OXFAM is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role

We are looking for EFSVL Officer:

To work with the EFSVL team in implementing an effective and integrated emergency response and recovery program. Together with the EFSVL team and Oxfam’s partners, implement livelihood and cash-based activities under the close support of the Senior EFSVL Officer/ Programme Manager to improve access to food and sustainable livelihoods amongst affected families.

Technical

1. With support from Senior EFSVL Officer/Program Manager, lead implementation of emergency food security, livelihood and cash programming activities within applicable timeframes using different modalities that include in-kind distribution, small and medium grants, cash-for-work, etc. for internally displaced persons, host communities and returnees in selected areas.
2. Conduct technical assessment and prepare bill of quantity for cash for work schemes.
3. Support in conducting Gendered Enterprise and Market (GEM) Assessment.
4. Monitor and supervise CfW schemes regularly and prepare weekly progress report.
5. Contribute to daily, weekly, and monthly workplan in close collaboration with Senior EFSVL Officer/Program Manager and ensure operationalization of plan with EFSVL team.
6. Write weekly, monthly, and other project related reports as assigned by Senior EFSVL Officer/Program Manager
7. Participate in community mobilization and sensitization activities in targeted location considering strict adherence to DO NO HARM principle and humanitarian principles.
8. Ensure community participation at each stage of project implementation.
9. Identify beneficiaries in coordination with the communities for various livelihood activities including CFW, Vocational Training, start-up business etc.
10. Support in organising open dialogue and advocacy sessions for social cohesions and socio-economic recovery activities.
11. Work closely with other departments and sectors to ensure required support is provided and integration is achieved for stronger impact.
12. Keep close coordination and working interaction with gender and protection teams to ensure that all aspects related to gender and protection are mainstreamed in all project activities.
13. Ensure strict compliance with relevant standard procedures and policies as per the Oxfam’s internal standards, donors’ requirements and international humanitarian standards.
14. Coordinate closely with different stakeholders including but not limited to DoA, DoI, DoW to identify climate resilient CFW schemes and MoLSA to deliver vocational training when required.
15. Participate in Diyala Area-Based Coordination (ABC) meeting as and when required or directed by the Program Manager/ Senior EFSVL Officer
16. Participate in monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure quality of activities.
17. Participate in Joint Price Monitoring initiative (JPMI) data collection in the intervention areas in Diyala.

Leadership

• Ensure that an empowering approach to working with staff, communities and partners is employed and that the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work is promoted.
• Ensure that the programme is accountable to beneficiaries through promoting their participation, providing them with information about programme activities and ensuring that beneficiary feedback is used effectively to adapt the programme.
• In collaboration with MEAL team Contribute to the effective monitoring of EFSVL activities, ensuring monitoring and evaluation plans are developed and data is reported and disseminated appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Provide regular reports using sitrep reporting formats at designated intervals.
• In coordination with the MEAL team, responsible for ensuring feedback and complaint response mechanisms are set up and functioning and all complaints are resolved in a timely

Management

• Work closely with support departments, particularly Logistics and to ensure efficient project implementation and accurate budget planning.
• Comply with 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.
• Work closely with MEAL staff, conduct monitoring of all activities post-distribution, and collate information to share with other staff.
• Keep safe the passwords/accounts of the Cash Based Programming electronic platforms.
• Maintain the records of all the activities under EFSVL and Cash Programs: Master Beneficiary List, Actual Beneficiary Distribution Lists, Community Meeting Minutes, Cash for Work (Contracts, worksheets), Traders Contracts, Traders assessments, vouchers records (ledger etc.).

Your commitment to Oxfam

• 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

[1] Whilst we make every effort to indicate how the candidates will be assessed against a criterion, this is subject to change and may be influenced by the quality of applications.

What we are looking for

Our next EFSVL Officer : 

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in your career development , to act as key contributor to, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

Flexfam

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. We think this role would work particularly well as a partially home-based role or job share.

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 organisation.

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 organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How 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.  

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and respond to three key questions related to your experience in xxx. Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us

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 international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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