Solid Waste Management Officer

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.

Department Purpose

Oxfam’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) project in Za’atari Camp include both litter picking and Garbage collection and disposal activities, serving the whole camp population.

Team Purpose

Oxfam’s Solid waste management and recycling projects cover all 12 districts of Za’atari camp with dry and wet waste collection. This includes street litter picking, mixed waste collection from municipal bins, dry waste processing at two recycling sites and selling it to the private sector, in addition to newly to add wet/ organic waste separation and processing in the MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) component to produce compost and biogas. The project is deliberately targeted at being labour intensive to create IBV opportunities which matches both livelihoods opportunities along with solid waste management services. The project will be implemented until the end of June 2024 and requires closer integration into the Solid Waste Management strategy of Za’atari Camp. Also, this project targets the most vulnerable refugees to create livelihoods opportunities whilst maintaining the cleanliness of Za’atari Camp.

Job Purpose

The SWM officer will be responsible for the implementation of all litter picking activities related to solid waste management and ensure that refugee households benefit from Oxfam projects. And to comply with agreed cash for work SOPs in Zaatari camp.

Job Responsibilities

Field based IBV Management

• Manage the implementation of the field-based solid waste management activities in the districts, to ensure Oxfam’s wider Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes within Za’atari camp is implemented properly.
• Supervise the Street litter picking activity workers IBVs (team leaders and workers) to make sure the camp environment is clean as to Oxfam standards.
• Liaise with the Recycling, Community engagement, Cash for Work and the Public Health Engineering teams to address specific problems Ensure the camp environment is kept clean and hygienic.
• Raise issues regarding the solid waste management in the camp when needed such as; garbage collection and disposal, the functionality of the bins, the rotation system among street litter pickers, vulnerable groups inclusion, ..
• Represent Oxfam at relevant community gathering meetings with other Za’atari actors as necessary.
• Proactively engaging with refugees in the designated districts and practicing active listening and address the refugee’s issues and suggestions with the SWM manager.
• Undertake other responsibilities as required by the SWM Project Manager.

Ensuring compliance with IBV Systems

• Adhere to IBV SOPs and support in the implementation of restructuring the solid waste team when needed.
• Ensure the SLP team leaders are providing inductions for new IBV on a rotational basis, including on mechanisms for which to make complaints and report protection issues and any other related IBV issue.
• Raise payments of IBV SWM beneficiaries, ensure the timesheets are accurate and support in facilitating the queue during the payment.

Data monitoring and reporting

• Review data and reports produced by the MEAL and Community Engagement teams to ensure that Oxfam districts are maintained to a high level of cleanliness.
• Submit weekly progress reports, ensuring accurate capture of numbers of refugees reached by the programme. Feed into monthly donor monitoring.
• Track the complaints raised by the MEAL team are solved in a timely basis and provide reasonable solutions to the complaints received from the community and analyses the data received to understand the patterns.
• Stock management by raising request orders, stock requests and tracking all the stock withdrawn from the warehouse and start the procurement process when needed, along with maintaining and archiving all the documentation needed as proof.

Planning of SWM IBV Models

• Pro-actively seek to engage minority groups in the project to ensure diversity and fair distribution of opportunities among all camp residents such as women, PwDs Elderly people and other types of vulnerable groups into SWM teams .
• Support the SWM in piloting new models of SWM litter picking and coordinate with the recycling project if needed.
• Highlight the need to raise IBV requisitions as needed for the SWM team.
• Provide support for the SWM PM in procurement as required (including Stock Requests (SR) and Request Orders (RO)).
• Support in the development of procurement plans to ensure no gaps in the provision of required equipment for field teams.
• Support in planning for new activities in the project and to feed in with information that will shape future funds and projects in the camp, this process might include feeding into budget estimations and proposal writings.

Education:

• Graduate from a recognized university (preferably within the field of Social Science, business administration, environmental science or solid waste management).

Experience:

• Must have at least two years’ experience in field based and/ or project experience, preferably in relevant field of solid waste management, engineering or social work.
• One year of experience in working with and / or managing volunteers (from any nationality) is preferable.
• Preferably experience in working with refugees in a camp setting.

Key Attributes:

Essentials:

• Ability to spend extended periods of time to work with community members.
• Ability to spend 70% of the time in the field.
• Experience in mitigating conflicts and disputes between members of a community and community leaders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Excellent logic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collect, enter and analyse data.
• Good written and spoken Arabic is essential and good English knowledge.
• Potential and flexibility of attitude to learn.
• Able to work under pressure, ability to priorities and commitment to meet deadlines
• The post holder should be at ease in working with local communities and Syrian refugees.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action and to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.
• Good Microsoft office skills (Excel, word and power point) for data analysis and processing.

Desirables:

• Experience of Cash for Work/ Incentive based volunteers programming or staff management.
• Experience of working in a multicultural team.
• Ability and experience to train people.
• Experience or willingness to work with refugees in a camp setting.
• Experience in community engagement activities and or WaSH activities.

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.

Key Behavioral Competencies
(based on Oxfam’s Leadership Model)

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 organisation 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.

NOTE: interested applicants are encouraged to apply as Oxfam GB is reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Once Oxfam GB identifies the candidate for the role, the vacancy will be closed. 

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.