Organisation: Oxfam
Duty Station: Uganda
About Oxfam:
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 affiliates networked together in more than 90 countries committed to ridding the world of poverty and injustice. To achieve this, we support local projects in developing countries, we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people and we campaign to involve citizens in our work. We implement our programs by working with local NGO partners and civil society organizations and engaging with private sector and governments. Oxfam employs over 6,000 people worldwide in more than 90 countries. In Uganda, our program is anchored on three broad themes deliberately focused on Women’s Rights: Resilient Livelihoods, Governance and Accountability and Humanitarian Preparedness and Response.
About Project:
Oxfam is implementing a humanitarian response to address the humanitarian needs of South Sudanese refugees hosted in West Nile sub-region. Oxfam’s areas of intervention include WASH, Emergency Food security and vulnerable livelihoods (EFSVL), Gender and Protection. Oxfam works with local partners as a strategy for building humanitarian preparedness and response capacity within the organisations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Actively promote safe WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services.
- Ensure appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of essential WASH services and facilities
- As part of a multi-sectoral team carry out an assessment of public health risks and an analysis of the threats to life, health and dignity faced by the refugee community guided by the Oxfam Public Health Assessment Checklists and analytical model in the ERM (Emergency Response Manual)
- Work in liaison with the counterparts and PHE team to ensure an integrated approach to the public health needs of all programmeactivities
- Work closely with OPM and other sectors and agencies working locally in order to coordinate within the WASH sector and between sectors such as health and shelter.
- Assist Oxfam staff, partners, volunteers to plan and implement communication activities when appropriate and conduct needs assessments, design and implement the trainings for both partner hygiene promotion volunteers and identified committees.
- Supervise, manage and monitor the mobilization of the target population to promote hygiene practices, environmental sanitation, and control mechanisms while being sensitive to community needs and gender issues.
- Take account of gender, protection, HIV, the environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns in programme design, implementation, and reporting; carry out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups and individuals e.g. elderly people, children, and people with disabilities.
- Represent Oxfam when appropriate in sector coordination meetings with the national authorities, UN bodies and international and national NGOs on request.
- Work in liaison with the PHE team, develop monitoring indicators and tools in line with the log frame and regularly collect data to reflect progress against objectives, and giving feedback to the PHP TL.
- Present regular written reports on progress against objectives as required by the PHP TL and ensure that a final report is completed on completion of the contract.
- To be familiar with and abide by NGO code of conduct and SPHERE minimum standards
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Oxfam Public Health Promotion (PHP) Officer job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Community development or other relevant field
- A minimum of three years of practical experience in developing countries in community health and environmental programmes, preferably in emergency refugee programmes
- At least two years practical experience in community mobilization and organisation and appropriate community health and sanitation programmes in humanitarian context.
- Hands-on experience of hygiene promotion with good understanding of the health and hygiene risks of those affected or at risk of contracting Cholera and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them. Must be aware of and sensitive to the particular needs of women in this context.
- Flexibility and ease in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skills in order to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally government levels.
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
- Training & facilitation skills, good communicator and willingness to work in collaboration with others and respectful to the community.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam and commitment to humanitarian principles and action, gender policies with demonstrated experience in integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.
APPLY ONLINE THROUGH
Email: Oxfamuganda-jobs@oxfamnovib.nl.
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications in writing, including a cover letter and curriculum vitae (Not exceeding 2MB) to the HR and Admin Coordinator at Oxfamuganda-jobs@oxfamnovib.nl.
Deadline: 21st April 2017
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