Program Manager Gender and Active Citizenship, Oxfam, Haiti

Program Manager Gender and Active Citizenship (INT1396)

JOB TITLE: Program Manager Gender and Active Citizenship

JOB FAMILY: Programme

LEVEL:  National C1 STATUS:  secondment opportunity until  November 2015 with possibility of extension   Duration: Maximum 2 years from extension period after November 2015

Other conditions:  Regular travel around Oxfam project location

OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. TEAM PURPOSE: To help shape Oxfam strategy and programs and support their implementation JOB PURPOSE: To lead and coordinate Oxfam programs related to Gender and Active Citizenship in Haiti.

REPORTING LINES: Post holder reports to:  Program Management team Staff reporting to this post:  Need basis

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Yes

BACKGROUND: DIMENSION ·         Coordinates and delivers agreed plans or strategies. ·         Represents Oxfam in coordination meetings and some external relationships. ·         Impacts and influences the job mostly within the program unit (ie country/region) but occasionally also in other parts of Oxfam and/or with an external audience. ·         Usually plans and manages resources of one or more sub-units and over a broad spectrum of programs or geographies.  ·         Specific competencies and skills are required to achieve the job’s objectives eg geographical, thematic, and managerial. ·         Helps shape local level objectives within in a specific team. ·         Provides specialist guidance or specific skills to their team or program unit. ·         Plans and objectives are developed to contribute to country, region and broader program strategy and can involve collaboration with other program units (e.g. other affiliates in-country or colleagues in different country program) or departments (e.g. head office). ·         Management tasks are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or function. ·         Requires the ability to analyze and communicate complex information to a wide audience. ·         Decision-making requires significant levels of judgment based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported by line management or the program team. ·         Role is variable with well-defined targets and/or minimum standards and is both proactive and reactive. ·         To play active role in lobby and advocacy on issues related to gender and protection programmes through personal contacts and co-ordination of allies. ·         To take part in public campaigns based on agreed plan of action and objectives. ·         To produce clear and quality reports (financial and narrative) that demonstrates good accountability. ·           Providing professional advice to senior managers on areas of work covered in their remit. ·           Provide capacity building and institutional support for staff and local partner agency ·          Develops solutions to diverse and complex problems within organizational policy.

Documents

• JP_Gender_and_Active_Citizenship_Fevrier_2015[1].pdf (1.16 MB)

 

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