Program Officer

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Oxfam International

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $66,633 CAD-$87,685 CAD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 31/08/2023
  • Location: Canada , Ottawa
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: (This is not an exhaustive list of duties to be performed)

1. Project Implementation Support 
  • monitor the implementation of assigned project(s), providing timely and quality support to and liaising with country teams and international partner staff directly managing projects (support can include capacity strengthening through training on topics such as donor compliance);
  • ensure timely submission of narrative and financial reports in accordance with contractual requirements (including report analysis, synthesizing of information and editing);
  • collaborate with OCA staff engaged in the project on deliverables and coordinate the final product
  • ensure accurate project budgeting, and close monitoring of spending (including developing annual budgets and periodic reforecasts, with input from country teams and OCA staff, and monitoring for donor compliance and fraud risk); 
  • Monitor contractual agreements with international stakeholders, partners and consultants (including reporting, liaison and accountability functions);
  • advise on appropriate project management documents and tools (logic models, performance measurement frameworks, budgets);
  • support country staff and international partner staff in the documentation and dissemination of program experiences and lessons learned, in keeping with Oxfam and donor guidelines and standards;
 
2. New Business Development 
  • conduct background research;
  • review and provide quality control support to country teams and program development unit for unsolicited proposals or proposals developed in response to calls for proposals;
  • advise on results-based management documents and tools (logic models, performance measurement frameworks, work breakdown structures, budgets); and,
  • participate in the negotiation of contribution/grant agreements and facilitate project inception processes (PIPs). 
 
3. Institutional Engagement and Representation 
  • engage in organizational processes including team meetings, hiring/selection committees, working groups and committees as assigned;
  • ensure effectiveness of cross-organizational linkages with other departments;
  • engage in select Oxfam International groups, spaces and processes;
  • engage in select public engagement activities that may include preparation of briefs and other materials, public speaking and media work representing Oxfam; and
  • ensure effective linkages and communications, and develop relationships with external stakeholders including the Canadian public (including diaspora communities and Oxfam members), as well as donors, coalitions, networks and other audiences.

4. Other related duties as assigned

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES:
  • University degree in a related field;
  • Minimum three years’ experience in a humanitarian organization, including one year of international overseas experience;
  • Demonstrated experience in women’s rights and gender equality programming, and the capacity strengthening of civil society and women’s rights organizations;
  • Understanding of the policies, practices and requirements of a range of institutional funders, especially Global Affairs Canada;
  • Strong organizational and administrative skills, including demonstrated experience managing accountability/implementation processes (contract compliance including financial and narrative reporting);
  • Strong interpersonal and team skills;
  • Excellent written and spoken English, including strong analytical and report-writing abilities;

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