Head of Climate Justice & Natural Resources Rights
Job Description
Title: Head of Climate Justice & Natural Resources Rights
Company Name: Oxfam
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ A Master's degree in environmental sciences, environmental management, environmental economics, environmental engineering, geography and environment, climate change and development, development studies or a closely related field, preferably in water resources engineering, economics, political science.
Experience Requirements:
∎ Na
Job Responsibilities:
∎ To provide operational and strategic leadership to the Oxfam in Bangladesh's Climate Justice and Natural Resources Rights Portfolio by ensuring all field based interventions specially the Water Governance Program, Climate Risk Financing Program, Urban Climate Resilience Program as well as Climate Justice and Natural Resources Rights component of Rural Resilience Program, Urban Resilience Program and Youth Empowerment Program are being managed with high quality, effective and efficient delivery.
∎ The position will be the focal person of Climate Justice Theme of Oxfam in Bangladesh through acting as Bangladesh focal person of Oxfam's global campaign 'GROW'.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience of implementing Climate Justice and Natural Resources Rights programmes, initiatives and campaigns.
∎ Strong programme management and quality knowledge, with ability to ensure consistent quality against standards and to implement effective monitoring and evaluation systems to assess and adjust performance.
∎ Strong experience in popular mobilisation, research, policy advocacy and campaigning skills and experience.
∎ Strong experience of resource mobilization for Climate Justice and Natural Resources Rights projects.
∎ Commitment to and good knowledge of working with a partnership approach including innovative approaches to capacity strengthening.
∎ Good knowledge of and experience with managing donor funded projects with strong financial management skills and experience of project budgeting and budget monitoring.
∎ Proven analytical and conceptual thinking, project management knowledge and skills and experience in using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
∎ Strong organisational and personal management skills with the ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
∎ Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English and Bangla.
∎ A high level of self-awareness, initiative, sound judgement, personal energy and flexibility.
∎ Experience in capacity assessment, baseline, market assessment, project planning, review and capacity building process.
∎ Demonstrable understanding of 360-degree accountability.
∎ Ability and willingness to travel and to work extra hours as necessary.
∎ Experience and interest to scale up the use of digital media for campaigning.
∎ Demonstrated commitment to mainstreaming gender and diversity issues as well as a commitment to neutrality & impartiality.
∎ Ability to travel a minimum of 12 weeks per annum.
∎ Willingness to work flexibly and to travel in difficult geographical locations at in country and abroad.
∎ Proven experience of using basic MS Office application (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).
∎ Gender knowledge and cultural sensitivity with a strong commitment and understanding of the values and principles of Oxfam.
∎ In-depth understanding of gender, safeguarding, child protection, disability, human rights, VAWG and HIV/AIDs issues and experience in integrating these into programme practice.
∎ Experience in community-based projects will be an advantage.
∎ Creativity - thinking of new ways to ensure influence of key inequality issues
∎ Commitment to the aims and objectives of Oxfam
∎ International experience will be an additional asset specially working in humanitarian situation.
∎ 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
Salary:
∎ BDT. 2,171,400 gross per annum (13 months)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical for spouse and children, contributory Provident fund, gratuity, leave & Insurance etc.
Application Deadline: February 29, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Oxfam
∎ Business : Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam's current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women?s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th Feb 2020
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