Emergency Food Security Vulnerable Livelihood Officer - INT7363 - Salah Al-Din Tikrit
AT OXFAM, WE WON’T LIVE WITH POVERTY.
Together we can end extreme poverty for good. Will you join us?
EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY VULNERABLE LIVELIHOODS OFFICER
EFSVL
Closing date: - 28 March 2021
Interview date: - TBC
Vacancy reference: - INT7363
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 and adults. 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.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.
ABOUT OXFAM
Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.
OUR TEAM
To support conflict-affected populations access appropriate and equitable assistance that meets humanitarian needs and reduces underlying drivers of conflict at all levels.
JOB PURPOSE
To implement emergency food security, livelihood, and cash transfer programs. To implement activities in programs under Emergency Food Security, Vulnerable Livelihoods (EFSVL) and Cash Programming as key member of the EFSVL & Cash team in Oxfam’s areas of operation in Iraq. Key areas of intervention include, but not limited to, EFSVL activities such as cash, Cash for Work, small business grants for assets recovery, and micro businesses activities, technical and vocational skills training, Job Placement and employability trainings, business management trainings, agriculture and livestock support for vulnerable communities.
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CORE DETAILS
Location:
Salah Al Din Governorate. May be asked to other areas for any job-related tasks
Our package:
Internal Grade:
N/A
D2
Contract type:
National Fixed Term Contract
Hours of work: 40 hours per week. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at interview stage
This role reports to:
EFSVL Senior Officer.
Staff reporting to this post:
3 EFSVL and Cash Assistants
Annual budget for the post:
As per Oxfam Salary Grade
Key relationships/interactions:
DBS checks (for roles based in the UK):
N/A
Screening checks:
All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical
• Ensure implementation of emergency food security, livelihood and cash programming activities within the project time-frame and quality standards, and using different modalities that includes in-kind distribution, micro grants, cash for work and multi-purpose cash for IDPs, host communities, returnees in the selected sites.
• Conduct community mobilization and sensitization activities in targeted location considering the strict adherence to DO NO HARM principle.
• Ensure community participation at each stage of project implementation and their input and feedback are incorporated in activities implementation.
• Participate in field level assessments including, but not limited to, Technical engineering assessments need assessment, HH vulnerability assessment, and other type of assessment as assigned by the team leader and Sr. Officer.
• Lead the process and EFSVL & Cash assistants in identification, registration and verification processes of vulnerable households and individual as per the approved selection criteria.
• Lead at the field level in the process of vendor/shops identification and market actors to
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Job Profile Template Oct 2018
participate in the food security, livelihoods and Cash and Voucher activities and ensure that they are selected as per the agreed criteria.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standard procedures for cash and voucher interventions, including compliance with relevant policies and criteria relating to Emergency Food Security, Vulnerable Livelihoods, Cash and Voucher programming, including best practices and donors’ policies.
• Ensure to follow the community engagement and communication strategy and communicate with the communities and other program’s stakeholders the objectives of the Emergency Food Security, Vulnerable Livelihoods and Cash/Voucher Transfers.
• Ensure strict compliance to cash transfers SOPs and policies as per the Oxfam’s internal standards, donors and international humanitarian standards.
• Support and lead the EFSVL and Cash staff involved in EFSVL activities in records management, reporting and accounting for cash transfers programming.
• Ensure distribution of in-kind goods, micro grants/cash/ vouchers to participants are accurate and according to the criteria.
• Working closely with MEAL staff, conduct monitoring of all activities post-distribution, and collate information to share with other staff.
• 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 health and wellbeing principles
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
• Degree in economics, sociology, business management, development studies, engineering, agriculture engineering or equivalent to that.
• At least 2 years of experience working in food security, livelihood and cash transfer programming.
• Proven experience of working in humanitarian projects/programs.
• Strong understanding of local culture, and context for target communities.
• Commitment to equal opportunities and the promotion of gender equity in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.
• High Skills of personal organization, self-sufficiency-Competent and initiative.
• Strong ability to work within team and consult with a wide range of colleagues.
• Flexibility and ability to manage work stress and to work under highly pressure.
• Pro-active and with excellent communication skills.
• Analytical thinking and complex problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with a team from different gender and ethics, helps them to work effectively by supporting a good work environment.
• MS Office operating skills (Word, Excel, Power point)
• Good spoken and written English is preferred.
• Strong spoken and written Arabic skill is essential.
Key Attributes
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible
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Organisational Values
• 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
• 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
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences
Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct here.
FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY:
JOB FAMILY: Programme
DIMENSIONS:
The following responsibilities are not exhaustive. They aim to provide a clear sense of the nature and scope of jobs at this grade:
• Delegated authority to supervise junior staff and/or volunteers and delegated projects/activities.
• Problems vary and include a combination of routine and some complex.
• Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work.
• Required to make sound judgements regularly within agreed processes using a good understanding of the team and the facilities of the team.
• Communication is largely with internal staff, (including internationally) also with some external contacts and target audiences to support operational work.
• Analysis and communication of some complex information at a simple level is required to a wide audience to promote and influence.
At Oxfam, our job descriptions provide a guide to what might be expected in the role. Along with our strategy the job profile is used to help to shape specific objectives for employees. Employees are supported to deliver these objectives and they are annually assessed against them as part of the Oxfam performance review process. This job profile is not incorporated into the employment contract.
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HOW TO APPLY
Apply online
• Go to: for external applicants:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk
• For internal applicants:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal
• Search for the vacancy using the reference number
• Complete the online application process
• Ensure you submit your application before midnight (GMT) on the closing date. Unless a different time is specified in the advert.
What will I need
• Each recruitment is unique and you will need to follow the instructions part of the online application process. You will usually be asked to provide:
• Your personal contact details
• The details of your referee(s)
• Details on how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge that are required for this role
Support and help
• Look at our how to apply section for helpful tips
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• Technical glitch? If you have any issues when submitting your application please contact
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Oxfam is a Disability Confident Employer. Should you be unable to submit your application online and would prefer an alternative method please contact our recruitment team.
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Find out about everything we do - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do
Get a feel of what it is like to work at Oxfam - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/working-at-oxfam/life-at-oxfam
Find out more about our pay & benefits - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/working-at-oxfam/what-oxfam-offers
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OXFAM LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK - Competencies Description
Decisiveness
We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs.
Influencing
We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
Humility
We put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.
Relationship Building
We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organization.
Listening
We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear, and consider different preferences.
Mutual Accountability
We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner.
Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
Systems Thinking
We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organizational decisions and actions.
Strategic Thinking and Judgment
We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values.
Vision Setting
We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders.
Self-Awareness
We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
Enabling
We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned
OXFAM is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
TO APPLY:
As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
For more details about this consultancy, please visit the job advert using below link:
Application only should be WORD-PDF format.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
About us
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy a life free from poverty.
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
