The Oxfam Confederation is made up of 17 Oxfam affiliates (including Oxfam GB) working across 92 countries. In 2009, all Oxfam affiliates decided to work more closely together as a global movement for change. Oxfam GB has been working in South Sudan since 1983. We aim to overcome poverty and inequality through the most effective, appropriate and enduring solutions. Oxfam’s institutional mandate is therefore threefold; development work, emergency humanitarian relief work & policy advocacy work. Oxfam South Sudan is currently implementing humanitarian response programs and Development Programmes in different parts of the country.
Oxfam now seeks to recruit for a Programme Quality Coordinator to help improve effectiveness of Oxfam Country programme and impact on poverty through the provision of coherent and coordinated support.
The Role
The Programme Quality Coordinator will work with programme teams on their strategic plans for the programme and ensure quality programming, delivery and learning based on evidence of impact at the field level. You will coordinate and produce key learning documents in country, including managing research, study and other reviews and evaluations. You will maintain oversight for the quality of the work and accountability mechanisms in the field and in Juba, working together with the technical team; support senior managers in delivering their responsibility for the quality of the work and strong accountability in the field and in Juba. You will lead and coordinate on donor reports and ensure project quality and reporting deadlines are met. You will monitor programme quality strategy for South Sudan programme and strengthen the linkages between humanitarian and development programming; acknowledge the flexibility required between the two departments. You will coordinate and engage with Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning officers and link the program MEAL work with larger organisational strategy. You will ensure the project teams and relevant staff know and use the Programme Quality concepts and tools. Additionally, you will provide support to the project teams in designing a monitoring and evaluation framework, accountability and learning tools, conducting field Programme Quality exercise and data management and analysis.
The Person
To be successful, you must have a degree in relevant field and substantial experience of development and humanitarian emergency work in an International Organisation with an understanding of Livelihoods, Resilience, WASH, EFSL, Protection, and gender needs. You will have experience of being accountable to donors and to the programmes for accountability and quality programming You will have strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in English clearly both verbally and in writing and with all levels of staff. You will have experience on program cycle management and research and evaluations.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply
At Oxfam, we believe that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career. Please download the full job profile and apply online. Use this link to apply: http://bit.ly/1QrvNX4.
The closing date is 31 December 2015. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
