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• Work in close collaboration with both the
  Resilient Livelihood Manager, 
  support processes and partner involvement in community based
  planning and citizen centered programming as well as in taking forward
  agreed influencing actions. 
• Ensure the R2F project is implemented by
  partners as a single project.
• Ensure R2F project is linked to the broader
  resilience livelihood theme as well as to 
  both governance and accountability and humanitarian work of
  Oxfam  and that Women’s rights is at
  the core.
• Ensure sound analysis of current policy
  trends and support its inclusion in program choices.
• Gather information about different
  initiatives by CSOs and ensure they are captured in project implementation
  design as well as advising on how R2F interventions or any other Oxfam
  interventions can collaborate with such efforts.
• Build close working relationships with F4D
  project and build synergies for complementarity, support and learning.
• Support the resilient Livelihood manager to
  develop and implement an effective resilient  program that puts  women at 
  the centre.
• Identify and analyses relevant research
  products and recommend how the R2F project can utilize them.
• Support Oxfam teams and partners in setting
  up a research agenda, conducting the research and dissemination of the
  research products.
• Ensure that project reporting timelines and
  project benchmarks are adhered to.
• Compile project narrative reports from
  partners and ensure it complies with Oxfam reporting standards.
• Offer any other support to the program teams
  especially in areas of research, show casing, advocacy, campaigns, fund
  raising and  public engagements in
  the spirit of a one program approach

• Ensure all the R2F partners are implementing
  the project as a single project and help coordinate the different
  activities of partners.
• Ensure that all the partners produce activity
  reports and keep them in an organized manner.
• Support partners in identifying capacity gaps
  and recommending capacity enhancement plans.
• Ensure that partner organizations work in
  accordance with Oxfam  standards and
  objectives.
• Support NGOs partners in program/project
  development through technical advice on participatory community
  engagement, district level consultation and project design
• Conduct regular performance assessments and
  reviews of partner organisations, to ensure that the capacity building
  program is delivering agreed results, making necessary adjustments as
  circumstances change
• Hold and/or participate in regular meetings
  with partner organisations, and stakeholders  to ensure that the working relationship
  between them and Oxfam is positive, open and conducive to the successful
  achievement of agreed objectives.
• Carry out regular and mutually agreed review
  visits to partners and other NGOs and provide guidance on enhancing the
  quality of programmes.
• Ensure that all action points/
  recommendations agreed upon with partners during programme reviews are
  followed through during programme implementation.
• Support Program Administrator on development
  and management of MoUs with Partners and ensure disbursement of funds is
  done in a timely manner.

• Work in liaison with PQ & L Coordinator
  and thematic manager to ensure that the MEL Framework is effectively
  adopted by the partners and that monitoring data is well managed and
  readily available for programme quality control
• In charge of implementing systems and
  procedures for better management of partner organisations, especially for
  monitoring and reporting.
• Work closely with the grant receiving NGO
  partners to mutually agree on detailed operational plans, budgets,
  indicators as well as monitoring, evaluation and learning framework in
  line with OCS plans and theory of change.
• Ensure there is proper documentation of all
  monitoring and evaluation activities and actions taken to make redress
  where such actions are recommended.

• The applicant for the Oxfam Project Officer
  Right to Food (R2F) career opportunity should preferably hold a degree in
  Agricultural economics, Rural Development, Business Development, Economics
  or any other relevant field. A master’s degree in the relevant field will
  be added advantage
• At least three years working experience in a
  holistic livelihoods improvement program with practical experience in
  Agriculture, socio-economic development, monitoring and evaluations.
• Three years’ experience in managing
  partnerships, and organizational capacity building of local organizations
• Excellent listening, communication and
  writing skills
• Ability to interpret donor regulations on all
  context of grant management and transactions
• Broad working knowledge of programming
  skills, program evaluation and impact measurement.
• Demonstrated ability in promoting pro-poor
  demand driven business development and rural financial services.
• Demonstrated interest and understanding of
  key concepts such as small scale enterprise development, micro finance and
  marketing
• Good organisational and personal management
  skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with
  minimal supervision and ability to adjust to constantly changing
  situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through;
• Broad knowledge and understanding of a
  “Rights Based Approach”;
• Proven capacity to ensure project
  implementation in accordance with agreed frameworks and timelines.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills,
  commitment to “non-directive” styles of working and open minded.
• Demonstrated ability to be results driven,
  have excellent prioritisation skills and be committed to meeting
  deadlines.
• Willingness to work after working hours and
  ability to develop work plans.
• Sharp analytical mind for external context
  analysis and ability to relate them to Oxfam and partner programs.
• Ability to conduct gender analysis and apply a
  gender lense in all program/project interventions
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of
  implementing livelihood programs and initiatives, ideally built on mature
  understanding of relevant issues derived from field experience
• Knowledge on food security interventions and
  promoting the right to food
• Knowledge on the seed system, promoting
  farmers’ seed rights and seed sovereignty
• Knowledge on land rights programming
• Knowledge of climate change adaptation
• Commitment to and good knowledge of working
  with networks, coalitions and a partnership approach, including innovative
  approaches to capacity strengthening.
• Knowledge of 
  advocacy, campaigns and lobbying in a diverse socio political set
  up.
• Good knowledge of active citizenship and
  constraints to their participation in decision making processes.
• Working knowledge of Uganda’s civil society
  dynamics and key stakeholders in civil society.
• Knowledge of programme development and
  delivery approaches, tools, methodologies and best practices
• Proven knowledge of and experience with donor
  funding environment and good financial and project management skills;
• Knowledge of women’s rights

• 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.
• 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.

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