About us

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 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 life 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, development, and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour 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.

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 organisation.

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 organisation 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: Progamme   LOCATION: Addis Ababa with 50% frequent travel to Oxfam operation areas, Ethiopia CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term GRADE: C2 National  JOB FAMILY:  Programme SALARY: As per Oxfam benefit package HOURS: 37.5 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 Programme Team will ensure that the programmes are implemented as per the approved current Oxfam Country Strategy, in line with Oxfam’s Global Strategic Framework, and in accordance with Oxfam’s values, mission, and vision. As part of the Programmes Team, team members in the Livelihood/Sustainable Food and Climate Change portfolio will ensure that the Goal 1 of the OCS is achieved with the highest possible quality standards; in collaboration with teams across the country program including support functions; and within budget and timeline that is stipulated. This team will work very close with the Humanitarian and Resilience team; ensuring sustainable linkages are made between program interventions – especially addressing root causes that contribute towards shocks for communities that trigger humanitarian action.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Livelihood, Food Systems and Climate Change Coordinator play a major role in the management and coordination role of relevant stakeholders to ensure the smooth running of Livelihood Food Systems and Climate Change projects/programmes. The job holder is responsible for ensuring the schedule, budget and details of a given tasks are well organized. In addition, s/he organize reporting, plan meetings, and provide updates to the Urban Development and Youth Empowerment Programme Manager. This task also involves facilitating monitoring project plans, schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures, organizing and participating in stakeholder meetings, and ensuring that project deadlines are met in a timely manner. Based on this, s/he communicates with various departments to keep everyone on board. By closely working with the program Manager, the job holder provides overall programme guidance and support to projects’ implementing partners/consortium members in the project areas where the programme is operating. The post holder closely works with Gender Justice, and Humanitarian Response and Resilience teams in supporting the implementation of development projects. S/he liaise with other relevant Governmental and Non-governmental actors such as partner organizations/consortium members, regional bureaus and agencies (bureau of agriculture, cooperative agency …), and national government departments, research institutions & universities, National Meteorological Agency, DRMC, and micro-finance institutions in relation to successful implementation of the projects

.POST HOLDER REPORTS TO Urban Development and Youth Empowerment Programme Manager

 JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITYY es

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management and Coordination 

Accountable for the timely accomplishment of project activities as per the plan and agreements entered with the donors, government offices, and other actors.Coordinate planning and managing all resources required in delivering the project/s managed using Oxfam project management system – OPAL.Coordinate stakeholders/consortium members for joint planning, monitoring and evaluation for quality deliverables.Make sure the project implementation team formed from partners, run smoothly with spirit of teamwork.Facilitate coordination of review meetings, multi-stakeholder platforms at regional, zonal and woreda level, commodity-based value chain meetings at Woreda, Zone and Regional levels and ensure dealing with strategic and policy issues related to smallholders at these forums. Accountable for development, improvement and cascading of training materials for different level training programs to build capacity of VC actors including farmers, pastoralists, extension workers, private agro-dealers, SMEs, cooperatives, FOs, and other actors in the VCs of the focused agricultural commodities.Support organizing training programs to build capacity of VC actors (target groups/farmers, agro-dealers/SMEs, off-takers, agricultural service providers, etc) in the value chains of the focused agricultural commodities. Ensure project progress reviewed, challenges and new opportunities identified, and designing/planning of projects is done as necessary

.Project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Coordinate the implementation of Livelihood, Food Systems and Climate Change related project activities and providing support to projects with development initiatives under other programs.Coordinate learning and documentation from Livelihood, Food Systems Climate Change projects, develop learning materials, identify key gaps and priorities, conduct consultative meeting with internal staff and key stakeholders.Support the program team in developing crosscutting ideas between food system, gender justice, governance, urban and youth focused projects.   Facilitate the regular monitoring, reporting, data gathering, and other necessary information related to Livelihood, Food System/ Clime Change Projects in collaboration with MEAL and program teams.Ensure that accurate reporting of Livelihood, Food Systems and Climate Change projects achievement done as per donor requirements and M&E framework and gender sensitive indicators applied to measure results.Ensure that partners implement MEAL systems and MEAL activities in line with donors’ requirement.Facilitate review of reports coming from partners and communicate issues need to be corrected for smooth implementation of Livelihood, Food System and Climate Change projects.Coordinate quarterly/bi-annual joint review meetings as needed to discuss on project progress, challenges, and ways forward. Share the agreed ways forward to donors for follow up and reinforcement of the action points.Act as Oxfam’s representative at regional and federal level with government and non-government partners etc. with regards to Livelihood, Food System and Climate Change projects as required.Ensure gender sensitivity and equitability in all activities of the projects while planning and implementation

.Fundraising·

As part of the sustainable food and climate change focus of the programme, support in the design of new concepts, projects, and ideas to meet Oxfam OCS 2021-2030.Facilitate fundraising activities for the program in-collaboration with funding team.Be a member of Oxfam’s team, participating in appropriate staff meetings, planning sessions and on-going liaising as needed for any fundraising efforts and programme profiling

.Project Financial Management

Identify risks of projects and control them by taking action and regular monitoring, Conduct project risk analysis, and ensure that effective mitigation measures are in placeManage and work with finance team in reviewing the monthly BVA of the projects s/he manages,Ensure timely preparation and sharing of donor narrative and financial reports, reports to government Agency for Civil Society, as needed

Networking and Engagement in the Regional and Global Platforms

Responsible for networking and linkage with project implementing consortium members, partners, government steering committee and technical committee, stakeholders from government and private sector, farmer organisations, donor representatives on reporting and monitoring, external and internal visitors to the Livelihood  Food System and Climate Change projects, Ensure that periodic monitoring and technical support visits to project areas undertaken to assess progress against agreed MEAL system and corrective actions are proposed as appropriate,  Support the implementation of MEAL activities as specified MEAL framework and system to ensure key accountability mechanism,Ensure the collection and documentation of best practices and lessons learned across the projects that will serve for scaling up of projects’ good practices

,People development and management    Ensure the implementation of performance management including objective setting, performance review, upward feedback, and personal development plans for the project team

,Compliance

Ensure the team meets system requirements such as PeopleSoft, GOAL, OPAL, and CRIMSON. Work with finance and logistics on management and disposal of project/s assets, external and internal audits both with Oxfam and Partners as per organizational/donor requirements as well as generally accepted accounting principles. Undertake other additional tasks assigned by the PD/DPD and the Programme Manager.Support broader Oxfam OCS as assigned by immediate supervisor and senior leadership.

Job Requirements

Person specificationMost 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 applying 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-Awareness2 Mutual accountability3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment

SKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

Second degree in Climate and Environmental Science, Rural Development, Food Security/Livelihood, Natural Resource Management from a recognised university/college

. MA in Project Management has added value, Experience in coordinating wide range of partners (donors, government, community representatives and private sector),Good knowledge and understanding of national and regional climate change and agricultural livelihood policies, strategies, programmes, development approaches and guidelines, Experience in market-based initiatives, working in agricultural commodities value chain development, community economic empowerment and technical expertise in agricultural extension ,Analytical and strategic planning skills including experience in project implementation and monitoring and working in partnership with other organizations 

Relevant 7-10 years of experience, preferably in an international NGO, out of which 3-5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience  Good written and spoken English with excellent report and proposal writing skills and experience and knowledge of local language, Good computer skills (MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point and use of Email and Internet). Ability to travel to project areas on a regular basis,·Good knowledge and experience in promoting gender equality in the programme areas.

Desirable:

Able to work with minimum supervision and provide solutions to problems as they arise, Experience of developing collaborative relationships and partnerships with civil society, Government, and the private sector, Ability to ensure women’s participation in the project equally as men, Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam and commitment to agricultural and food security principles and actions.   Good knowledge of project level financial management and reporting requirements,

How to Apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a cover letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile using Oxfam's internal /External application portal: CLICK HERE

 on or before September 15, 2023.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.