Position: District Programme Officer

Organization: OXFAM INDIA

Apply: https://oxfamindia.zohorecruit.com/careers

Location: Tinsukia and Dibrugarh (Assam)

Key Responsibilities:

•  Planning of the activities to be implemented in the community and executing the community   engagement work specifically with tea garden workers, trade union members and women workers.
• Mobilizing the tea garden related community influencers and stakeholder for different meetings at district level for awareness generation and effective implementation of the program
• Preparation of reports and documentation as per requirement
• Ensure all program related field activities follow program time line and
  assist cluster coordinator to prepare periodical weekly, monthly reports.
• work closely with district level CSOs, networks and alliances to take forward the Oxfam’s domains of work mainly on the Assam tea garden work
• liaison with range of stakeholders (private sector; CSOs; human rights groups; local leaders) at the district level
• taking lead in district liaison and advocacy with administration on community led demands
• capacity building of community mobilizers
• review and monitoring of the community and district level work and reporting its progress
• Project implementation, coordination and take necessary guidance and field assessments
• Based on the field requirement your role and responsibility may be changed

Skill and Competence:

• Graduate/Post graduate in Social Work/ Science or equivalent and substantial working experience of at least 4-5 years in development sector
• understanding on key thematic areas in alignment with Oxfam India’s areas of work; understanding on tea gardens and labour rights will be important
• liaison skills with government and multi stakeholders at district level
• ability to work with alliances and networks and district level
• strong interpersonal and networking skills
• ability to do advocacy with administration and other relevant stakeholders
• ability to articulate issues and put forth to various stakeholders
• ability to connect ground level issues with macro situation 
• sound writing and reporting skills
• sound understanding on community engagement and community processes
• strong perspective on gender and social exclusion issues
• ability to handle multiple tasks and conflicting situation
• positive outlook and interest to take up challenges
• ​Focused work experience on gender/ women’s rights and social inclusion/ diversity in relevant sector would be desirable