Position: Urban Programme Officer

Organization: Oxfam India 

Location: Delhi

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

Scope of Position:

• The incumbent will lead the programme implementation on issues of health and education, especially from a gender lens.
• The person should have technical knowledge and experience of working on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and girls’ education including the rights of minorities like Dalits and Muslims. Experience of urban governance, advocacy in the urban context and exposure to community mobilisation work is highly desirable.  
• She will regularly engage with government and policy bodies such as the Municipal Corporation, Women and Child Development, Health and Education department at the cluster, city and state level primarily but also at the national level when required.

Key Responsibilities:

1.    To support large funded programme/projects in Delhi state, through regular visits and undertake direct implementation, project appraisal, monitoring, evaluation including financial monitoring.

2.    To provide support in establishing links between project work including at the district level, to state level policies and macro policy and practice environment.

3.    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.

4.    Undertake documentation of actions undertaken, impact achieved and preparation of quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports

5.    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. Support relationship building with current and potential donor agencies.

6.    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

7.       Jointly with other program staff, undertake capacity building at the community and other stakeholders of relevance

8.       Implement Oxfam’s Gender Justice Policies and ensure inclusion of a coherent focus on social inclusion and reduction of inequality in the program

9.       Mentor Oxfam India teams at the ward/area to support program delivery

Key Responsibilities:

Engagement with government and influencing

10.   To liaise with appropriate government officials and policymakers at the ward, municipality and state levels in support of programmatic and organizational objectives

11.   To design, plan and execute ward/municipality 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

12.   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. 

13.   To undertake specific research and policy analysis exercises for programme implementation and influencing

14.   To lead and contribute to the implementation of Oxfam campaigns at state and ward level for influencing a variety of stakeholders in the state and national levels as required.

Communication

15.    Contribute to communicating Oxfam India perspectives in various forums and to mass-media.

16.   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:
1 .Proven track record of achieving results of project implementation, management, development, project reporting and financial management.

2.  Experience in policy advocacy and lobbying with government on policy issues.

3.  Experience of campaigning is an asset. 

4. The person should have technical knowledge and experience of working on issues of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and girls’ education including the rights of minorities like Dalits and Muslims. Experience of urban governance, advocacy in the urban context and exposure to community mobilisation work is highly desirable.  

5.  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.

6.  Proven ability in social research and macro policy analysis

7.  Knowledge of the socio-economic and political context of the country including robust understanding of gender and diversity issues in India is required.

8. Basic understanding of social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and experience in drafting professional posts for the platforms.

9.  Well-developed analytical, conceptual and writing skills.

10. Results oriented, able to manage multiple tasks and have good planning, management and organisation skills – should be a self-starter.

11. Ability inspire and motivate teams and networks towards action. Well-developed interpersonal and team skills and flexible in demanding situations.

12. Three to four years of experience in a similar job, including experience of project implementation and advocacy campaigns. Must have worked with a grass root development organisation.

13.  Bachelor or Masters degree, preferably in Social Science or equivalent.

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