SDC Support Project Officer

ILO SDC Support Project officer

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut 

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term – 8 Months

JOB FAMILY:

ONE OXFAM GRADE:    D     ZONE: 2

DEPARTMENT:

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                         

TEAM: Governance and Economic Justice

SALARY:  

HOURS: (40)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

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COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: The programme aims to reduce the overall state of inequality in Lebanon through a multi-structural approach that empowers individuals (e.g. girls, boys, women, and men – including youth), as well as groups (e.g. Local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs), feminist collectives) to achieve the following interlinked goals: 1) actively influence the processes by which public policies are made, 2) protect the basic social, economic, civil, and political rights of all citizens, specially marginalized groups (e.g. Syrian and Palestinian refugees, People with Disabilities (PWD), Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer plus (LGBTQ+), and migrant workers), and 3) facilitate access resources to strengthen their economic and social resilience.

TEAM PURPOSE: Oxfam in Lebanon is increasingly working at local, national and international levels to “ensure that women and men are protected and empowered to enjoy their basic rights and access services enabling them to live in dignity within a more equitable society.” To achieve this vision, Oxfam in Lebanon implements activities under two main programmatic pillars, which are the Governance and Economic Justice pillar and the Humanitarian Pillar. 

The Economic Justice program strives to ensure that marginalised women and men, especially youth, are empowered to cope with the effects of economic poverty and have greater access to and control over   productive   economic   resources   for   sustainable   poverty   reduction and   lessened   aid dependency.

The Project funded by the ILO focuses on strengthening SDCs’ capacity to provide employment services to vulnerable people as a transition to a more sustainable livelihoods scheme. The programme highlights the importance of investing in additional livelihoods measures, such as investing in skills training or apprenticeships, as mentioned in the current draft of the National Social Protection Strategy. As such, the SDCs will be a main channel under the project to carry out referral mechanisms through developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and conduct profiling assessments and job counselling sessions. The SDCs will also act as a link between local authorities, local government, and local enterprises, in order to create a local employment network. The project implementation will last 8 months.

JOB PURPOSE: The role will combine technical support and support in the field in the implementation of employment activities and capacity building, monitoring and evaluation of programme activities, as well as collaboration and coordination among key stakeholders. The Officer will assist in responding to capacity building needs and budget planning, in collaboration with the Project Manager.

JOB REPORTS TO

Project Manager

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

N/A

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

 N/A

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

Beirut/National

IMPACT

Oxfam will provide trainings to the SDC’s staff in order to enhance their skills in employment support. Oxfam will also contribute to the development of MoSA’s National Preparedness Plan which can include, but not be limited to, the establishment of an early warning system for SDCs, mapping of stakeholders and resources needed to adequately respond and the establishment of coordination mechanisms among relevant stakeholders to better respond to emergencies. Oxfam will work with MOSA on convening and coordinating with the social entrepreneurship ecosystem to align with MOSA’s aspiration to ensure support on sustainable development for local communities.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

MOSA, EU, ILO, Influencing team, programme teams, fundraising team and finance team, SDCs staff, Oxfam affiliates and wider confederation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Project Cycle Management & Programme Quality

• Support the implementation of project activities as per set workplan and in accordance with donor regulations and Oxfam’s internal quality benchmarks;

• Support SDCs with the outreach in target communities to ensure that the community and especially potential job-seekers are well-informed about available job opportunities and on how to apply;
• Contribute to rapid qualitative market assessments when needed;
• Ensure the quality implementation of various forms of support to SDC workers, regularly communicate challenges and areas of improvement, and proactively seek out solutions with the project team;
• Carry out regular monitoring field visits to project locations and to target SDCs;
• Participate in the Project Quality meetings to promote best practices and their application to the projects;
• Support in any MEAL activities required at field and office level;
• Support with any administrative tasks in order to ensure the timely and proper progress of activities.

Coordination and representation

• Attend internal meetings i related to the projects under which the Livelihoods activities are implemented, and provide update when necessary;
• Attend trainings, workshops, roundtables, etc. on topics related to the projects as needed;
• Support in the organization of field visits (internal and external).

Reporting and contractual compliance

• Support the project manager with any internal and external reporting in a timely manner;
• Ensure regular, proper and timely project documentation;

Share relevant information to relevant program and support teams (Economic Justice team, Policy Advisor, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Coordinator, Advocacy and Media team, etc..)

CORE DIMENSIONS (see Standard Role Profiles)

• Commitment to the values and objectives of Oxfam;
• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills;
• Good interpersonal, influencing and communication skills, ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders (local partners, municipalities, etc.).
• Proven team leadership and ability to work independently as required.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. 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.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Listening
• Relationship building

In addition:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Business Management, Economics, Development studies, Social Sciences or related fields;
• Minimum 3 years of professional work experience in development work (specifically in in the livelihoods sector) including in the MENA region;
• Demonstrated technical expertise and experience in local economic development, livelihoods and/or social integration programming;
• Experience in working with youth;
• Familiar with the “Decent Working Conditions” and the indecent aspects faced in country by stakeholders (employees, women, People with Disabilities, refugees, children and more);
• Experience in implementing projects involving local organisations as SDCs;
• Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills;
• Good interpersonal, influencing and communication skills;
• Proven team leadership and ability to work independently as required;
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts;
• Good written and spoken English and Arabic;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications;

Desirable

• Technical Expertise and experience in training on employment interventions
• Knowledge of Conflict Sensitivity and Safe programming principles

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. 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. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.