Project Officer

Project officer

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term - 9 months renewable based on performance and funding

JOB FAMILY: Programmes

ONE OXFAM GRADE : D    ZONE: 2

DEPARTMENT:

Governance                                                       

TEAM:  Lebanon Programmes

SALARY:  

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

‘We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

TEAM PURPOSE: Oxfam in Lebanon is increasingly working at local, national and international levels to “ensure that women and men are protected and empowered to enjoy their basic rights and access services enabling them to live in dignity, within a more equitable society.” To achieve this vision, Oxfam in Lebanon implements actions involving Humanitarian Response, Governance, Economic and Gender Justice, Social Stability and Influencing, among other sectors.

JOB PURPOSE: The role will combine technical support and collaboration in the implementation of feminist and Women’s Rights-focussed initiatives, partnerships, grant, promotion of civic space, and digital engagement and support to civil society organisations. The task requirements associated with this work include partnership maintenance, vulnerability, needs and impact assessments, activity, progress and outcome reporting, coordination and networking as well as ensuring proper implementation of Monitoring, evaluation, Accountability and Learning frameworks. Moreover, the job necessitates significant level of understating and exposure to thematic focus related feminism, women’s rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights and LGBTQI+ rights, advocacy, policy influencing.

JOB REPORTS TO

Project manager

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No direct budget holder responsibility but contribute to budget planning and monitoring.

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

Beirut with frequent travel across Lebanon

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Other Project Staffs, Partner Staffs, MEAL staff, Technical advisors and influencing

Key Responsibilities:

Prioritizing Local Leadership and Partnerships:

• Organise  day-to-day field activity implementation, prioritizing collaboration with local leaders and partner organizations, particularly women's rights organizations (WROs) and community-based organizations (CBOs).
• Work closely with partners' teams to develop and monitor work plans and spending plans, ensuring strong local ownership and alignment with community needs, especially those identified by informal structures.
• Support the PM in fostering local leadership throughout the project cycle, ensuring donor requirements are met while empowering partners, particularly WROs and CBOs, to lead implementation.

Strengthening Monitoring and Accountability with a Local Focus:

• Analyze data and observations based on field monitoring and accountability register, paying particular attention to trends related to access and participation of local leaders, WROs, CBOs, and informal structures.
• Support the MEAL team to ensure all activities, including baselines and endlines, learning reviews, and project indicator monitoring, prioritize local voices and perspectives. Advocate for accountability to both Oxfam and partners, especially at the community level.

Promoting Collaboration and Resource Optimization:

• Work with different Oxfam departments (finance, HR, communication, policy) to ensure synergy and optimize resources, prioritizing support for local leadership and partner capacity building, particularly for WROs and CBOs.
• Facilitate project communication across departments, highlighting the essential role of local leadership, WROs, CBOs, and informal structures in achieving project goals.

Strengthening Fieldwork and Reporting:

• Participate in regular field trips to project sites, collaborating with partners, particularly WROs and CBOs, to assess progress and effectiveness of activities, particularly those focusing on local leadership development.
• In RAIS, Activity Info, and other reporting systems, emphasize the project's contribution to local leadership, partner capacity building (including WROs and CBOs), and its engagement with informal structures.

Ensuring Compliance and Reporting on Local Focus:

• Report verbally and in writing to the PM, regularly highlighting the project's progress in empowering local leadership, supporting partners (WROs and CBOs), and strengthening informal structures.
• Ensure all project activities comply with Oxfam's principles and standards of localization, local leadership, and feminism.
• Actively contribute to report writing, reviewing partner reports (particularly from WROs and CBOs) with a focus on local engagement, and supporting the production of MEAL reports that demonstrate the project's impact on local leadership and community empowerment.

Advocacy and civic space for Gender rights and SRHR

• Support the mapping, networking and building collaborations with local and national actors including grassroots organizations, relevant governmental authorities, women-rights (WROs) and feminist organisations;
• Act as a liaison between communities, partners, national and international actors concerned about issues of gender, women rights and civic space;
• Support gender and SRHR-focussed assessments, and knowledge production;
• Support gender and SRHR-focused advocacy plans and campaigns;
• Promote local leadership and localisation values, principles and approaches.

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work.
• Required to make sound judgements regularly within agreed processes using a good understanding

of the team and the facilities of the team.

• Communication is largely with internal staff, (including internationally) also with some external

contacts and target audiences to support operational work.

• Analysis and communication of some complex information at a simple level is required to a wide

audience to promote and influence.

• Required to align with values and principles of localisation

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Listening
• Relationship building

In addition:

• Relevant work experience of 2 to 3 years in working on governance, women empowerment, gender minorities’ rights issues, community and economic development projects
• Demonstrable experience in community mobilisation, as well as with local authorities and civil society engagement
• A basic understanding of notions of feminism women rights
• Proven previous experience working in the field of sexual and reproductive health
• Good understanding and knowledge in application of do no harm, conflict sensitivity principles
• A basic understanding of concepts of local leadership
• Good levels of spoken and written English and Arabic
• Proven analytical skills with proven skills in drafting and preparing reports
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to deliver capacity building training sessions
• Experience of balancing time between multiple projects and responsibilities, including responding to volunteers, attending various meetings, and completing administrative tasks
• Willingness to work in insecure environments and a high level of adaptability and initiative

Desirable

• Degree in gender studies, sociology, anthropology, or any other related field.
• Experience contributing to reports, project plans, and monitoring, evaluation and learning processes
• Understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes, learning, and adaptation
• Previous experience working with communities in Tripoli

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.