Position: Cluster Programme Officer

Organization: Oxfam India

Location: Dhubri

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

Job Description:
 

Oxfam India is a movement of people working to end discrimination and create a free and just society.

•  We work to ensure that Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims, and Women & Girls have violence free lives with freedom to speak their mind, equal opportunities to realize their rights, and a discrimination free future. We research to find lasting solutions to end rising inequalities and exclusion of marginalized communities from getting decent jobs, quality free education and healthcare. We campaign with the public to demand policy changes from governments for creating a just and inclusive country as envisioned in the Indian Constitution. We mobilize support to save, protect and rebuild lives of the poorest of poor affected by crisis and humanitarian disasters.
• By putting the rights of marginalized at the heart of everything we do, we work to create a discrimination free India where everyone lives a life of dignity, free from injustice and inequality. Over the last year, we have changed the lives of over three million people in our six focus states—Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Assam. We are also part of the Oxfam global confederation with affiliates in 20 countries fighting together build a better world. Oxfam has been in India since 1951. It first came to India to respond to Bihar famine. In 2008, Oxfam India became an independent affiliate and an Indian NGO. Oxfam India is an autonomous Indian organization and has staff and board members from within India. Oxfam India is a member of the global confederation of 20 Oxfams across the world. Government of India has registered Oxfam India as a non-profit organization under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013 and have a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Support

• To support large funded programme /projects at the state, and district level through regular visits and undertake direct implementation, project appraisal, monitoring, evaluation including financial monitoring.
• To provide support in establishing links between project work including at the district level, to state level policies and macro policy and practice environment.
• To ensure minimum organisational standards in programme quality and programme reporting for back donors. Ensure that gender, inequality, diversity and social inclusion analyses are applied across all levels of planning and delivery.
• Undertake documentation of actions undertaken, impact achieved and preparation of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports
• To lead and contribute to the development of quality proposals both nationally as well as for the state; as also to integrate gender justice, social inclusion and inequality reducing lens within proposals of the state and cluster of districts. Support relationship building with current and potential donor agencies.
• To actively participate in and contribute to all team processes leading to programme development, management and effective functioning of the team s/he is part of 

Capacity Building

• Jointly with district officers, undertake capacity building at the community and other stakeholders of relevance
• Implement Oxfam’s Gender Justice Policies and ensure inclusion of a coherent focus on social inclusion and reduction of inequality in the program
• Mentor Oxfam India teams at the district and village level to support program delivery

Engagement with government and influencing:

• To liaise with appropriate government officials and policymakers at the block, district and state levels in support of programmatic and organizational objectives
• To design, plan and execute district and state level influencing work, in line with the national campaign/guidelines/strategy with a variety of relevant stakeholders as and when appropriate.  This includes work aimed at change and improved implementation of government policies/schemes and change in social norms
• Build and support relationships with potential allies relevant to the program and organizational agendas including networks and alliances, movements of marginalized groups and women, unions, other state level organisations and bodies as necessary. 
• To undertake specific research and policy analysis exercises for programme implementation and influencing
• To lead and contribute to the implementation of Oxfam campaigns at state and district levels for influencing a variety of stakeholders in the district, state and national levels as required.

Communication

• Contribute to communicating Oxfam India perspectives in various forums and to mass-media.
• Contribute to the development of public communication materials in coordination with the Public Engagement Team to support online and on-ground mobilization and policy-maker outreach.

Skill and Competence:

• Proven track record of achieving results of project implementation, management, development, project reporting and financial management.
• Experience in policy advocacy and lobbying with government on policy issues.
• Experience of campaigning is an asset. 
• Prior experience of climate change & DRR programs is highly essential. 
• Experience of capacity building and training of civil society organisations and ability to build strong networking across the state and region. Experience of engagement with networks and alliances of the state is an asset.
• Proven ability in social research and macro policy analysis
• Knowledge of the socio-economic and political context of the country including robust understanding of gender and diversity issues in India is required.
• Basic understanding of social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and experience in drafting professional posts for the platforms.
• Well-developed analytical, conceptual and writing skills.
• Results oriented, able to manage multiple tasks and have good planning, management and organisation skills – should be a self-starter.
• Ability inspire and motivate teams and networks towards action. Well-developed interpersonal and team skills and flexible in demanding situations.
• Six years of experience in a similar job, including experience of project implementation and advocacy campaigns. Must have worked with a grass root development organisation.
• Bachelor Degree, preferably in Social Science or equivalent.
• Good written and spoken English and Hindi is essential. Preferably knows the local language.
• Computing skills (should be fluent in MS Office, especially Word and Excel and electronic communication).
• Willingness and ability to undertake extensive travel and sustained fieldwork