JOB TITLE: Program Manager Gender and Active Citizenship
LOCATION: Haiti, Port-au-Prince JOB FAMILY: Programme
SALARY AND BENEFIT:
• National C1 Scale in USD
• Annual leave: 20 working days and all additional national holidays
• Additional holidays during Christmas and New Eve seasons
• 10% gratuity payment after each 12 completed months of work
• Ongoing opportunities for personal development such as: coaching, mentoring, training in specific areas relevant to key responsibilities
• 100% coverage of medical insurance for staff and immediate dependents
• Contract is governed by Haitian local laws and also attracts legal benefits such as ONA, bonus, maternity leave etc.
LEVEL: National C1
STATUS: secondment opportunity until November 2015 with possibility of extension
Duration: Maximum 2 years from extension period after November 2015
Other conditions: Regular travel around Oxfam project location
OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
TEAM PURPOSE: To help shape Oxfam strategy and programs and support their implementation
JOB PURPOSE: To lead and coordinate Oxfam programs related to Gender and Active Citizenship in Haiti.
REPORTING LINES:
Post holder reports to: Program Management team
Staff reporting to this post: Need basis
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Yes
BACKGROUND:
DIMENSION
• Coordinates and delivers agreed plans or strategies.
• Represents Oxfam in coordination meetings and some external relationships.
• Impacts and influences the job mostly within the program unit (ie country/region) but occasionally also in other parts of Oxfam and/or with an external audience.
• Usually plans and manages resources of one or more sub-units and over a broad spectrum of programs or geographies.
• Specific competencies and skills are required to achieve the job’s objectives eg geographical, thematic, and managerial.
• Helps shape local level objectives within in a specific team.
• Provides specialist guidance or specific skills to their team or program unit.
• Plans and objectives are developed to contribute to country, region and broader program strategy and can involve collaboration with other program units (e.g. other affiliates in-country or colleagues in different country program) or departments (e.g. head office).
• Management tasks are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or function.
• Requires the ability to analyze and communicate complex information to a wide audience.
• Decision-making requires significant levels of judgment based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported by line management or the program team.
• Role is variable with well-defined targets and/or minimum standards and is both proactive and reactive.
• To play active role in lobby and advocacy on issues related to gender and protection programmes through personal contacts and co-ordination of allies.
• To take part in public campaigns based on agreed plan of action and objectives.
• To produce clear and quality reports (financial and narrative) that demonstrates good accountability.
• Providing professional advice to senior managers on areas of work covered in their remit.
• Provide capacity building and institutional support for staff and local partner agency
• Develops solutions to diverse and complex problems within organizational policy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Based on Oxfam global Framework for Gender and Active Citizenship, the OCS (Oxfam country strategy) and the Haitian context, key roles and responsibilities are as follow:

Fundraising :
- Ensure availability of updated and accurate data and analysis related gender and Active Citizenship in Haiti
- Advice and support fundraising initiatives to ensure that gender and governance dimension are adequately integrated into project proposal
- Contribute to the identification of grants opportunities and potential donors to support Gender and Governance initiatives
- In coordination with funding team, lead project proposal design related to gender and Active Citizenship
- Develop and maintain relationship with current and potential donors as well as local organizations working in the field of Gender and Active Citizenship
- Participate & follow up on to the proposal submitted to donors

Coordination and linkages
- Identify and integrate coordination mechanism between civil society organizations and governmental institutions.
- Networking and liaise with the national and international NGOs and networks working on gender advocacy and/or women's empowerment, as well as with the relevant government departments and ministries
- Promote and Support the presentation of key national partners within coordination structures related to gender and governance
- Identify and disseminate within Oxfam national policies and strategic documents (related to gender and Active Citizenship) from Haitian government bodies.
- Develop strategic partnership with local organizations and key state institutions to support the implementation of Oxfam program in Haiti
- Represent Oxfam to the relevant local authorities, Cluster-UN agencies and as appropriate, promoting regular information exchange, co-ordination and collaboration on issues related to gender and protection

Specific gender and Active Citizenship projects
- Develop and maintain relationship with donors and local partners
- Manage and effectively deliver specific programs/projects designed to address Gender and Active Citizenship Issues by Oxfam in Haiti
- Effectively Manage staff, contracts and financial resources affected to Gender and Active Citizenship
- With support for MEAL team, ensure the implementation of MEAL plan and strategy
- Be accountable about projects implementation strategies in term of participation, transparency and Do No Harm principles
- Ensure capacity building of Staff affected to gender and Active Citizenship projects

Mainstreaming Gender and Governance :
- Support the process of gender and governance mainstreaming in all Oxfam Projects. This includes taking part to the design of projects and review of the proposal, ensuring field visits and make recommendations
- In collaboration with Program manager and HR, support training design for Oxfam staff in issues related to Gender and Governance
- Work with advocacy and campaign team to identify advocacy opportunities related to gender and governance, and conduct awareness initiatives.

Strategy and programming:
- Provide accurate information to help develop the country strategy and sector strategy taking into consideration gender and active citizenship issues.
- Participate in the program specific planning meetings (Program Managers) related to Gender and Active Citizenship Issues
- Provide support to different managers in making financial provisions for the gender and governance activities in their areas.
- Advise the management on program development and implementation strategy in the light of wider gender analysis
- Provide ad hoc and regular report to Oxfam Management about programs progress and changes.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:

- At least 5 years service experience of working on gender and Governance in development program and university degree in social science or similar
- Strong understanding of current theories and issues in the field of gender and development.
- Strong understanding of current theories and issues in the field of Governance and Community empowerment.
- Understanding of Oxfam Global Framework on Gender and Active Citizenship
- Analytical skills and the ability to think creatively and strategically and to document complex gender issues
- Substantial practical experience working with partners (local authorities, local organizations, state institutions)
- Proven experience in remote management and management of crosscutting issues.
- Demonstrate self- awareness and flexibility
- Ability to live and work in stressful and insecure environments.
- Diplomacy and tact.
- Fluent in written and spoken French
- Good working written and spoken English
- Creole is mandatory
- Well-developed inter-personal skills.
- Knowledge of issues relating to emergency programming, humanitarian law, community involvement and empowerment highly desirable.
- Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
- Commitment to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations.
- Experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into humanitarian programmes.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as awareness of political sensitivities
- Good convincing, influencing and leadership skills
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts

Interested candidates are requested to send complete applications (motivation letter, resume, etc with reference to the post at the following address no later than March 14, 2015.

This job description is not incorporated in the employment contract. It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in the light of strategic developments and following discussion with the post holder.