The refugee crisis of 2011 in south eastern Liberia that saw thousands of people from Cote d’Ivoire flood into the country to escape violence after the elections has now stabilised. Some refugees have returned, the refugee camps are maintained for those who choose to remain in Liberia and those that remain in communities have been requested to settle in the camps. The communities that hosted the refugees are being assisted in their recovery.
Oxfam provided water and sanitation facilities in four camps and started EFSL activities in some camps and surrounding communities in April 2011 in Grand Gedeh and Maryland counties. As of January 2012 Oxfam continues with several donors funded programmes (ECHO, EC, DfID, FAO and UNICEF) focused in the two counties. Camp activities are now focussed in two camps: PTP in Grand Gedeh and Little Wlebo in Maryland. Emergency Food Security and Livelihood and WaSH activities are expanding to more communities in both counties. Oxfam Liberia is now actively in the process of merging activities and staff structure, set up in the emergency, with the overall county strategy and programme.
The HPM will be actively involved with integrating the humanitarian programme with the established country programme by working with the senior management team in Monrovia whilst ensuring current and planned programme implementation/ development at the field bases. They will focus largely on transition programming and ensure that the gains of the
Job Description:
Required to make sound judgement regularly within agreed processes using a good understanding of the team and the facilities of the team;
Communicate with internal staff including regional and international staff; also external contacts/ target audience to support operational work;
Analysis and internal communication of country context to inform appropriate planning;
Some analysis and communication of the wider context;
Performance management of the team;
Problem solving related to communications and coordination between, programme and various support teams;
Negotiation and representation with local authorities and donors;
Coordination with the long term development team to develop a shared analysis and plan for integrating the humanitarian programme with the long term development programme.
Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work; especially relating to the management of on-going humanitarian response in Grand Gedeh and Harper and the coordination of and delivery of agreed plans or strategies;
Key Responsibilities:
• Monitor the changing humanitarian situation in the field, identify gaps in the response, develop new funding opportunities and propose new interventions as appropriate in SE Liberia;
• Participate in internal coordination and strategic planning as appropriate to ensure integration of programmes between WASH and EFSL and between humanitarian and long term programming. This should include gender and protection mainstreaming;
• Represent Oxfam in Monrovia by attending relevant meetings and liaising with other agencies/organisations to ensure information flow and coordination for the sectors in the field. This will include the food sector and WASH meetings as well as HAC and UNHCR coordination meetings;
• Initiate identification and development of partners in the field in coordination with the field bases and Monrovia office staff;
• Liaise with on-going programs implemented by the Monrovia office (e.g. WASH Consortium, Public Health and Livelihoods programs) to
JOB REQUIREMENT:
SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:
Ability to think strategically and analyse situations;
•Experience of remote staff management;Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts; Experience in budget management;
• Excellent coordination and negotiation skills; Experience in representation to donors/UN agencies/local authorities;
• Broad experience in donor reporting and effective report writing;
• Committed to Oxfam’ s equal opportunity and gender policies;
• Familiarity with and acceptance of, the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, People in aid, and other regulatory Codes. Sympathy with, and knowledge of, the aims and objectives of Oxfam;
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills;
• Experience in emergency, transitional and development programming;
APPLICATION SHOULD BE ADDRESS TO:
All interested candidates should apply on line on the Oxfam GB website
www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote the INT reference numbers.
