Myanmar Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator

Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator, Myanmar Programme (Based in Yangon - Myanmar)

Who are we? Oxfam GB is a leading aid, development and campaigning charity with a worldwide reputation for excellence and over 60 years of experience. Our purpose is to work with others to overcome suffering and find lasting solutions to poverty. We are operating in Myanmar with an integrated livelihoods programme.

Job Profile:

Level: C, Zone 2 (Global post)

Salary range: GBP 20,619 ~ GBP 27,642 net per annum.

Position duration: Open Ended contract

Location: The successful candidate will be based in Yangon, Myanmar

The Role:
Team purpose is to ensure quality of Food Security and Livelihoods approaches and activities across all aspects of Oxfam’s programme in Myanmar, including substantial representational and policy work collectively designed to elicit sustained pro-poor change. Livelihoods and food security technical specialists sit within the overall Programme team. Provide consistent and high quality support to programmes and responsible for coordinating and delivering integrated programmes in different livelihoods zones delivering on community development and resilience.

Key responsibilities Programming and technical support • Working with the cluster/working groups, lead the design of innovative and appropriate Food Security and Livelihoods interventions. This includes a focus on integrating women’s participation and promoting equity, women’s leadership and with emphasis on mainstreaming vulnerability analysis, disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate changes as appropriate. • Work with Senior Programme Managers to ensure the integration of Oxfam’s approach to Livelihoods (women economic leadership, power in markets and adaptation and risk reduction) in programmes and partner portfolios. This will include supporting the development of programme plans, project proposals and project monitoring and evaluation reviews. • Lead on the identification and delivery of relevant analytical tools necessary to inform design, monitor progress and impact and develop a credible base of evidence. This will include rapid assessment tools and analyses relevant to rapid onset emergencies as well as long term poverty reduction objectives. To ensure that staff and partners have the skills and understanding to collect, process and interpret resulting data. • Proactively work to develop quality proposals and support the management of donor contracts and donor relationships in country. • Liaise with Livelihoods Advisors both at the Asia Regional Centre and in Oxfam Head Office for additional technical inputs as well as to assess the appropriateness of Oxfam’s global food livelihoods approaches in the Myanmar context.

Capacity Building of Staff and Partners • Contribute to the Civil Society Development team in supporting key strategic partners’ capacities to design and implement relevant food security and livelihoods projects • Identify and assess the capacity needs in livelihoods, food security and DRR of Oxfam staff, partners and counterparts involved in the programme; seek effective and efficient ways to build staff and partner capacity and plan and implement capacity building activities. • Facilitate linkages of national staff to relevant learning resources and opportunities on critical issues for our livelihoods and DRR/ Climate Change Adaptation developments within and outside Oxfam • Work constructively with staff and partners to produce process documents to guide implementation, monitoring and ensure accountability. • Support the development of mechanisms & tools that facilitate staff and partners to document lessons and models of good practice from our livelihoods work and share good practices.

Representation, networking and advocacy • Actively engage and contribute effectively to the development and profile of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) and its importance as a network in influencing policy and practice. To support the FSWG’s initiatives by contributing to key areas of research (particularly in land rights and social protection) • Based on programme experience, support Oxfam's livelihoods advocacy and research efforts at the national, regional and global level. • Build and foster networks that enhance sharing & learning among relevant organizations engaged in livelihoods developments in Myanmar including local organizations, interagency initiatives and the private sector when appropriate. • Represent Oxfam in meetings related to areas of technical expertise and support broader inter-agency initiatives.

Management and internal processes and mandatory requirements • Ensure effective support and clarity for direct reports, including timely performance management and reviews and coaching and mentoring where necessary. • To take responsibility for planning and managing the use of resources/budgets directly managed, ensuring strategic use of unrestricted funds • To contribute to compiling internal reports, including those required to comply with documenting progress against objectives in the Livelihoods Rights programme as defined by the Joint Oxfam Programme in Myanmar.

Regional livelihoods work • In line with Country and Asia Regional Strategies, identify national and regional networks relevant to Sustainable Livelihoods, Emergency Food Security and DRR/Climate Change work, and contribute where appropriate to Global Oxfam International campaign work.

The Requirement: You’ll need to bring extensive experience in designing and managing of Food Security and Livelihoods projects, including a mature understanding of humanitarian and sustainable livelihoods programming in a variety of livelihoods intervention areas. You will have experience of monitoring and evaluating programmes as well as Disaster Risk Reduction and vulnerability analysis and developing the capacity of staff and partners. Overseas experience, of which a substantial part should involve recent food security and livelihoods related work, with knowledge that includes food security assessments, agriculture and fisheries interventions, small business, market analysis, cash based interventions is preferred. Community development skills are required, with skills in capacity building and working with community-based structures. You will have a degree in agriculture, development studies or another discipline that provides an understanding of food security and livelihood programming.

Your experience will mean that you have proven representational and communication skills, ability to coordinate with and influence others, strong analytical, planning and prioritisation skills – with ability to work independently with initiative, under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Excellent leadership and ability with good knowledge of spoken and written English will be an asset. . It will be beneficial to have a good knowledge of Sphere standards, and Humanitarian Accountability Principles. We have a collective commitment to the importance of raising women's participation and leadership as fundamental to all that we are endeavouring to do. You will need a strong understanding of gender equality and women's rights, and how these can be integrated into all our work supporting quality programmes and partnerships. Full details can be found on the Oxfam website.

How to apply Please submit an application letter, with full CV detailing your experience, knowledge and skills. Please include the names and contact details of two referees as well as your availability to the HR department by email to myanmarhr@oxfam.org.uk OR visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs, and quote ref: INT5018

Your application letter should include an email address and contact number.

OXFAM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ORGANISATION, WOMEN AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

Our apologies, but only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

CLOSING DATE: 22nd December 2011

Remark: Estimated date for interview will be either in 1st or 2nd week of January 2012.

How to apply:

How to apply Please submit an application letter, with full CV detailing your experience, knowledge and skills. Please include the names and contact details of two referees as well as your availability to the HR department by email to myanmarhr@oxfam.org.uk OR visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs, and quote ref: INT5018