(Offre en anglais) Oxfam in Tunisia recrute un Program Officer – Economic Justice عودة إلى الفرص

Oxfam is committed to ridding the world of poverty and injustice. We have a conviction that people are capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own, once given the chance to do so. Which is why we support local projects in developing countries, why we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people, and why we campaign to involve citizens in our work.

We work together with other Oxfam affiliates to increase our impact on development and humanitarian work.

Oxfam’s vision for Tunisia is that citizens, especially women and youth, are active to reduce gender and socio-economic inequalities in a framework of rule of law and an accountable state. The strategy focuses on gender justice, governance of socio-economic policies, economic justice and civil society space protection.

Oxfam in Tunisia is looking for a Program Officer – Economic Justice

Team Purpose

Based on Oxfam’s strategy in Tunisia, to further refine and implement the organizations country policy and the one program approach in close co-operation with the local partners, in coordination with relevant thematic colleagues, and in accordance with Oxfam 2020 vision.

Post Conditions

• Type of contract: Fixed term contract
• Contract Duration: One year (renewable depending on staff performance and project funding)
• Working hours: Full time (40hours/week)
• Location: Based in Tunis, frequent travels across the country
• Salary & Conditions: According to Oxfam Salary scale and HR policy and conditions in Tunisia
• Reporting line: Programs coordinator
• Staff directly reporting to the position: 1 project officer
• Starting date: As soon as possible
• Budget responsibility: Yes

Job Purpose – Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Program development and positioning
  • Lead the development of the economic justice program according to Oxfam’s program lifecycle procedures, working closely with local partners and building relations with other stakeholders in country Ensure the program integrates influencing, in close cooperation with relevant colleagues in country and across the Oxfam confederation
  • Ensure visibility of Oxfam’s programs in institutional communication and fundraising efforts
• Institutional funding / project development
  • Engage in discussions with partners and other stakeholders on fostering funding opportunities with institutional donors
  • Write/develop/coordinate project proposals, including deployment of resources,
  • Responsible for documenting track records of projects in his/her portfolio
  • Contribute in the identification of potential donors according to the strategic priorities of the country program
  • Responsible for institutional donors’ contract management.
• Project Management
  • Ensure projects approved by donors are developed and implemented in accordance with Oxfam’s project lifecycle Framework,
  • Ensure supervision of the overall reporting process of projects, in line with donor requirements and Oxfam policies and procedure
  • Set budget and activity monitoring systems against workplans
  • Manage all project related documents and correspondence, respond to project related queries.
  • Ensure uploading of program information and results in Oxfam’s administrative system and that (digital) archiving of project activities is correctly done and maintained
  • Oversee the coordination of partners’ capacity building plan and possible organization and facilitation of capacity development processes for partners.
  • Ensure gender and social Inclusion is mainstreamed into all stages of project implementation
  • Work with the team in allocating/analyzing resources and to conduct social inclusion/gender audit
• Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning:
  • Design, in cooperation with relevant colleagues, the MEAL framework of the program together
  • with partners according to Oxfam’s standards and donors’ requirements.
  • Ensure implementation of the MEAL at program level
  • Ongoing analysis of social, economic, cultural and political situation of the project areas and their impact on people. Use this and additional knowledge, gained through monitoring and evaluation of progress towards project objectives, in strategic planning and program development.
• People management
  • Supervise the daily work of project(s) officer(s) in his/her team working with partners to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate projects
  • Coordinate and motivate project members (consultants and staff) inside and outside Oxfam to deliver on expected results from projects
  • Foresees development plans with staff under her/his supervision, setting of objectives and appraisal system
  • Oversee recruitments of new staff to be allocated on newly awarded projects
  • Recruit and manage consultants on relevant engagements pertaining to the project
• Thematic and/or influencing priorities
  • Initiate the elaboration and implementation of thematic policy priorities in line Oxfam’s priorities
  • Explore and implement opportunities to connect to global campaigning work touching on the program,
  • Take part in relevant Oxfam working and project groups, primarily in terms of thematic
  • knowledge and influencing, with input from partner organizations, and is capable of fulfilling the role of project leader.