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.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.                                                      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  

LOCATION:

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term contract for 4 months with possible extension

GRADE: D2 National                        

JOB FAMILY:  Programme

SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package

HOURS: 37.5 per weekRequired number(x1)FLEXIBLE 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:To manage and execute Oxfam's WASH activities through strategic partnership management, programmer planning, and management, administrative support, staff management, implement, review & support the delivery of PHP component as part of OGB cholera emergency preparedness/response programme in Tigray Region, Southern Zone, but also contributing to the wider Oxfam Ethiopia Programme. 

JOB PURPOSE:Public Health Promotion (PHP) Officer is responsible to work with communities at a local level to encouraging good hygiene standards amongst communities. He/she will provide a training to Public health Promotion assistants, Hygiene promoters, Hygiene Community outreach agents, mobilisers and key community members in the aspects of health promotion and disease prevention methods and to lead a team of Public Health Promotion Assistants at field level, ensuring that activities are suitable in the various cultural contexts according to the location and target population/s both in IDP camps and host communities.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TOWASH Team Leader

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POSTPHP assistant and Hygiene promoter

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITYNoKEY RESPONSIBILITIE

Assess and support the capacity needs of implementing partners, Community mobilizers to ensures the quality of the hygiene promotion programme implementation in conjunction with the PHP HSP.  To promote integrated approach in all program areas and to promote learning of team members.Together with other team members monitor the on-going interventions and make recommendations to OGB regarding any unmet needs.Design and implement public health promotion activities in conjunction with the Public Health Engineers ensuring that the links are made with the provision of water and sanitation facilitiesTo support the planned Public Health promotion activities at field level.Ensure identification of WASH beneficiaries in Oxfam response area targeting IDP centres and schools, high population concentration including communities that are hosting high numbers of IDP and or conflict affected population, communities with AWD and cholera cases with lack of access to safe water and sanitation facilities and vulnerable community members.Co –facilitate community problem identification, planning (formulation of action plans, MOUs, hand over), implementation of community activities, participatory monitoring and evaluation, using community mobilisation, sensitisation techniques.Identify, build capacity and mobilise WASH Committees or community outreach volunteers to ensure mechanism is in place for a community-led action to address high risk public health issues identified.Build rapport with all communities in the respective camps and host villages and further ensure all understood Oxfam interventions and priorities of the cholera and emergency Response program.Work in coordination with the Public Health Engineering team/s and local communities to identify acceptable water supply system and sanitation facilities designs.To ensure that work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to the community needs and gender issues. In particular to promote the full and equal participation of women in all aspect of the work and to ensure that Oxfam’s programme is an opportunity for community cohesion and harmony rather than division 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 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:

1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to culture 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

• Master of Public Health /BSc in Environment Health Science, Public Heath, Health Officer or related fields that can added value to the post.

• Minimum of 5-6 years working experience in sanitation and Hygiene promotion, emergency WASH, public health promotion, community mobilization out of which preferable 2 years of experience working in INGO organization.

• Experience in emergency response (cholera and IDP camps) is essential.

• Experience and understanding of community mobilization in relation to water, sanitation and hygiene activities.

• Build the capacity of local IDP management structures and community by providing public health promotion technical support.

• Provide appropriate advice to ensure adherence with National, regional and OXFAM’s policies and recommended practices, especially regarding the health and safety for construction site and Water Quality Monitoring Policies.

• Provide technical support in all phases of the program cycle, from appraisal, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation through regular field visits, training-based capacity building, and desk-based feedback.

• Provide advice regarding hygiene and sanitation approaches adoption and innovation of sanitation and hygiene technologies by considering to the local context.

• Understanding of international health and development and relief issues Experience in implementing community-based approaches like CLTSH, CHAST, Child to Child and PHAST Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into public health promotion Assessment,

• analytical and planning skills. Good oral and written reporting skills. Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills. Training/counterpart development skills.

• Personnel management skills. Good communication skills and ability to work well in a team Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.

• Ability to travel at short notice and to work in difficult circumstances. Able to communicate in English and a local dialect would be preferable Good written and spoken English essential.

• Applicant with knowledge of local language is preferable. Desirable Experience of working effectively within a large international agency including Cholera response setting and knowledge of local context would be an added advantage Good understanding of WASH programming in Emergency response programming Having training certificate on one of Hygiene promotion approach CHAST, C2C, CLTSH or PHAST is advantageous. 

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 through THIS LINK

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.