Field Coordinator- North Lebanon

Field Coordinator – NOrth lebanon

LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon                    CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed term

JOB FAMILY: Programmes                        ONE OXFAM GRADE: C       ZONE: 2

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                            TEAM: Programme

SALARY:  As per scale                                HOURS: 40 (FTE)

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

JOB PURPOSE:

To represent, manage and ensure the effective implementation of Oxfam in Lebanon’s Emergency Response in North Lebanon. Ensure that policies are implemented and strategies are adjusted according to the local context, key standards of reporting, programme quality and accountability are met, and that there is adequate integration of various sectors (WASH, Food Security, Basic Assistance and Protection) and local partners’ interventions.

The post holder is expected to be committed to Oxfam’s vision and values and lead with integrity always. S/he represents Oxfam with local authorities, the UN, donors, local partners and other external stakeholders in her/ his area of operation.

The post holder will be closely working with partners and the programme technical teams at the field office.

JOB REPORTS TO

Response Lead

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

Program Officers

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

Up to 5 million USD

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

North Lebanon

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Response Lead, Program Officers, MEAL team, Finance Manager, Funding Coordinator

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Cycle Management & Programme Quality

• Overall coordination and management of response activities in North Lebanon.
• Contribute to the design and budgeting of new projects, activities and interventions.  
• Leads on initiating relevant procurement processes, with support from Logistics, in line with Response spending and procurement planning.
• Ensure the implementation of MEAL plans and support the MEAL team in developing/reviewing log frame/results frameworks and Indicator Performance Reporting Table for existing projects.
• Work closely with the MEAL team and partners, where appropriate, in the establishment of a safe and functional feedback mechanism.
• Oversee the preparation of high quality and timely reports on programme activities and results for internal and external use, including sitreps and reports for institutional donors.
• Ensure Oxfam’s Programme Management System (OPAL) is updated and relevant.
• Ensure compliance with Oxfam and donors quality standards, rules and regulations.

People & Team Management

• Ensure recruitment and management of field staff is in accordance with Oxfam procedures and policies.
• Oversee performance management and staff development of team members, and provide necessary and timely feedback to all staff being directly managed.

Working with Partners

• Leads on relationships with partners, including following up on the quality of the partnership, activity implementation, spending.
• Oversees the monitoring of progress against each project’s partnership agreements.
• Ensure partnership principles are understood/applied by relevant team members.

Humanitarian Strategy and Planning

• Contribute to the development and, if needed adjustments, of the overall Response Plan based on identified needs and gaps, and changes in context, in North Lebanon.
• Operationalise Oxfam’s humanitarian approach, focused on community engagement, feminist principles, safe programming and local humanitarian leadership, in North Lebanon.
• Identify and internally raise operational challenges, feeding into key advocacy issues that support programming.

External Representation and Coordination

• In coordination with Response Lead, represents Oxfam in regional platforms.
• Ensure a constant and constructive relationship with local actors, institutions, other agencies, and the private sector.

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."        

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

ESSENTIAL

• Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
• Decisiveness
• Mutual accountability
• Relationship building

In addition:

Education: Master’s degree in Development/Humanitarian Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in programme management, with at least 2 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity within humanitarian settings.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Good planning skills, with initiative, able to exercise sound judegment and can manage multiple tasks in an effective, pro-active and timely manner.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a wide variety of organizations in different geographic areas including government agencies, CSOs, NGOs, and private sector institutions.
• Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Effective team management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues.

Key Attributes:

• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Languages: Arabic and English

DESIRABLE

• Strong familiarity with Local Humanitarian Leadership and extensive experience of working with local organisations, including on initiatives to strengthen capacities.

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.