Programme Officer Job Vacancy at Oxfam in Uganda

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Oxfam, a confederation of 17 affiliated members 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.
This 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 all over the world in our work. Oxfam works with partners to increase its impact on development issues.
Oxfam Novib, a member of Oxfam Confederation active in Uganda is looking for a:
Location: Kampala
Purpose of the job: Based on Oxfam strategic plan, further refine and implement Oxfam’s country policy and the one programme approach in close co-operation with the local partners and the other Oxfams. Program Officer reports to the Associate Country Director.
Main tasks, duties & responsibilities
·         Takes initiatives to elaborate and implement the national policy priorities within the Oxfam (Novib) policy.
·         Signals opportunities for local co-operation and (back-donor) financing that contribute to the goals of Oxfam (Novib).
Develops and maintains partnerships.
·         Contributes to the development, implementation and monitoring of the annual contract, in co-operation with (inter)national organisations, to the development of the strategic partner portfolio and the communication around this.
·         Provides for the appraisal of reports and registration in SAP.
·         Initiates and facilitates Knowledge & Information Management (KIM) with local partners to strengthen the effectiveness and implementation of programmes and lessons learned.
·         Facilitates networks between partners and relevant external actors like knowledge institutes, and initiates and facilitates reports and any publications in this area.
·         Identifies, organises, facilitates if needed and monitors capacity building processes for partners on relevant themes.
Strategic development financing;
·         Development and management of the portfolio of local partners and projects, including project proposal submissions and assessments, local partner identification and organizational assessments and monitoring and evaluation of project implementation by local partners.
Institutional funding / project development;
·         The development and implementation of projects and programmes back-donors (could) finance, including donor identification and project plan development, local partner assessment on capacity for external funding of Special Projects, external contract management and monitoring and pro-active communications between all stakeholders in external funding contracts.
Thematic and/or policy priorities;
·         Contribute to Oxfam thematic priorities and policy development including signalling local and regional opportunities for co-operation and partnerships as well as participate in (or lead) project groups developing thematic knowledge.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
·         You have Completed an academic course in a discipline relevant to development cooperation;
·         Demonstrable recent and substantial work experience with NGOs in the region in the fields of either Sustainable Livelihoods (including value chain development, micro finance, food security etc.)or Social Rights/Participatory Governance (including health & educational rights, community development etc.);
·         Developed a vision on socio-economic and political developments in the region in relation to the globalisation process;
·         Experience in managing complex multi stake-holder programmes;
·         Experience in external fundraising and managing externally funded programmes;
·         Affinity with the Oxfam Novib priority themes, and you are able to analyse gender issues as cross-cutting themes in your programmes
·         Excellent social skills and you are a team player;
·         Excellent communication skills;
·         An excellent command of spoken and written English
How to Apply
Are you interested in these positions? Please send your CV with a covering letter (do not submit certificates) explaining how you meet the required competencies no later than 27th July 2012. Interested Ugandan Nationals should submit their applications in writing to: kampalajobs@oxfam.org.uk .
For more detailed information about Oxfam Novib please visit our website www.oxfamnovib.nl
Only short-listed candidates whose applications respond to the above criteria will be contacted for test and interview.
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