About the Job
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations working together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries.
One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.
Around the globe, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them.
In all we do, Oxfam works with partner organizations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.
Our Vision
Oxfam’s work is always rooted in a vision of a world where women and men are valued and treated equally, able to influence the decisions that affect their lives and meet their responsibilities as full citizens.
Our Values
Empowerment
Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen.
Accountability
Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
Inclusiveness
We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.
Why work for us
Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn’t inevitable. In just 15 years, extreme poverty has been halved. 15 more years and we can end it for good.
Learning and development
Oxfam GB is committed to developing and supporting the learning of all staff across the organization, as we recognize that staff development is central to being as effective as we can be in our fight against the injustice of poverty.
We have a wide internal L&D offer, with on-the-job learning opportunities, mentoring, certified coaching, in-house courses, and much more. We also support employees with external learning opportunities through study leave, and financial support may be offered to individuals who are studying for professional qualifications.
Team Benefits
Oxfam is a great organization to work for and many of our staff would never have anticipated how working for Oxfam would open the doors to so many other opportunities. Each story is very individual. It is interesting to learn about the creative ways in which our staff have progressed their career within the sector from identifying opportunities and overcoming challenges.
Oxfam aims to recruit and retain diverse, passionate people who have the necessary skills, knowledge, and commitment to meet our vision. We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance, and a range of other benefits.
Our reward system aims to:
- Enable career progression within Oxfam
- Recognize achievement, skills, competence, and development
- Support and enable recruitment and retention of the best candidates for Oxfam
- Enable an increase in the Voice of the Global South
- Be equitable, fair, transparent, and flexible
- Balance the needs and expectations of our stakeholders
- Encourage and enable management accountability.
About us
Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 21 organizations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development, and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
About You
| Job details |
| DIVISION: Operations | TEAM: MEAL Team |
| LOCATION: Maychew | CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term |
| GRADE: E1 National | JOB FAMILY: Programme |
| SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package | HOURS: 37.5 per week |
| FLEXIBLE WORKINGWe 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. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage | |
| TEAM PURPOSE:The Programme Quality Team (PQT) will be accountable for ensuring that program design, management, monitoring, review, evaluation, and reporting processes meet Oxfam Minimum Standards for Programming and CAMSA guidelines. The team will include monitoring and evaluation and ensure compliance with all external and internal (to Oxfam) quality and contractual obligations of Oxfam in Ethiopia may have. PQT will occasionally constitute an Internal Audit Team to assess and rate country compliance with internal standards, systems, and procedures. JOB PURPOSE: The MEAL Assistant is responsible for supporting the MEAL function in the North program area office including methodological design, preparing data collection tools, lead data collection, data cleaning, and data analysis, and reporting MEAL activities for all Oxfam projects in the field office. S/he will provide MEAL technical support in need assessment, baselines, evaluations, establishing and implanting beneficiary compliance and feedback system, monitoring MEAL activities, and ensuring program quality as per Oxfam program quality standard, Core Humanitarian Standards as well as CAMSA minimum requirements and work closely with the field program teams, Other INGOs, Cluster members, partners, and other local agencies and key line-local Government officials. | |
| POST HOLDER REPORTS TO | Line management: WASH Team Leader Matrix management: MEAL Coordinator Mekelle |
| JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST | N/A (enumerators as needs-based) |
| BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY | No |
| KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Specific duties include, but not limited to:Enhance and apply existing knowledge of MEAL principles and practices in day to day functions.Assist in designing and pre-testing data collection with the MEAL coordinator to ensure they capture relevant, consistent and accurate data. Collaborate with program teams to ensure routine data collection as per the MEAL workplan. Support the planning, recruitment and logistical coordination of enumerators with technical supervision of MEAL Coordinator, including writing Terms of References (TORs), preparing literature review packs, planning evaluator itineraries, planning staff workshops, and leading report reviews. Participate in data collection of various activities such as baseline, end line, post-distribution monitoring, need assessment, during distribution monitoring, and any other monitoring data required.Lead and supervise the data collection team at the field level for various field studies.Develop monitoring checklists and conduct joint quarterly field process monitoring, quality assessment, and data validation, provide feedback and recommendations for timely improvement. Assist in conducting physical verification of interventions as needed.In collaboration with the project officers, implement accountability to affected community activities, including the development and use of information sharing materials and the establishment of complaint response mechanisms. This include establishment of accountability mechanisms, provide orientation/awareness on accountability mechanisms including CFRM channels, receive community feedback and complaints, ensuring that complaints are logged and addressed in a professional and timely manner and that serious complaint relating to abuse, exploitation and corruption are referred appropriately.Promote project learning in the project, particularly on issues of project quality.Conduct quality assessments, perform regular data analysis, and compile and share reports on best practices, case studies, and lessons learned. Ensures that necessary reporting components are lined up in advance of report deadlines and Compile and provides analytical output level inputs to program technical reports. Delivering any other responsibility assigned by the line manager or matrix manager.person specificationMost importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY Our Values Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice. Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for. Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to culture differences and gender equality.2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work. 3. 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. Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and applying the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here.1 Self-Awareness2 Mutual accountability3 Strategic Thinking and JudgmentSKILS, Experience, Knowledge & CompetenciesEssential Minimum of BA/BSC in Data Management, statistics, economics, social sciences or other related field. At least two years’ in MEAL or similar work experience with an international NGO; Experience in communications with affected communities (CWAC) or accountability to affected populations (AAP) activities.Experience with feedback and complaints response mechanisms;Good knowledge in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning.Fluent written and spoken English and Tigrigna.Experience of working in a multicultural team.Excellent coordination skills.Strong commitment to gender equality and social justice.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Proven knowledge of computerized systems; high degree of computer literacy and word processing and spreadsheet skills.Knowledge of simple Excel functions, including formulas and creating graphs from data sets.DesirableExperiences in International NGOs, preferably in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning roles (M&E) or in project management roles.Experience in research working with quantitative and qualitative dataBackground on database managementApplicant with knowledge of the local language is preferable. | |
Required Skills
- Communication
- Big Data tools
Desired Skills
- Agile Business Analysis
How To Apply
Interested candidates can apply through the following links:
External link: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/22824/description
Internal link : https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal/vacancy/22824/description
- Rolling application process, and we may close the opening if we receive a sufficient number of qualified applicants.
- We encourage female applicants and individuals from the specified area to apply.
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Deadline: November 20th 2024