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About Oxfam |
Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.
OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA |
Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues.
Job details |
| DIVISION: Impact | TEAM: Program Team |
| LOCATION: Jigjiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia | CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term |
| GRADE: C2 National | JOB FAMILY: Programme |
| SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package | HOURS: 37.5 hours per week |
| FLEXIBLE WORKING We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage. | |
| DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: Our programme drives systemic change by focusing on empowerment, transferring control and power to people so they can claim their rights and build agency. This ensures that livelihoods are not just secure, but also resilient to future shocks like conflict and climate change. Our vision is for people living in poverty and injustices to enjoy a life of dignity, equality, and just entitlements TEAM PURPOSE: As a nexus catalyst, the Food Security, Livelihood, and Peace Building (FS/L&PB) team mandates the integrated execution of programs, directly linking livelihood recovery to durable peace outcomes. We leverage expertise across Economic, Climate, Humanitarian, and Gender Justice pillars to transform conflict-affected populations. JOB PURPOSE: Based in Jigjiga, the FS/L&PB Coordinator provides technical and strategic leadership for an integrated project in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. The coordinator will support the effective implementation of the project, “Enhancing Communities’ Resilience to Drought (ECRD),” in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The role focuses on coordinating field-level activities, supporting community engagement, ensuring the timely delivery of project outputs, and contributing to monitoring, reporting, and learning processes to strengthen drought resilience among targeted communities. The role aims to seamlessly integrate food security and livelihoods programming with conflict-sensitive approaches, specifically linking pastoralist resilience, water management, and social cohesion, using women’s economic empowerment as a key driver of peace in the target districts. | |
| POST HOLDER REPORTS TO | Country Program Director with a matrix relationship with the Development Programmes Manager |
| JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST | None |
| BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY | None
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
A. Program Strategy and Technical Leadership (40%).
B. Strategic Coordination, Partnership, and Representation (10%)
This classification involves connecting the program externally with key stakeholders and ensuring the organization’s approach is represented and influences the wider humanitarian/development context.
C. Peacebuilding Integration (20%)
D. Monitoring, Accountability, and Learning (30%)
Person Specification |
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
Our Values
| 1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to culture differences and gender equality. | 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
| 3. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible. |
1 Self-Awareness
2 Mutual accountability
3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment
SKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential
Desirable
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