Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods Coordinator

The post is to be based in Yangon with 70% travel to Kachin, Rakhine and other field locations and opened to International applicants and advertised globally.

Oxfam is a leading International NGO with a worldwide reputation for excellence and over 70 years of experience. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. With enough wealth in this world to go around it’s unjustifiable. It’s not just their problem. It’s ours too. Our humanitarian, development and campaigning projects change lives around the world, and with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. Thousands of people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

The role:                   To co-ordinate, give technical guidance, and lead strategically on an integrated Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods programme, ensuring high programme quality and effective coordination with internal and external players at national and sub national level.

Level:                         C2, National Plus

Employment term:     Fixed – Term (until 31st March 2016)

Report to:                   Humanitarian Programme Coordinator              

What we offer:            Respectful and empowered working environment,

                                    Life insurance, Medical+ dental + optical benefits,

                                    Competitive salary and Career advancement opportunities,

                                     Generous leave entitlement

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Capacity Building:

• Support capacity building advisor to Identify and assess the capacity needs of staff and partners involved in the programme; plan and implement capacity building activities.
• Provide capacity-building and project implementation support in technical areas to EFSVL field staff and partner staff, in coordination with the Programme Managers in each field location.
• Improve knowledge on cash transfer programming and market based interventions within Oxfam and partners.

Support to EFSVL programmes:

• Provide technical support to field programmes in designing appropriate food security and livelihoods programmes for emergency and early recovery, in line with the Oxfam Myanmar Humanitarian Strategy and Country Strategy.
• Ensure that Oxfam’s ways of working and gender equity and humanitarian principles are mainstreamed throughout the programme.
• Ensure the EFSVL Programme has a strong analytical base, including contributing to policy analysis for programme design and influencing.
• Responsible for development and implementation of the EFSVL Strategy for immediate response and recovery, as part of the overall Humanitarian strategy.
• Guide the teams in developing tools for day-to-day implementation and ensure compliance with established guidelines and standards including EFSVL Minimum Standards, Cash Guidelines and other modalities set up by Cash Working Group and/or donors.
• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator and with programme staff to strengthen monitoring, evaluation, learning, accountability and reporting of EFSVL programme at Yangon as well as field level.
• Ensure that accountable approaches to working with the communities and partners are incorporated in the programme and clear visions for exit strategies planned from onset.
• Provide a professional and technical lead to the team, managers and partners for programme planning and implementation. This will include budgeting, development of logical frameworks and appropriate indicators, development of project proposals and project reporting.
• Share and document best practises with the programme and partner teams, ensuring that the strategy is implemented to the highest quality standards and is integrated with other sectoral interventions in the programme.

Representation/Coordination:

• Represent, coordinate and build relationships with other Food security and livelihood stakeholders to promote appropriate humanitarian and development programming. This includes attending and engaging with relevant coordination meetings and networks including Food Sector Working Group, Early Recovery Sector Working Group and Cash Working Group. 
• Liaise with regional Advisors in order to get technical inputs as well as to assess the appropriateness of Oxfam’s global EFSVL approaches in the Myanmar context.
• Coordinate effectively across Oxfam teams, including working closely and ensuring effective joint approaches with WASH programme, as well as linking with Oxfam’s livelihoods programmes, Policy, Advocacy and Communications team, Funding and support functions (Finance, Logistics, HR) as appropriate.

Preparedness:

• Act as the key lead in EFSVL team for Oxfam’s contingency planning and humanitarian preparedness and response efforts.
• Lead assessments where required and support the development of new responses as appropriate.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Essential

• A minimum of 5-years experience in providing quality technical advice/management of EFSVL projects working with INGO/NGO/Government/private sector.
• A University degree in relevant nutrition, agriculture, social sciences or vetinery medicine.
• Strong experience of capacity-building and training and ability to carry out capacity building needs analysis and develop capacity building strategies based on this analysis.
• Strong commitment to accountability, social justice, promoting gender awareness and equality.
• Strong project cycle skills: assessments, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Strong experience in cash-transfer programming/market based programming.
• Excellent representational and communication skills, with a proven ability to coordinate with and influence others. This includes diplomacy and good interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical, planning and prioritisation skills – with ability to work independently with initiative and a capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of programmes, as well as Disaster Risk Reduction and vulnerability analysis.
• Excellent team leadership and management skills and the ability to motivate and facilitate the work of teams/colleagues.
• Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into EFSVL programming.  This includes sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts and committed to Equal Opportunities (e.g. gender, race, disability).
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Financial and numerical skills and proven computer competence.
• Experience in applying Sphere standards and Humanitarian Accountability Principles.
• Strong commitment to Oxfam aims and values.
• Willing to travel away from base location and stay in field locations and to travel at short notice often in difficult circumstances.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in Myanmar. (preferable at least East Asia experience)
• Understanding of Oxfam partnership policies.
• Willingness to travel at short notice, often in difficult circumstances, and to spend significant periods of time in the field.

Closing date:         5th June 2015, 5:00 PM

How to apply:         Please state applied position in email subject line and send to

Human Resources Department through myanmarhr@oxfam.org.uk 

(OR)

Oxfam office, Lanmadaw Plaza, Tower A- #02-01, #02-02, Tower B- #02-01, Corner of Lanmadaw Street and Mahabandula Road, Latha Township 11131, Yangon, Myanmar.

Phone: +95 (0)1 378794 to 96 and 379 936

Detail and complete job profile is available upon request.

We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.