strengthen partners capacity and support in programme design and development of proposals for funding. S/he will working in collaboration with partner and support programme teams in ensuring social accountability.

S/he will coordinate cross learning and feedback across partners and lead them to adapt as per lessons generated. S/he will support the Legacy Manager to ensure that the organisation is represented in critical partner, donor, CSOs, and government meetings or convenings.

Key responsibilities

Programme Quality Assurance, Documentation and influencing (40%)

Coordinate implementation of monitoring, evaluation systems and processes in the legacy projects.

Coordinate the roll out of and compliance with Oxfam’s program quality frameworks such as CAMSA.

Take the lead in the using MEAL frameworks as effective tools for information and communication and materials to facilitate documentation and effective information sharing and celebration of the key achievements

Provide a critical analysis of the strategies and approaches and facilitate appropriate changes to ensure legacy projects’ outcomes are sustainable and demonstrate wider impact.

Maintain links with regional and global program development, monitoring, evaluations and accountability initiatives and build/strengthen networks for policy, advocacy and influencing around women’s rights.

In collaboration with the Legacy Manager, provide high-quality technical advice to Oxfam and partners teams in monitoring and documentation of progress of the results/ objectives/outcomes and impact as Oxfam phases out from Rwanda.

Act as lead and liaison point for high quality final evaluations and initiatives in compliance with Oxfam’s evaluation policy and ensure that learning from these processes are disseminated and acted upon.

Facilitating capacity building process, using various approaches and methodologies, of partners and Oxfam staff on knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for quality delivery of legacy programme

Provide technical guidance in the quantitative & qualitative data collection, analysis and management and report back in an effective manner.

Take lead in identifying learning points across the range of work carried out during the legacy period and identify opportunities to share the learnings through meetings, workshops, reflection reviews, reports and documentation of best practices.

Managing Programme Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (30%)

Facilitate evaluation and management of the process, including the management response to evaluations and audits of programmes.

Giving specific focus on women and young people through monitoring, evaluations, and accountability measures.

Working closely with the legacy team to ensure that the partners have the necessary organisational and technical capacity to entrench quality work throughout the legacy period.

Maintain oversight for the monitoring of the implementation of the legacy programme/projects; supporting legacy managers to maintain active implementation plans

and acceleration plans.

As focal a point for Oxfam’s People-soft programme accountability system and review work with the OGB EA node and the OI regional platform to ensure that the legacy programme/projects management information is recorded, maintained (kept up to date) and meets minimum standards.
Provide refresher sessions and support to the legacy team at Oxfam and partners’ level on the use of Oxfam’s People-soft programme accountability system.

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge.

Leadership and Management:

Passion for improving effectiveness of development programmes and demonstrating tangible outcomes for poor and vulnerable women and men

Proven experience in leading on, or leading strategic thinking for quality programmes
Senior level program advisory or management experience and understanding of program realities at country level.

Proven experience in managing, advising, training coaching, and developing others on programme quality issues

Effective negotiation abilities and informal leadership skills in a multi-stakeholder, network environment

Demonstrable organisational and project management skills (including budget management) and an ability to manage multiple projects to deadlines

Ability to plan workload and demonstrate accountability for outputs with minimal direct supervision

Good organisational skills including accuracy, consistency, attention to detail, tenacity and the ability to work under pressure

Technical skills

Strong technical competence in research, monitoring, evaluation and accountability methods; and, good grasp of latest sector thinking, codes, standards and practice.

Understanding of a broad range of program quality issues and the practical issues faced by program managers in demonstrating impact.

Excellent knowledge of programme development and delivery approaches, tools, methodologies and best practices

Experience of working with multi-donor contracts and knowledge/ experience of their programme quality requirements.

Proven experience of improving effectiveness of development programmes and demonstrating tangible outcomes for poor and vulnerable women and men

Strong understanding of all aspects of programme quality and the practical issues faced by programme managers

Proven ability to lead and facilitate a Legacy Strategy and programme implementation strategies

Proven experience in supporting partnership management, strategic thinking and quality implementation

Understanding of, and commitment to Oxfam’s ‘one programme approach’ (linking humanitarian, development & influencing work)

Demonstrable understanding of effective programme cycle management in rights-based long-term development, campaigning/advocacy and humanitarian work, with relevant direct field programme experience.

Practical experience of mainstreaming gender in programme quality components related to development, influencing or humanitarian work.

Demonstrable ability to think creatively and practically to improve programme quality

Strong analytical skills

Communication, networking and influencing

Ability to liaise with a wide range of people, mainly internally and at many levels,

Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with demonstrable ability to lead, influence and motivate others in a diversity of contexts and functions

Strong self-awareness, as well as strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Excellent communications, facilitation and team building skills

Demonstrable ability to contribute to teams and to work with and influence people from diverse backgrounds.

Effective negotiation abilities and informal leadership skills in a multi-stakeholder, network environment

Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills an able to represent Oxfam to donors and external institutions

Excellent knowledge of the INGOs legislation in Rwanda, with a good understanding of key external organisations, how they operate and make decisions, and the country development context

Ability to work effectively with others persuading, influencing, negotiating and supporting, following as required to achieve targets

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Oxfam Programme Quality Manager Jobs in Rwanda

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