Join Oxfam as a Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP)- Programme Coordinator (global roving): Apply Now!!

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: HSPs are globally roving and work away from their home base continuously. Typically, they are deployed to a particular location from a few weeks up to six months’ duration per assignment. HSPs could expect to be deployed to country programmes up to nine months a year (pro-rata for part-time posts).

Our current emergency programmes are in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia.

When not deployed (or on annual leave) HSPs may be assigned project / proactive work, the location in which the HSP undertakes this work will be determined by legal and cost implications

CONTRACT TYPE: Open-ended

JOB FAMILY: Programme

GRADE: B2

DEPARTMENT: Global Humanitarian Team (GHT)

TEAM: HSP Team

SALARY: £45,506 net per annum

HOURS: 36 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 offlexible arrangements which might work for you.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN TEAM PURPOSE:

The Global Humanitarian Team (GHT) has designated responsibilities to support, coordinate and lead humanitarian response and policies to reduce the impact of, prepare for and respond to crises, harnessing the resources of the whole Oxfam confederation to deliver support for Oxfam’s strategic plan.The GHT has designated responsibilities to support, coordinate and lead humanitarian response and policies to reduce the impact of, prepare for and respond to crises, harnessing the resources of the whole Oxfam confederation to deliver support for Oxfam’s strategic plan. The GHT works across Oxfam countries and regions and in close coordination with others.

GHT will work with others to maximize the quality and impact of Oxfam’s humanitarian programme by:

• Delivering rapid, safe and high-quality emergency surge capacity.
• Supporting programme strategy, operational design, humanitarian preparedness and response.
• Promote greater local humanitarian leadership and collaborate on our approach to fragility and across the nexus
• Facilitate the development of humanitarian capacity across Oxfam and partner organisations through building and brokering a cross confederation network andcommunity
• Supporting the gathering of evidence to enable learning, innovation and advocating for change across the sector.
• Working with Campaigns and Policy to influence for greater respect of the basic rights of crisis affected men and women.
• Working closely with affiliate offices in their roles for the best interests of the humanitarian programme.
• Ensure connection with global and technical humanitarian system and coordination

HSP TEAM PURPOSE

What is a Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP)?

The Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP) Team comprises of technical humanitarian experts from various fields across the globe who bring their skills and experience to Oxfam’s country teams to help them respond to conflicts and natural disasters.

JOB PURPOSE

To operationally manage medium to large scale emergency responses to meet humanitarian needs. The post holder will be expected to manage the entire operational programme, from emergency programme design to implementation and programme related advocacy/policy work. Post holder will also be expected to help Oxfam’s programmes to better prepare and help communities at risk to deal with future shocks and stresses. Post holder will also be expected to cover key vacant posts including at country director (smaller country programmes) level.

Be accountable for ensuring community participation shapes programme decisions, actively seek a partnership approach and work following feminist principles including strong awareness of power dynamics.To, along with other technical staff, advisors and managers, promote safe programming in all humanitarian responses. To be accountable for ensuring community participation shapes programme decisions, actively seek a partnership approach and worked following feminist principles including strong awareness of power dynamics.

JOB REPORTS TO:

Humanitarian Coordinator. Please note that this is subject to change and line management may revert to another member of the senior leadership team.Whilst on deployment, will report to Country Director or designated Manager.

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS JOB

Varies depending on deployment; typically, Programme Managers, Finance, HR, Logs, communications/media and policy staff.

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

Yes – Varies depending on the size of programme where you are deployed

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

World-wide. Our current emergency programmes are in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia.

IMPACT

Internal: country and regional level, cross-confederation

External: sector specific, could have external representationon behalf of Oxfam

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Internal: Country & regional teams, Global Humanitarian Team

External: other INGOs, NNGOs, UN agencies, country clusters

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

• Required to developlong term visionand strategic planning to achieve significant impact from a major programme unit.
• Provides leadership of specific majorprogramme unit including setting and leadingthe delivery of specified programme unit and/or team objectives.
• Plans and manages human and financial resources and processes related to a specific programme unit and/or area of expertise.
• Manages a broadspectrum of programmes or geographies, requiring a variety of competences and skills of the job holder.
• Management tasks and problems are diverse and complex and involve a significant degree of risk (financial, security, brand).
• Produces, assimilates, analyses and uses programme information from variedand diverse sources to provide in- depth analysis in the specific programme unit or policy area.
• Decision-making is strategic and operational witha high degree of judgement based on specific problem solving experience, drawing on a range of external and internal factors.

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Closing date: 8 Sep 2024