We are looking for
an exceptional, strategic leader with a passion for Oxfam’s work to head our programme
in Tanzania
Four year
contract with competitive salary.
An attractive
package will be negotiated with the successful candidate. This will include a
net salary, meaning that Oxfam will pay 100% of any tax and social security
liabilit
ies relating to your employment. You will also receive benefits
tailored to your individual contract. Based in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Oxfam, one of the
leading global development organisations, mobilises the power of people against
poverty. We are a diverse confederation of 17 strongly interconnected national
affiliates working in over 90 countries, either directly, or with partners to
enable transformational change, using a unique combination of long-term
development, campaigning and humanitarian programmes.
Tanzania, a country
of 47 million people, is regarded as one of the more politically stable
countries in the region and the continent. It has a long-term development
trajectory framed by the Tanzania Development Vision that aims to transform the
country into a middle-income economy by 2025 by focusing on increasing growth
and reducing poverty. The country is largely rural and agrarian. The continued
neglect of the agricultural sector and marginalisation of vulnerable rural
communities such as pastoralists, smallholder farmers and communities in remote
areas continue to plague Tanzania. Access to health services for poor people
remains a challenge due to mandatory contributions and in the education sector,
while enrolment rates have improved, the challenge of inequality still
persists. Some of these inequalities are associated with the distribution of
income, some with enormous differences between regions in the provision of
basic services. Whereas Tanzanian law asserts equal land ownership rights, in
practice, discrimination against women reduces their access to, and ownership
of land. Tanzanian law does not protect economic rights for women and
systematic discrimination based on sex is often built into laws. Oxfam’s
strategy is Tanzania is to contribute to a social change process that
substantively impacts on the situation of rural poverty, women discrimination,
food insecurity, conflict and vulnerability in the country to strengthen poor
people’s rights, voices and resilience with focus on poor women and young
people.
The Role
You will contribute
to and implement Oxfam’s Global Strategy, by providing vision and strategic
direction to all of Oxfam’s work Tanzania. This includes Oxfam’s humanitarian
responses, long term development programme design and implementation, advocacy
and policy and influencing. You will be responsible and accountable for the
strategic direction and effective management of country programming ensuring
development, continued improvement in quality and impact of programmes and
effective financial and human resource management in line with Oxfam Policy.
You will line manage
the Country Management Team and manage the work in the country which will
include: staff, budgets, funding and programme, ensuring that managers in
country are in accordance with Oxfam’s policies and procedures, including but
not limited to the Code of conduct, Performance Management, Security, Health
and Safety and local legislation. You will ensure that appropriate systems are
in place to manage security, brand, financial, and administrative risks in
Tanzania.
You will take a lead
in representing Oxfam and the country programme nationally and globally; build
influential relationships and develop networks for effective change, both
internally and externally, and committed to maximising our influencing
capability. In particular, you will ensure good relations with donors and will
represent Oxfam at high level towards government, UN specialised agencies,
other NGOs, as well as local partners and the media.
You will be
responsible, with support from change groups and the Regional Director, to
implement the Oxfam 2020 Vision in Tanzania which aims to create a stronger
Oxfam that is globally coordinated and relevant in every country in which we
work. You will be accountable to the Horn East and Central Africa Regional
Director, for the delivery, effective management (which includes budgets and
plans) monitoring and evaluation, learning from the programme.
The Person
You are an
exceptional leader committed to Oxfam’s values and to the success of the Oxfam
programme. Your outstanding analytical skills enable you to constantly adapt to
an ever-changing context, to think beyond the country programme context and to
act within a regional and global framework. You have significant senior
leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high
quality programme, humanitarian and influencing strategy, with and through
partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations. You have a track
record of leading and motivating multi-disciplinary, geographically remote
teams and operations across a number of locations. You have experience of
managing security, risk and legal compliance within an INGO context and a
demonstrable understanding of humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian
principles. The ability to ‘think politically’ understanding motivations,
pressures, power dynamics and challenges faced by colleagues, partners,
decision makers and other actors. You have a proven track record of success in
representing an organisation with partners, government agencies, private sector
organisations, media and donors at senior level; nationally and globally, a
proven track record of success in negotiating humanitarian access, advocacy and
influencing with ability to maximise fundraising from diverse institutions,
both local and international. You are committed to promoting gender equity and
the interests of marginalised people in all aspects of your work. You have a
good level of IT literacy and understanding of how new developments in
technology can positively contribute to the aims of an INGO. You are able to
successfully communicate in English with a wide range of audiences.
At Oxfam, we believe
that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the
same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this
role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding
opportunities to develop your career.
We particularly
welcome applications from women and those from the global south, as they are
under-represented at senior management level.
If you believe you
are the candidate we are looking for, please apply for this role by emailing
your CV and
cover letter to hr@oxfamireland.org using REF INT2813.
For further information on the role please go to www.oxfamireland.org/jobs
The closing date: Wednesday 19th October 2016
at 12.00 noon. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We are
committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation.