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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 organization.

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

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 programs make the proper shift, with the quality needed to ensure a proper achievement of the Ethiopia Oxfam Country Strategy. As part of the programs team, the whole team on the sectors of the whole program will ensure that Goal 1 (Goal One – Saving Lives, and Resilient Livelihoods) and Goal 2 (Goal Two – Empowered communities and accountable governance) of the OCS are achieved with the required quality and timely. This team will work very closely with the program teams ensuring the link between all Six programs focused on: Humanitarian Response and Resilience Building; Sustainable Food and Climate Change; Urban Development; Gender Justice; Youth for the Future (Y4F) and right to be Heard-Governance and Accountability

JOB PURPOSE: 

This role is also responsible for developing and coordinating the implementation of comprehensive program systems, this will include a robust MEAL system to enhance our ability to demonstrate the impact of our long-term development program needs and humanitarian response in all interventions for both refugees, IDPs, and host community response programs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Management and Leadership

·       Work together with Northern Ethiopia Response Manager, Humanitarian Program Manager, and other Oxfam team members to link the Northern response with other country programs, including advocacy and longer-term programs.

·       Coordinate the GAC programme implemented by Oxfam and partners as part of the Northern Ethiopia Response Program

·       Lead Oxfam Ethiopia GAC programme and Partners in the development of a program Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) framework with indicators for output, outcome and impact and, lead the development of a strategy that informs effective programme delivery by relevant program staffs at all levels.

·       Provide MEAL technical support including MEAL activity plan, methodological design, need assessments, baseline, post distribution monitoring, evaluations, and performance data collection for all Oxfam projects.

·       Work closely with Program quality and Learning/MEAL team and develop MEAL tools and MEAL activities for new projects and programs.

·       Timely plan, initiate, lead and coordinate different evaluations, assessments and surveys including KAP surveys/PDMs and Baseline/End line surveys in line with Oxfam Policies and standards.

·       Lead the design and development of innovative tools, apps, templates and resources for effective programme monitoring and reporting.

·       In consultation with Program Managers, PQL team, EFSL, WASH, Gender and Protection technical team leaders, and another program team, develop evaluation design, including specification of the necessary staff and resources to conduct the evaluation.

·       Guide Monitor/supervise and coordinate baselines, assessments, and evaluations, and select and recruit experienced enumerators for data collection.

Manage, coordinate, and strengthen the data management, data analysis, reporting, and information use system of projects

·       Support the Northern Ethiopia Response Manager in preparing donor reports, monthly, quarterly, and other periodic reports in line with the reporting schedule and MEAL Framework.

·       Support the PQL team members in developing/reviewing the log frame/result framework, MEAL plan, and Indicator Performance Reporting Table (IPTT) of the project(s) and preparing & submit the IPTT report monthly.

·       Lead and supervise field data collection, data cleaning, and analysis for program managers and team leaders and produce reports together with the sector technical team.

·       Lead, review, revise and update all survey and evaluation reports and ensure data quality including timeliness, relevance, accuracy, completeness, and consistency of all program and project data of Oxfam.

·       Review and standardize data collectors training to ensure high-quality data collection

·       Management and updating central database of KAP surveys end-term results and learning from reflection workshops, learning reviews, and evaluations

Capacity Building, Networking and Representation

·       Participate in the selection and recruitment of MEAL officers and MEAL Assistant and train field MEAL team on Oxfam CAMSA, MEAL frameworks, tools, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

·       In consultation and collaboration with PQL Manager and other MEAL team assist to build the capacity of staff through training to ensure adoption of new data monitoring tools and quality of data collected.

·       Attending Coordination forums that include humanitarian accountability

·       Facilitate capacity building for Oxfam program staff to enable them to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data, and produce required progress reports

·       Provide Technical support and training on MEAL to partners’ MEAL officers (s) and Staff with support from their respective MEAL managers.

·       Ensure effective common understanding between Oxfam, other partners, and Consortium members on MEAL objectives and frameworks and organise orientation/workshops / training

·       Support Oxfam and other partners and Consortium members MEAL in undertaking trainings needs assessment and organizing MEAL trainings/Inductions as per the CAMSA guideline.

·       Lead the current projects MEAL Technical Working Group (TWG) and follow up the MEAL activities that need to be undertaken at consortium level.

Program Quality, Learning and Accountability

·       Work closely with Program Quality and Learning Manager, MEAL officers and implement beneficiary compliance and feedback mechanism, collect beneficiary complaints and feedback and communicate with field team.

·       Collect and share monthly monitoring and accountability reports

·       Assist Program Quality and Learning Manager and co-facilitate quarterly after-action review including learning and reflection events, stakeholder consultation and proved feedback to program management team.

·       Support the team in the delivery of learning and reflection workshops and other programmatic learning processes and products

·       Collecting best practices, case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period.

·       Support the setup of a complaint and response mechanism based on the IDPs and host community contexts,

·       Assure that ICT is used in Beneficiary registration and Data collection in line with the Project MEAL framework.

·       Promote and support monitoring, analysis and learning from assessments of internal standards (Quality Framework) and Core Humanitarian Standards, accountability and transparency standards, protection minimum standards, and others.

·       Work with the responsible program or project teams to develop a culture of program quality and knowledge-driven programming, providing support to management for evidence-based decision-making processes.

·       Ensure that all MEAL work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to gender and protection issues.

·       Maintaining evaluation, research, and learning repositories

People development and management

·       Manage and support teams to deliver on the plans, providing coordination, leadership, inspiration, and guidance

·       Facilitate identification of needs, planning, and implementation of Oxfam and partners, long-term and humanitarian response team capacity building in MEAL, and build the capacity of Oxfam and partner staff to deliver MEAL, including through induction, training, and coaching

·       Work with the PQL Manager to ensure that the management of teams is in line with Oxfam’s HR policies and procedures.

·       Work with the PQL manager to ensure that team members have access to staff development opportunities, identify and addresses capacity gaps and provide ongoing counselling and support to team members

·       Undertake other responsibilities as assigned by the line manager

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 is 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.

JOB Requirement :

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:

·       Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply 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

1 Self-Awareness

2 Mutual accountability

3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Experience, Knowledge & Competencies:

Essential

·       Relevant qualification; MSc or BSc. in Economics, Development Studies, Statistics/Management, or another related field

·       Proven ability & experience in program monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning (MEAL) – Minimum 7 years preferably in long term, humanitarian, advocacy and campaign programmes and local contexts in Ethiopia

·       Extensive experience in large scale humanitarian programming at senior level and humanitarian management in complex, insecure environments

·       Working knowledge of implementing the Nexus approach will be an added advantage

·       Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.

·       Knowledge and practice of SAFE programming and international standards like Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), SPHERE, LEGS etc

·       Excellent computer skills and ability to work in a challenging and dynamic context

·       Excellent English writing skills

·       Fluent English language, ability to communicate in Local language would be an added advantage

·       Commitment to overcome poverty and suffering.

·       Proven experience in gender analysis and integrating gender and safe programming(protection) into programmes.

·       Previous work experience working in Humanitarian and development sectors essential

·       Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.

·       Ability to travel and work in difficult circumstances.

·       Ability to work very well with partners

·       Fluency in English is essential.

Desirable

·       Experience in working effectively within a large international agency including, in long-term and Emergency response settings.

·       Research background and knowledge of statistical packages (SPSS or STATA)

·       Good understanding of WASH, Protection, and EFSVL programming in programming

·       Prior experience training/accompanying/learning in the field.

·       Experience leading strategy development and implementation monitoring in collaboration with staff

·       Proven ability to synthesize and distil information from a variety of sources, to draw lessons from project documentation

Applicant with knowledge of the local language is preferable

Safer recruitment: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding, and criminal records 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.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.