Oxfam is a global community of people who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights 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 without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 21 organizations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian relief, development, and campaigning in more than 90 countries. 

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

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

The 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.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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

TEAM PURPOSE:

The Humanitarian and resilience team is responsible for the strategic development, management and intervention of the country Humanitarian and resilience program. Supports Oxfam’s impact locally, regionally, continentally, and globally through ensuring Humanitarian program alignment to the key strategic objectives and program standards.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Project Officer will be based in Gambella and responsible for technical support for the direct planning and implementation of the project activities and deliverables under the overall guidance and management of Project Manager. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Project Management and Strategic Leadership Plan, prioritize and sequence the implementation of project activities in collaboration with other project team members Ensure efficient implementation of advocacy and awareness plan to support RLOs and LNGOs Strongly support to establish effective links with stakeholders to smoothly implement advocacy and influencing activities Monitor project expenditures and ensure budget is strictly adhered to financial procedures Track day-to-day progress against project milestones and activities, against scheduled work plans and overall project objectives Support the assessment of impact of the project advocacy and influencing works Ensure project reports are prepared and submitted on time using appropriate reporting requirements. Engage RLOs and LNGOs throughout the project implementation Support the identification, mobilization, and participation of RLOs and partners    Contribute for the identification of partners to support advocacy efforts at the community, district, zonal and regional levels Lead and facilitate sensitization meetings related to the project. Support to develop documentation of  the challenges and lessons learnt from the project delivery

Technical support and leadership Assist in the development and implementation of the project deliverables.    Demonstrate strong inter-personal and collaborative skills Support the project team in developing advocacy and awareness materials Support to develop TOR for awareness and advocacy works    Willingness for continues personal learning, development, and application of acquired skills    Support effective project implementation and stakeholders’ participation to achieve project results Contribute to develop tools, manuals and training resources needed for project implementation

Representation & influencing    Proactively providing information and lesson learnings related to the project for relevant stakeholders    Identify emerging issues from project implementation and support to package them for decision making to improvements of the project delivery.

Job Requirements

• 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:

• 1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.

• 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work. 

• 3. 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:

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

• 1 Self-Awareness

• 2 Mutual accountability

• 3 Relationship Building

SKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

• Essential - Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies BA or MA in Social Science (Project Management, Development Studies, sociology, and other related fields)    Minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in project management, Partnership engagement, advocacy and influencing work.  Experience in compiling, producing, and disseminating of information related to advocacy Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of team    Ability to work independently    Familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross/Crescent Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, CHS and SPHERE principles  Experience working with partners. Understanding of advocacy and campaigning work.

• Languages  Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic

How to Apply

Register using the following LINK