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Enterprise Development Programme Officer (Oxfam GB)

£17,960 - £25,890 pro rata (21.6 hours per week; fixed term contract from August 2011 until July 2013)

Oxford

Team Purpose: The purpose of the Programme Policy Team (PPT) is to link learning of global trends with internal programme experience to inform and influence Programme direction and support programme quality and Oxfam's wider agenda of change. One of the key initiatives led by PPT is Oxfam's Enterprise Development Programme (EDP), which seeks to promote viable, pro-poor and pro-women enterprises emerging from Oxfam's programmes.

Dimensions

• Programme assistance: mix of routine work agreed with manager, with reactive response to requests

• Project and contract (funding) management

• Communications with internal staff (including internationally) and some external actors

• Organising and seeking reporting from projects

• Summarising project information (narrative and financial) with occasional writing of specific new products in collaboration with EDP Manager

• Solving problems, which vary from routine to some complex ones; and making sound judgements using a good understanding of the team, the programme strategy and the facilities of the team

Key Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Maintaining updated information on Oxfam's systems: Project (OPAL) and Contract (CRIMSON)

• Liaising with country projects to obtain all relevant information on milestones, progress, expenditure; in support of the EDP Manager

Administration:

• To manage the diary of the Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) Manager in his/her absence

• To set up, coordinate and take minutes from regular meetings, such as EDP Internal Review Panel, Investment Committee and Board; as well as regular teleconferences with specific projects

• To manage invoices, book travel, organise a filing system, and prepare consultancy reports Reporting and communications:

• Supporting the EDP Manager in synthesising country reports and producing Semester/Annual Reviews

• Assisting and occasionally leading on the development of presentations and learning materials for internal and external audiences

• Maintaining information on intranet and website, and occasionally producing videos/case studies

• Responding orally and in writing to enquiries from staff, supporters, and external actors

• Liaise with other initiatives, such as the Small Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) and Oxfam's wider Livelihoods work on women's economic leadership, market and value chain development and adaptation to climate change

Skills and Competence

E = Essential D = Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to organise work effectively, co-ordinate activities in line with deadlines (E)

• Numerate with demonstrable ability to handle team and project finances (E)

• Experience in project management and/or donor reporting (D)

• Ability to acquire knowledge about a subject rapidly and summarise it (D)

• Good interpersonal skills and proven experience in team working (E)

• Communication (oral and written) skills, demonstrated ability to communicate to varied audiences (E)

• Proven experience of supporting other and providing good customer services (E)

• Experience of using a range of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint (E)

• Must be able to speak and write English fluently (E). Basic French or Spanish (D)

• Commitment to issues to do with economic development, enterprise and women's empowerment (E). Experience in these issues (D)

• Aligned with Oxfam's values and ability to work on global issues with sensitivity towards cultural and political issues (D)

To apply

To find out more about this role and to apply, please visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: C&P603.

Closing Date: 6 July 2011.