Project Officer NGO Job Opportunities – Oxfam International
Job Title: Project Officer
Organization: Oxfam International
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Oxfam is a worldwide organisation that employs works in more than 90 countries. We seek to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam’s global strategic goals include contributing to achieving more profound and lasting change in the lives of people living with poverty and injustice. We’re creating a worldwide influencing network to unite the power of local organizations, who share a common vision for change. Adequately resourced, local organizations are bestpositioned to influence and actively participate in the fight against the injustice of poverty.
Job Summary: The Project Officer will be responsible for the coordination of the education in fragile crisis affected environments project nationally by ensuring project alignment to the key strategic objectives and program standards; will support resource mobilization, specifically for areas of the program themes relevant to the focus areas of the project.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Support, Communication and Representation:
- Takes overall responsibility for compliance with the Communication & Visibility Manual during implementation
- Liaises with other team members at the country office to ensure there is synergy and close collaboration and complementarity between the project and other country programs
- Works closely with the Project Unit Manager support development and implementation of Project modules and models
- In close coordination with the Governance and Accountability team and Project Unit Manager, represents the project in the country vis à vis country stakeholders
- Regularly conducts context analysis relevant to the project and make recommendations to country project team and partners on the trends and opportunities. The job holder will be expected to keep abreast with latest developments in the focus areas of the project or how those developments impact on them
- Liaises with the rest of the Project Management Unit to initiate the linking and learning of the work and country / regional/global project teams
- Contributes to country funding initiatives such as providing input into concepts and proposals related to the project and to the Governance and Accountability theme
Partner Support:
- Coordinates project implementation amongst partners in Uganda
- Supports the monitoring of activities and collection of data on an annual basis in close partnership with the consortium partners in respect to data collection for each of their activities
- Is responsible for coordinating national level policy influencing and advocacy with the partners
Compliance and Reporting:
- Participates in country level reporting on the project
- Supports implementation compliance and bring instances of non-compliance to the attention of the Governance and Accountability Manager and the Project Unit Manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Oxfam Project Officer job must hold a relevant academic background (masters degree) or similar qualification
- Five years’ experience working with partners in an international NGO setting
- Knowledge of and affinity with Building Resilience Education Opportunities in Fragile Crisis
- Excellent written and verbal English
- Administrative project management skills
- Excellent ICT skills (Microsoft Office and database)
- Excellent organizational, coordination and networking skills
- Ability to perform complex tasks and to priorities multiple projects
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a multicultural environment
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments
- Ability to analyze budgetary line items for compliance with budget guidelines
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their updated CVs and cover letters ONLY to oxfamuganda-jobs@oxfam.org indicating the position name in the email subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 9th March, 2018.
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