Programme Director

Job Description

Title: Programme Director

Company Name: Oxfam

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Context:
∎ Location: Primarily Dhaka with the need to travel across Bangladesh when required.
∎ Job type: Fixed Term Agreement

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Oxfam in Bangladesh works in collaboration with others to influence key actors by investing and mobilizing knowledge and resources towards just, safe, and sustainable impact for the poverty-stricken and the most vulnerable. We are guided by the values of equality, empowerment, solidarity, inclusiveness, accountability, courage - rooted in feminist principles. We have a Country Operating Model for 2020-2025, which defines ways of work in line with these values and a country strategy that defines our work with four thematic goals including: (1) Gender justice and Social Inclusion; (2) Economic Inclusion and Justice; (3) Climate Justice and Natural Resource Rights; (4) Humanitarian Action and Disaster Resilience.
∎ The team works from two main operations base - in Cox's Bazar & Dhaka, where all four programme portfolio are active.
∎ The Programme Director will focus on the four outcome areas of the Oxfam Country Strategy:
∎ Gender justice and Social Inclusion: ensuring that women, marginalised people with different social identities have equal rights, fundamental freedom, access to dignified work, democratic participation and live in an environment of respect, justice and diversity.
∎ Economic Inclusion and Justice: ensuring that poor, marginalized and vulnerable occupational groups, women, youth and entrepreneurs have access to dignified work and increased their power in market and gained equitable share of economic development.
∎ Climate Justice and Natural Resource Rights: ensuring inclusive sustainable development pathways considering natural resource rights of dependent communities and climate justice
∎ Humanitarian Action and Disaster Resilience: ensuring vulnerable women and men affected by disasters, conflicts and crisis have access to humanitarian assistance and have capacity to reduce their suffering and loss of lives through building resilience.
∎ The overall responsibility of the role includes programme management, fund raising and influencing work as well as roles as a member of the Country Leadership Team of Oxfam in Bangladesh.

Additional Requirements:
∎ We are looking for someone who is aware of the development discourse of Bangladesh and has a track record of working for the rights of the most marginalized communities for an equitable and just society and a genuine interest for an impactful career through a networked influencing organization that works through leadership of partners and communities.
∎ Key Attributes
∎ 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:
∎ As per Oxfam national B2 pay band with other benefits e.g. medical for spouse and children, contributory provident fund, gratuity, leave & insurance.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Oxfam Bangladesh, to act as key contributor to our programme team to work with a group of passionate people who are specialists in their field and offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 May 2022

Company Information:
∎ 28 Apr 2022
∎ 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