Humanitarian Programme Manager OPTI
Oxfam Novib is looking for a
Humanitarian Programme Manager,
Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI); Based in Jerusalem
Family Posting; One year posting from May First 2013 , renewable
Objective of the position
To develop, co-ordinate and implement together with Oxfam affiliates and partners, the Oxfam humanitarian strategy and priority frameworks for the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI) at the country level; to ensure that Oxfam and partners have the capacity to respond rapidly and proportionately to humanitarian emergencies with a focus on health, WASH and EFS-VL, and in the event of an emergency, to coordinate Oxfam’s humanitarian response delivery with partners within the frameworks agreed in Oxfam and in co-ordination with the Country Director.
Main tasks
Oxfam Humanitarian Lead Role
- To provide leadership and co-ordination of the entire Oxfam response (e.g. strategy, fundraising, information management), in co-ordination with the Country Leadership Team.
- To provide leadership to the overall Oxfam humanitarian preparedness in-country, including co-ordinating the development, testing and regular updating of the Oxfam contingency plan in-country and ensuring timely decision-making by the country leadership team at the onset of an emergency.
- To co-ordinate Oxfam’s ongoing monitoring of the humanitarian situation and of (interim) results of humanitarian interventions and represent Oxfam internally and externally regarding humanitarian matters.
- To coordinate with security focal points to advise the Country Director on security issues
- To work with the security focal points and the CLT to review and update the Oxfam Security management Plan every 6 months.
- To represent Oxfam in external coordination meetings on humanitarian and security issues as needed.
Oxfam Novib Response Delivery and Preparedness
- In the event of an Oxfam humanitarian response in OPTI, to manage effectively ON’s humanitarian response delivery with partners and, in co-ordination with the Country Director, to provide direction to strategic and rapid decision-making about strategy, resources and staff deployment in a complex, stressful and changing environment. To ensure effective programme management, and financial and information management and good humanitarian practice.
- To co-ordinate Oxfam Novib’s ongoing monitoring of the humanitarian situation to ensure up-to-date knowledge and understanding of developments in-country which have (potentially) an effect on the humanitarian situation, as well as of interim results of ongoing humanitarian interventions.
- To develop, review and implement Oxfam’s Contingency Planning and humanitarian preparedness strategy and investment plan in-country in collaboration with ON staff, other affiliates and Oxfam partners. To co-ordinate the appraisal and monitoring of ON’s and partners’ response capacity and co-ordinate capacity building activities for all parties involved in order to achieve the objectives set in the preparedness strategy.
- To develop Oxfam Novib’s humanitarian profile and programme in-country and to identify opportunities for fundraising with funding agencies. To lead acquisition with (potential) donors of humanitarian response and preparedness in close co-ordination with the Institutional Funding Co-ordinator.
- To ensure compliance with Oxfam minimum standards for gender in emergencies including analysis, response, monitoring and evaluation.
- To represent Oxfam Novib in the Oxfam confederation and externally regarding humanitarian matters, to generate exposure of Oxfam Novib’s humanitarian profile and good practice; to increase Oxfam Novib’s awareness of current humanitarian trends and ensure sound internal and external co-ordination during preparedness and response by building strong networks.
- To collect proactively all necessary information relevant for Oxfam policy cycle and share this with the Country Director.
You have
Essential
- Significant experience of managing emergency and development projects, and a good understanding of relevant humanitarian and policy and security issues.
- Sound knowledge and ability to apply NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, SPHERE, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes.
- Knowledge and understanding of IHL and International Refugee Law as well as other relevant international legal frameworks.
- A proven record of effective programme and people management.
- Analytical and strategic planning skills.
- Proven numeracy and financial management skills.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences.
- Confident representation skills.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts. Excellent Team work skills and the ability to build good relations both internally and externally
- Good written and spoken English is essential.
- Willingness to travel at short notice, often in difficult circumstances
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of gender equity issues and their relevance to humanitarian response work.
- Adaptable and flexible.
- High level of self-awareness.
- Ability to take the initiative and make decisions with limited support in fast moving environments.
- Good communication skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of working with disaster risk reduction, preparedness and development issues.
- Good command of Arabic and Hebrew would be an advantage
We offer
A competitive, fair and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors. We offer a gross salary in the range from € 3.229,- to € 4.969,-. This is excl. 8% holiday fee, additional expat allowances will be offered.
More information and application procedure
Are you interested in this position? Send your application in writing, including a motivation letter and curriculum vitae and mentioning reference number 5-174 tojobs@oxfamnovib.nl to the attention of Ewa van den Berg, HR Advisor , no later than April 10, 2013.
Information about the procedure can be obtained from Ewa van den BergEwa.vandenBerg@oxfamnovib.nl Further information about the job can be obtained from Nishant Pandey, Country Director, via nishant.pandey@oxfamnovib.nl.
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