Humanitarian Programme Coordinator Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Humanitarian Programme Coordinator Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Open-ended and accompanied post £24,245 - £30,853 (net) plus competitive benefits and additional allowance of £4,000 net per annum.

An expert in security with sound experience in management, with a passion for Oxfam's work is needed to help support our high profile programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Background Oxfam is one of the world's leading humanitarian and development agencies assisting people affected by natural disasters, poverty and conflict throughout the world. With many thousand staff and dedicated volunteers in more than 80 countries, Oxfam is able to achieve the greatest impact to end poverty and suffering through combining emergency response work, long-term programmes for poverty alleviation and campaigning for lasting change.DRC is one of Africa's largest, most diverse and poorest countries, with very unstable security context. With more than 15 years armed conflict, DRC is one of the largest humanitarian contexts in which providing relief aid is challenging but exciting. Lack of infrastructure, dismembered security services, strong presence of armed groups, high level of violence despite the presence of the world largest UN mission, etc make DRC a go zone for a passionate Humanitarian programme Coordinator. Oxfam's DRC programme is one of our biggest, providing both emergency aid and long-term development to some 800,000 people, with over 350 staff.

The role You will be satisfied in developing the DRC humanitarian responses, reporting to the Oxfam Country Director. You will advise and support the Oxfam Country Director with regard to implementing the humanitarian responses. You will coordinate to internal and external stakeholders to better understand the humanitarian challenges and recommend when to intervene, where, and how. You will look in more remote areas, such as North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces where the conflict arise. You will train staff and partner staff to have the security skills and awareness that they need to be effective, by providing appropriate learning and development opportunities. Finally, you will ensure that Oxfam operational policy procedures and guidelines are respected.

The Person To achieve this you will need to be dynamic, determined and genuinely interested in humanitarian and development programme. You will have a wide range of skills and experience, including in humanitarian programming, developing security management plan and strategy in complex emergencies. You will have worked with civil society groups and community networks at grassroots level, local stakeholders such as government, international non-government organizations, and Un to share and exchange information. You will have strong proven experience in training trainers, and proven capacity to write guidelines in French and reports in professional English. Fluency in English and French is essential. You must be a strategic thinker, consultative but firm and convincing, analytical, and accustomed to developing your own work. You will have an active commitment to promoting gender equality and the interests of marginalised groups and an ability both suggest practical solutions to complex issues and to engage with global learning from a country perspective. Previous working experience in DRC or similar would be an advantage. You will need strong interpersonal skills and the capacity to work effectively in a multi-cultural team. You will be aware of humanitarian policies in dealing with armed groups.

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How to apply To find out more about this role and to apply, please visit www.oxfam.org.uk using ref: INT5472 Closing date: 10th July 2012