LABNE Community Mobiliser

LABNE community mobilizer

LOCATION: Tripoli

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term – 12 months

JOB FAMILY: Programmes

ONE OXFAM GRADE:  D       ZONE: 1

DEPARTMENT:

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                 

TEAM: Governance and Economic Justice (LABNE project)

SALARY:  as per salary scale

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

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COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

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

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: The programme aims to reduce the overall state of inequality in Lebanon through a multi-structural approach that empowers individuals (e.g. girls, boys, women, and men – including youth), as well as groups (e.g. Local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs), feminist collectives) to achieve the following interlinked goals: 1) actively influence the processes by which public policies are made, 2) protect the basic social, economic, civil, and political rights of all citizens, specially marginalized groups (e.g. Syrian and Palestinian refugees, People with Disabilities (PWD), and migrant workers), and 3) facilitate access resources to strengthen their economic and social resilience.

TEAM PURPOSE: Oxfam in Lebanon is increasingly working at local, national and international levels to “ensure that women and men are protected and empowered to enjoy their basic rights and access services enabling them to live in dignity within a more equitable society.” To achieve this vision, Oxfam in Lebanon implements activities under two main programmatic pillars, which are the Governance and Economic Justice pillar and the Humanitarian Pillar.

The Economic Justice program strives to ensure that marginalised women and men, especially youth, are empowered to cope with the effects of economic poverty and have greater access to and control over   productive   economic   resources   for   sustainable   poverty   reduction and   lessened   aid dependency.

The project “LABNE: Local Agriculture governance to Boost iNnovative Economic models ” is a project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation that will be implemented by Oxfam and partners in the Regions of Akkar and Northern Lebanon: 22 Municipalities members of the Union of Municipalities of Joumeh (18) and Al-Fayhaa (4) area in the North Governorate. The project implementation will last 24 months. 

Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Community Mobilizer (CM) is responsible for engaging the community, creating trust-based relationships and facilitating project’s activities in the various implementation areas in the North. Under direct line management of the Oxfam “LABNE” Project Manager, she/he will be responsible for the organization of activities in Fayhaa area, ensure local participation and ownership and timely and quality delivery of activities and outputs.

The CM is expected to work closely with the Active Citizenship & Good Governance and Economic Justice programme teams and the Oxfam Policy team towards common objectives and to report to LABNE Project Manager. The CM is expected to be stationed in the Tripoli office with daily travels to various areas in North and Akkar region.

JOB REPORTS TO

LABNE Project Manager

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

NA

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

NA

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

North

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Project Manager, Program Coordinator, MEAL Officer, PMEAL Advisor, Gender Advisor, Protection Advisor, Grants & Compliance Manager, Governance & Partnership Advisor, Research & Policy Advisor, Program Coordinator, Food & Economic Security Advisor, Deputy Country Director for Programmes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Project Cycle Management & Programme Quality (45%)

• Support the implementation of the activities in the North Lebanon region, guided by the Project Manager;
• Work closely with the local communities in the North and lead in presenting the project, mobilizing the youth and engaging locals.
• Manage day to day implementation and monitoring of the activities.
• To report regularly, verbally and in writing to the LABNE PM on regular basis on programme progress;
• To provide necessary information to support the PM in regular reporting to the donor;
• Ensure project activities have the appropriate visibility in compliance with donor requirements and procedures;
• Liaise with the project partners and coordinate mutual tasks in compliance with project objectives;
• Collect field-level lessons learned, challenges, and success stories to contribute to project learning and continuous improvement;
• Coordinate closely with all relevant stakeholders to support outreach for Work-based Learning activities, beneficiary mobilization, attendance tracking, and field-level monitoring of Work-based Learning activities under the LABNE project;
• Support the monitoring of Work-based Learning-related activities and follow up with beneficiaries, training providers, and partners during Year Two of the project.

Representation (30%)

• In coordination with LABNE Project Manager and project partners, develop and maintain positive relations with relevant stakeholders such as Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture of Tripoli & North Lebanon, Union of municipalities, MoA, and other counterparts at the field level.
• When needed, in coordination with the PM, participate in the Livelihoods and Social Stability working group in the North Governorate representing Oxfam and coordinate concerning LABNE activities with stakeholders active in the area.
• Promote the values of the consortium, coordinate with external actors and represent the consortium at the field level. Ensure that meetings are documented, and results circulated to appropriate staff, and consortium member partner focal points on a timely basis.
• Assist with the coordination of visits of donors, and/or partners related to the project.

Budget & Financial Management (10%)

• Coordinate with the PM on initiating relevant procurement processes, with support from Logistics, in line with programme spending and procurement planning.
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Reporting & Communication (15%)

• Monitor program implementation and ensure regular reporting to PM, on all activities under LABNE project.
• Maintain clear lines of communication with project staff and, at the field level, ensure internal communication among consortium members and project staff is effective.

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Positive representation of LABNE in coordination in North Lebanon region.
• Helps the Project PM shape local level objectives within the team.
• Support PM in the management of tasks that are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or function.
• Possess the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide audience.

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

• Minimum 3 years professional work experience in international humanitarian/development work, including in the MENA region;
• Work experience involving policy influencing, networking and alliance building with other agencies (Essential), with at least some of this experience in the Lebanon or Middle East environment (highly Desirable)
• Demonstrated technical expertise and experience in local economic development, Social Entrepreneurship support/grant distribution/ livelihoods and/or social cohesion/ humanitarian programming.
• Knowledge implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes and activities and an ability to build cooperative, professional relationships with partners and peer organizations;
• Demonstrated project, management experience, including in working with local partners;
• Commitment to equal opportunity and gender policies. Demonstrated experience in integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.
• A bachelor’s degree (post-graduate strongly preferred) in international relations, business administration, management, human rights, social sciences or related field;
• High-level communications and people skills;
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills, and ability to think/operate innovatively and strategically (Essential)
• Proven ability in developing and implementing advocacy strategies (Essential)
• Excellent representational and lobbying skills, and experience of advocacy with senior decision-makers. (Essential)
• Proven evidence of leadership skills including the ability to challenge, motivate and develop direct reports and teams (Essential)  

Desirable

• Technical Expertise and experience in social entrepreneurship initiatives
• Professional fluency in written and spoken Arabic and/or French
• Knowledge of EU procedures

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.