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NGO Job Opening: Program Coordinator, Just Economies at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations (affiliates) committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Sustainable Livelihoods, Humanitarian Programming to save lives, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance, adopting a right based approach.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Coordinator, Just Economies

Lagos: Abuja
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week)
Reports to: Head of Programmes and Influencing
Start date: December 2, 2024

Context

The Program Coordinator works with the country Leadership team and have responsibility for leading and providing strategic direction within the Just Economies of Oxfam’s strategic programme in Nigeria; to lead on fundraising, donor engagement; contract management; effectively providing technical lead on bid opportunities, development of concept papers/notes and proposals in accordance with country strategy and donor requirements, developing project briefs and planning, coordination, management and reporting of project activities in line with donor requirements to deliver on the Oxfam’s Country Strategy.
Objctive of the Position

The Program Coordinator is responsible for leading, oversight, and direction of the Just Economies pillar and supporting fundraising opportunities on the pillar in line with Oxfam’s Country Strategy.
Also, writing successful grant proposals in coordination with colleagues across respective units in addition to strengthening our linkages with local donor missions and national offices.
The role holder leads on visibility, media engagement, research and donor engagement in line with the goal pillar of Just Economies.
Job Purpose

The jobholder will drive initiatives to promote economic justice across different thematic pathways relevant to the Nigeria context. This includes urban and rural livelihoods promotion, employability and entrepreneurship capacity programs, economic policy influencing, market systems improvement, labour and workers’ rights promotion and private sector engagement.
The position will also focus on issues of tax justice (for the extractives and non-extractives sectors and consumer protection), access to finance by MSMEs, resilience building (community capacity building on climate, conflict and economic related shocks) and food and trade systems improvement programming for Oxfam Nigeria.
The jobholder will manage existing projects under the Just Economies Program pillar and will contribute substantially to developing and designing new initiatives including business development and fundraising activities.
The jobholder is also expected to establish new partnerships and manage existing ones with relevant ministries and agencies of government, the private sector, regional, continental and international organizations relevant to the program objectives and to Oxfam’s Country Strategy.
The jobholder will support with fundraising efforts in line with the Just Economies pillar and lead on donor mapping and engagement, bid development and technical input on Expression of Interests (EOIs), concept notes and proposals with support of other colleagues
Dimensions:

Provide leadership on economic policy research and analyses towards evidencing key policy gaps and to inform appropriate program level response.
Lead on Oxfam Private Sector engagement strategy development for the country program.
Manage and provide strategic leadership supports to Project Coordinators/Project Leads under the Just Economies Program pillar.
Bringing expertise in entrepreneurship development, employability programming, and market systems development (MSD) among others.
Provide leadership on activities relating to business environment reforms (BER) and investment climate reforms (ICR) for the promotion of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs).
Demonstrate expertise in program design, implementation and evaluation for the purpose of business expansion for Oxfam in Nigeria..
Responsibilities (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Strategic Leadership:

Provide strategic analysis and direction through high quality advice, analysis of food security trends, and synthesis of learning from external sources and our programs to help the organization make strategic program, policy and campaign choices.
Keep up to date with national and regional trends around economic policies, resilient livelihoods, food security and agricultural value chain development to fully understand the context within which Oxfam operates (present and future).
Support gathering and sharing of good practice within thematic groups that are integrating disaster risk reduction, social protection/safety nets and sustainable livelihoods approaches to work in areas of chronic poverty and inequality.
Actively represent Oxfam in the Cadre Harmonize analysis, Food Security Cluster and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Federal Ministry of Environment policy engagement at the national level among others.
Facilitate capacity strengthening for teams on conflict sensitivity programming.
Lead on visibility under the Just Economies pillar and engagement with media and within the wider Oxfam confederation.
Facilitate learning and contribute to knowledge management across our program, Oxfam International, and with partners and external organizations.
Programme management and Implementation:          

As a member of the Programme Management Team (PMT), contribute to overall development of longer-term strategy and management of the Oxfam programme in Nigeria
Ensure all projects under the program pillar achieve their planned outcomes and provide support towards effective program implementation framework.
Anticipate and pro-actively share information within Nigeria country program and project teams and ensure that team members are coordinating effectively over activity planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Ensure adherence to Oxfam quality standards and integration of best practice in economic justice programme in close liaison with Oxfam technical advisers, finance, MEAL and other support staff.
Ensure that program management information systems are integrated to relevant Oxfam platforms (database, website etc.), are maintained accurately and up to date.
Ensure delivery of all project reports and donor reports to quality standards and within deadlines.
Commission and supervise research or analysis to underpin programming and advocacy on every relevant thematic area under economic justice.
Share information within region and to other Oxfam colleagues related to projects under the program pillar and contribute to advocacy activities in Nigeria and within the region.
Facilitate the implementation of counter-fraud, anti-aid diversion and safeguarding recommendations for operational excellence.
Ensure adequate complaint and response mechanism is in place and functioning.
Partnership management and external 

Relationships:

Work with the Head of Programs to design Oxfam Nigeria Private Sector Engagement Strategy
Scan the private and public sector, CSOs and INGOs for viable partnerships
Build and manage relationships and partnerships with trade unions/associations, economic interest platforms, producer organizations, NGOs, research institutions, private sector and other key stakeholders in the real sectors of Nigeria.
Provide and facilitate technical support, training and information to partners to enable them to effectively use Oxfam resources and best practices in project implementation
Represent Oxfam in coordination meetings related to economic justice at the federal level and some external relationships with donors and other key stakeholders.

People Management:

Line manage project officers of projects under the Just Economies Program pillar across different locations in Nigeria.
Develop arrangement for capacity and performance management for people working with her/him in line with Oxfam’s values, Oxfam Leadership Tool.
Ensure that trainings on Oxfam Code of Conduct for staff and non-Oxfam staff involved in program implementation is implemented on regular basis.

Financial Management:

Ensure that budgets are drawn up for all projects, and that costs are kept within budgets, implement a monthly program budget monitoring (Budget Vs Actuals), quarterly analysis of trends and timely budget reallocation.
Support project leads to develop supply plan and manage procurement in compliance with Oxfam’s and donor requirements.
Fundraising:

Constantly scanning the donor and private sector landscape for opportunities
Prepare capacity statements, concept notes and project proposals ensuring they are aimed at achieving economic justice, resilient income and food security for small holder farmers especially women and youth
Ensure that proposals developed for specific calls are in line with co-financing targets and priorities of the country program.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, mid-term and annual reports to be submitted to Oxfam and donors (existing and prospective).

Education/Knowledge & Experience

Excellent analytical and critical thinking ability.
Strong skills in economic policy, market systems development, entrepreneurship programming, and private sector engagement.
Commitment to and knowledge of working with partner-led operational approaches, developing and supporting partner organizations to achieve direct impact and results relating to the programme objectives
High levels of strategic and people management skills, able to support and mentor teams in their professional and personal growth and use a variety of strategies and approaches to motivate teams
Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills an able to represent Oxfam to donors and external institutions
Experience and ability to work well in, manage and lead large project teams and steer them to achieve and deliver results.
Ability to work effectively with others persuading, influencing, negotiating and supporting, following as required to achieve targets
Ability to manage competing tasks; ability to prioritize and produce high level output consistently.
Strong analytical skills and experience using a computerized information management system (Ms. Word, Excel etc.)
Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work
Understanding of and commitment to Oxfam’s One Program Approach (linking humanitarian, development & influencing work)

Salary
N9,533,946.00 / Annum (Gross).
Scale: “Grade Level C2.



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