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Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and 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.

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We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA

Since 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

Job details

DIVISION: Impact

TEAM: Programme Team

LOCATION: Gambella with frequent travel to all field operation areas in Gambella, Ethiopia

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term

GRADE C2 National                         

JOB FAMILY: Programme

SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit Package

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

FLEXIBILE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage

TEAM PURPOSE:

The Programmes Team will ensure that the programmes make the proper shift, with the quality needed to ensure a proper achievement of the Ethiopia Oxfam Country Strategy. As part of the programmes team, the whole team in the sector of Livelihoods and Resilience will ensure that Goal 1 of the OCS is achieved with the required quality and timely. This team will work very closely with the Humanitarian team ensuring the link between the long term and emergency situations.

JOB PURPOSE:

WASH Coordinator will lead, manage and effectively deliver Oxfam’s overall WASH response to South Sudanese refugees in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. To provide high-quality technical support and quality control in management, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Oxfam’s South Sudan Refugee response programme in Gambella; Maintain and improve established systems & structures required for the effective timely implementation of quality water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion component of the programme. A major aspect of the role includes meeting quality standards in WASH delivery, encouraging beneficiary participation, liaising with other stakeholders and managing and training WASH staff.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TO

Refugee Response Programme Manager

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST

PHE/PHP Team Leader and Matrix managed by Camp Coordinator

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall:

• Coordinate, lead, manage and effectively deliver Oxfam’s overall WASH response to South Sudanese refugees in the Gambella region of Ethiopia.
• Provide high-quality technical support and quality control in management, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Oxfam’s South Sudan Refugee response programme in Gambella.
• Ensure appropriate design, electrification, construction, and implementation of WASH hardware according to the technical standards, as well as proper maintenance and use of WASH equipment.
• Maintain and contribute to the improvement of established systems & structures required for the effective timely implementation of quality water, sanitation and hygiene promotion component of the programme.
• Ensure overall WASH response (design and implementation) strongly factor in gender, protection and accessibility dimension and promote empowerment of women and men beneficiaries.
• Under the strategic guidance of the Refugee response programme manager, undertakes overall technical support of the WASH component of the South Sudanese refugee response programme in line with the response strategy.
• Provide professional and technical support to the WASH team (including partners) including elements of Public Health Engineering and Public Health Promotion for programme planning and implementation.
• Ensure appropriate design, construction and implementation of WASH hardware are undertaken according to technical standards (SPHERE, Oxfam WASH Minimum standards).
• Promote community mobilization and ensure deployment of participatory approaches (community engagement) in project design and implementation.
• Carry out or lead assessments for effective planning and implementation of WASH projects for the Gambella south Sudanese refugee response programme.
• Undertake and document quality control and of all WASH activities through regular travel to all refugee camps and reception centres in the Gambella region and other project implementation sites as required, identify challenges, and solutions and implement quality improvement plans.
• Contribute to ensuring that all works are carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and gender and protection issues. In particular, to promote the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work.
• Contribute to the development of donor reports and funding proposals.
• Liaise and coordinate with technical counterparts ARRA, UNHCR, NGO partners and relevant authorities on the project follow-up and monitoring.
• Ensure project result indicator monthly progress tracking and quality assurance of WASH indicators reporting.
• Ensure improvement of coordination within water, sanitation and hygiene activities and establish strong teamwork among the WASH team.
• Conduct regular capacity gaps of the WASH team and propose appropriate capacity building activities.
• Undertake other responsibilities as assigned by the line manager.

Technical Leadership

• Coordinate Technical assessment of the existing and water infrastructures in the camps and provide recommendations and lead implementation for improvement.
• Lead Carry out of innovative and inclusive design, BOQs & community-led construction of durable sanitation and bathing facilities at household, community & institutions (e.g., schools, health posts etc) level in consultation with the women & men beneficiaries, other partners; Consideration of context and cultural aspect and active engagement of beneficiaries will be key.
• Ensure robust planning and implementation of community-based PHP strategies and interventions with strong gender and protection considerations.
• To ensure effective integration of Public Health Engineering (PHE) and Public Health Promotion (PHP) in all WASH interventions. 

Team Management and Capacity Building:

• To lead and assist a team of national PHE and PHP professionals towards effective delivery of integrated WASH; this will include supporting recruitment, writing job descriptions, work schedules, training plans and appraisals.
• Build the capacity of Oxfam staff and partners through mentoring and coaching, on the job supervision and informal and formal training. Contribute to the joint facilitation of inter-agency training initiatives where appropriate.
• To design, plan, implement and monitor the work; accountability and transparency are addressed.

Programme learning and reporting

• Monitor and report regularly on progress and ensure that programme indicators related to all public health activities are set, measured, and used effectively
• Act as a focal point for liaison between the MEAL and WASH teams and ensure integration of MEAL into the WASH programme.
• Document and disseminate good practice examples from programme development and implementation.

Coordination and Representation

• Represent Oxfam in technical coordination meetings such as the WASH Cluster, and with other technical agencies including government authorities, local, national and international NGOs and UN agencies.
• Share good practice examples from Oxfam WASH programmes both internally and externally such as at inter-agency coordination meetings and contribute to Oxfam’s influencing efforts.
• Take full charge and responsibilities of managing the Gambella office and overall programme in absence of the Programme Manager.
• Contributing to programme quality standards
• Ensure that wherever possible an empowering approach to working with communities is employed.
• Ensure that work aims to meet UNHCR and Sphere Standards and adheres to Oxfam’s emergency guidelines and protocols (Core Humanitarian Standards).
• Ensure that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to community needs and gender, protection, and accessibility issues. In particular to promote the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work and to ensure that Oxfam’s Programme is an opportunity for peacebuilding, rather than community division.
• Contribute to programme reviews and evaluations where appropriate.    

Other

• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights. 
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff safety health and wellbeing principles.
• The post holder is expected to be familiar with and abide by the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes (e.g., InterAction Field Co-operation Protocol, including safeguarding.
• Depending on the situation, the post holder may be asked to perform other tasks as requested by the Manager.

Job Requirements

Person specification

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:

Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE AND EQUALITY

Our Values

• Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
• Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
• Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.

 Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.
• Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
• Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:

Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organizational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work

For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here:

• Self-Awareness
• Mutual accountability
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

• MSc or BSc degree in Public Health Engineering, Public Health Promotion, Civil Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Environmental or Public Health or any related discipline with an excellent technical understanding and demonstrated experience on WASH.
• At least 10 years of solid practical experience as a WASH specialist at the senior level and 3-5 years as a WASH TL/ Manager, working at the field level in developing countries in different settings of refugees / displaced people.
• Excellent technical skills and practical experience in preparing the technical drawings, designs, BOQs and estimates of water and sanitation infrastructure preferably in refugee / IDP camp settings.
• Demonstrated experience in managing WASH programmes with large budgets and teams.
• Excellent understanding and demonstrated experience in implementing integrated PHE and PHP strategies and interventions.
• Demonstrated experience in integrating gender, protection and accessibility (inclusive) into emergency response programmes and longer-term strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in working with UN clusters, local authorities and implementing NGOs partners.
• Excellent command of the English language; knowledge of the local language is an asset.
• A proven record of mentoring and capacity building of teams and partners in complex contexts.
• Diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at all programme levels and with external organizations as needed.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
• Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs

Desirable

• Experience in working effectively within a large international agency including, in a refugee response setting, previous experience with ECHO & UNHCR projects would be an added advantage
• Good understanding of WASH programming in refugee response programming 
• Experience leading strategy development and implementation monitoring in collaboration with staff
• An applicant with knowledge of the local language is preferable.

How to Apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile through CLICK HERE or using Oxfam's internal /External application portal on or before April 11, 2022.

Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.