Job Description
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: Operations | TEAM: Funding Team |
LOCATION: Addis Ababa with frequent Travel to Oxfam operations areas | CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term |
GRADE: C2 National | JOB FAMILY: Fundraising |
SALARY: Choose an item. 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: Oxfam in Ethiopia is working to extend support to people marred by conflict, disasters and living in poverty and facing various shapes of inequality. Our Business Development team supports the program and functions to develop, nurture and maintain donor relations. The funding unit is also mandated to lead business development, submit reportsensuring donor compliance, negotiate with donors on contracts, and document and share learnings to fill gaps and improve country performance. Our country programme is implementing humanitarian and development programs in close coordination with partners and other stakeholders through 5 field offices and the national office in Addis Ababa. This role will be an integral part of the Business Development Team and work with the Business Development Manager and relevant Officers to ensure that the team has extended all possible support to the country program in achieving desired goals and objectives enshrined in the Oxfam Country Strategy 2021-2030. JOB PURPOSE: This position will help the Country Program in devising and implementing the resource mobilization strategy to effectively contribute to OCS (Oxfam’s Country Strategy) and thrive in its funding ambitions. The post holder is responsible for coordinating and developing funding applications (proposals,concept notes, logframes, budgets); developing relations with donors, donor contract management, ensuring donor and internal compliance and reporting to donors. | |
POST HOLDER REPORTS TO | Business Development Manager |
JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST | Grants and Funding Officer |
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY | No |
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES FUNDRAISING AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
GRANT/CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
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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 action 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:
Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organisational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work
For this role, we have selected three of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about: 1 Self-Awareness 2 Mutual accountability 3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment |
Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential
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As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile through Oxfam’s internal /External application portal: on or before April 24, 2024.
Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Senior
- Total Years Experience 5-10