Humanitarian Programme Manager

Oxfam, a confederation of 17 affiliate organisations,  is committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own, once given the chance to do so. Which is why we support local projects in developing countries, why we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people, and why we campaign to involve men and women also in our work. The confederation works together to increase the impact of its long term development and humanitarian responses.

Oxfam Novib is looking for a

Humanitarian Programme Manager,

Based in Mozambique

Single Posting; One year posting, 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 Mozambique at the country level; to ensure that Oxfam and partners have the capacity to respond rapidly and proportionately to humanitarian emergencies 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

Develop the program of Disaster response and preparedness respecting the policies and standards of Oxfam International. Manage the implementation of the program and respond to emergencies.
Manage the human, financial and logistical resources, in accordance with the policies and objectives of Oxfam and the requirements of back donors.  Lead the development of annual contingency plan with Oxfam and partners. Contribute to the Common Strategy of Oxfam in Mozambique.

Requirements

• You have a bachelor's or master's degree in an area on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene or on Food Security.
• Proven experience of minimum 3-4 years of fieldwork in humanitarian programs.
• Proven experience of minimum 2 years in coordinating and managing humanitarian programs.
• A good knowledge of Civil Society in Mozambique.
• Profound knowledge of Humanitarian Action, preparedness and response to disasters, mitigation and disaster prevention, Disaster risk reduction.
• Profound knowledge of establishing and manage contingency plans, programs and projects.
  Experience in leading teams, working under high pressure and  time pressure.
• Be results oriented.
• Be fluent English and Portuguese

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 5-6756 tojobs@oxfamnovib.nl to the attention of Nathalie Schouten, HR Advisor , no later than May 28, 2013. Information about the procedure can be obtained from Nathalie SchoutenNathalie.Schouten@oxfamnovib.nl. Further information about the job can be obtained from May 22^nd onwards from Renaud Leray, Country Director, viaRenaud.Lerauy@oxfamnovib.nl.