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In Kenya, Oxfam works with others to alleviate poverty and inequality. We work with the most vulnerable communities in the dry and remote northern regions, and in the impoverished slums of the capital, Nairobi. In Kenya, the highest poverty levels are in the northern pastoralist districts - in some areas 95% of people fall below the poverty line. Like ...
Job Purpose
To support and/or coordinate programmes tackling inequality through extractive industries and progressive taxation and spending on quality and social services. This involves overseeing the design and implementation of donor funded programmes in this area, including in some instances reporting and donor relationship support
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
This role will be responsible for providing technical support on approaches to influence more progressive resource mobilisation strategies and policies of governments, connect work on the ground with national and global level policy and campaigning, and ensuring citizens are meaningfully engaged in holding duty bearers to account for promoting and implementing progressive, gender sensitive and accountable fiscal policies. Key responsibilities include:
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
Essential
· A university degree in law, economics, international development, social or environmental science, or other relevant fields
Proven experience of programme management, strategic project oversight and coordination of complex projects and multi-country programmes
Experience and understanding of key policy and programme areas linked to tax and progressive public spending, particularly in health, education, social protection, agriculture; or social accountability
Experience in mainstreaming gender and supporting the design of programmes with a strong focus on gender justice and knowledge of approaches such as gender responsive budgeting
Excellent written and oral communications skills in English or French, and good working knowledge of the other one
· Ability and willingness to travel including in remote and conflict affected areas
Desirable
· Understanding of advocacy and/or campaigning, particularly directed at Southern Governments and southern or global institutions.
Key Behavioural Competencies (based on Oxfam’s Leadership Model)
Competencies
Description
Decisiveness
We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs.
Influencing
We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organisation We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
Humility
We put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.
Relationship Building
We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation.
Listening
We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear, and consider different preferences.
Mutual Accountability
We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner.
Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
Systems Thinking
We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organisational decisions and actions.
Strategic Thinking and Judgment
We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values.
Vision Setting
We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders.
Self-Awareness
We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
Enabling
We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate support.
To submit your application, please forward a letter of application and your CV at:
RecruitmentWAF@OxfamIntermon.org by 18.00 GMT on Sunday 16th April, 2017
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