Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations working together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries.

One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.

Around the globe, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them.

In all we do, Oxfam works with partner organizations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.

Our Vision
Oxfam's work is always rooted in a vision of a world where women and men are valued and treated equally, able to influence the decisions that affect their lives and meet their responsibilities as full citizens.

Our Values

Empowerment
Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen.
Accountability
Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
Inclusiveness
We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

Why work for us

Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn't inevitable. In just 15 years, extreme poverty has been halved. 15 more years and we can end it for good.

Learning and development

Oxfam GB is committed to developing and supporting the learning of all staff across the organization, as we recognize that staff development is central to being as effective as we can be in our fight against the injustice of poverty.

We have a wide internal L&D offer, with on-the-job learning opportunities, mentoring, certified coaching, in-house courses, and much more. We also support employees with external learning opportunities through study leave, and financial support may be offered to individuals who are studying for professional qualifications.

Team Benefits

Oxfam is a great organization to work for and many of our staff would never have anticipated how working for Oxfam would open the doors to so many other opportunities. Each story is very individual. It is interesting to learn about the creative ways in which our staff have progressed their career within the sector from identifying opportunities and overcoming challenges.

Oxfam aims to recruit and retain diverse, passionate people who have the necessary skills, knowledge, and commitment to meet our vision. We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance, and a range of other benefits.

Our reward system aims to:

• Enable career progression within Oxfam

• Recognize achievement, skills, competence, and development

• Support and enable recruitment and retention of the best candidates for Oxfam

• Enable an increase in the Voice of the Global South

• Be equitable, fair, transparent, and flexible

• Balance the needs and expectations of our stakeholders

• Encourage and enable management accountability.

About us

Oxfam is a global community that believes 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 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.

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 organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply

Job details

DIVISION:  Impact

TEAM: North Ethiopia program

LOCATION: Shire

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term 

GRADE: E1 National                            

JOB FAMILY:  Programme

SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package 

HOURS: 37.5 per week

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:

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 on the sector of WASH will ensure that the goal 1 of the OCS is achieved with the required quality and timely. This team will work very close with the Humanitarian and support team ensuring the link between the long term and emergency situations.

JOB PURPOSE:

To manage and implement Oxfam's WASH activities to reduce and mitigate the associated public health risks, through strategic program planning, implementation, administrative support, staff management, review & support the delivery of PHP component as part of Oxfam Ethiopia humanitarian, resilience building, and emergency preparedness/response program in Tigray region, and contribute to the wider Oxfam Ethiopia program and integration with Livelihood, Gender, and protection departments.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TOPHP officerJOBS REPORTING TO THIS POSTNoneBUDGET RESPONSIBILITY No

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible of the field direct implementation of Public Health Promotion activities as per the WASH workplan and the field needs, in effective and participatory manner in the project area, with the support of community health volunteers.

• Under the guidance of the PHP officer and WASH Team leader, take part in water, sanitation and hygiene details needs assessments.

• Manage mobilization of the community to promote water management, sanitation, and hygiene optimal practices, with more emphasis on monitoring latrine use, water collection/storage, environmental sanitation, and hand washing practices.

• Lead community consultation and problem identification, planning (formulation of action plans, MOUs, hand over), implementation of community activities, participatory monitoring, and evaluation, using community mobilisation, sensitisation approach.

• Involve women and men in the affected populations in the assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of public health activities and play a key role in ensuring that communities are informed and consulted about Oxfam’s WASH activities and have opportunities to give their preferences and involvement in the decision-making process.

• Work closely with community-based institutions (such as WASH Co), health extension workers and local level government officials, undertake community (men, women, children) mobilisation and their capacity building on quality WASH services.

• Implement community based public health promotion activities such as CHAST, PHAST and CLTS approach, to promote community awareness and participation to prevent and mitigate WASH related diseases such as cholera/AWD in the target locations with the support of the PHP Officer, community volunteers and committees in close coordination with relevant stakeholders.

• Working closely with PHE assistant at field level to maintain one WASH program approach through integrations, and ensuring the planned and implemented activities are tailored based on community needs, preferences and effectively sensitive to the context.

• Contribute & develop whenever necessary the PHP activities, weekly & monthly reports to the PHP officer and WASH team leader.

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-Awareness

2 Mutual accountability

3  Strategic Thinking and Judgment

 Job Requirements

SKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

• Relevant qualification such as a degree or Diploma in Public Health, Health Education or Environmental health science from a recognized academic institution. Extensive, relevant experience in the field of WASH may be considered in lieu of formal qualifications, but not the other way around. 

• 2-3 years of experience in community-based Public Health Promotion projects within IDPs, returnees and vulnerable host community's context.

• Proven hands-on expertise in various techniques of hygiene promotion and AWD (Acute Watery Diarrheal) preparedness/response.

• Reasonable command of English and Amharic and Tigrigna.

• Willingness to live and work in remote field conditions or locations with minimal amenities.

• Ability to be a team player, facilitate activity implementation within agreed periods and timeframes, and work innovatively under minimal supervision.

• Experience in collaborating with local partners, including government authorities, NGOs, and community-based organizations.

• Demonstrable experience in integrating gender and diversity into emergency response programs and long-term strategies.

• Knowledge of and commitment to humanitarian principles and with the Sphere Humanitarian Charter minimum standards.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in diverse cultural contexts.

• Alignment with the aims and objectives of Oxfam and commitment to humanitarian principles and action.

• Data Management and Reporting Skills.

• Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong analytical skills and the ability to develop and implement effective solutions to public health challenges.

• Cultural Competency: Experience working with diverse populations and understanding of cultural nuances that affect public health practices.

• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with software tools for data management, presentation, and communication (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, data analysis software).

• Health Education Knowledge: Understanding of health education principles and techniques to effectively educate and motivate communities.

• Collaboration Skills: Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders, including international organizations, local authorities, and community groups.

• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and new challenges in a dynamic field environment.

• Safety and Security Awareness: Knowledge of safety and security protocols to ensure personal and team safety in challenging environments.

• Ethical Standards: Commitment to ethical practices in public health, including respect for confidentiality and informed consent.

Desirable:

• Is from zonal areas and understand the context.

• Experience of working effectively within a large international agency would be an added advantage.

• Good understanding of WASH programming in IDP, returnees, and vulnerable host community programming 

• Applicant with knowledge of local language is preferable. 

How to Apply

Interested candidates can apply through THIS LINK