Regional Legacy Manager WAF At Oxfam

Annual Salary and Benefits –

Competitive Package

Internal Job Grade –

B2

Contract type –

Fixed-term – 1 year

Reporting to –

Regional Director, West Africa

Staff reporting directly to this post –

Country Programme legacy managers (X3)

Location –

West Africa, WAF region where Oxfam has an office and where a contract of employment and relevant work permit can be obtained

Closing Date –

April 1^st 2022

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

Oxfam West Africa has been working to promote good governance and active citizenship, support vulnerable populations that have been victims of disasters and conflicts, and contribute to strengthening their food security. Our vision of change is a fair West Africa Region without poverty, where all citizens (men, women and youth) have the power and means to exercise their fundamental human rights and have control over their lives. All our interventions are supported by influencing work, actions to promote gender justice, and the development of strategic partnerships with local and international organizations.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here**

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to 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.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

*The Role

Accountable to the Regional Director, ensuring the effective management and delivery of all legacy programmes and teams in WAF , providing strategic leadership and support to the PMU leads in country, leading programme development and implementation , oversight on strategic and reputational risks including those arising from phaseout process, and take responsibility for ensuring the legacy programme across countries meets minimum standards for programming , safeguarding and impact. This role will guarantee high-quality programme implementation, ensuring effective coordination and collaboration between legacy programme teams in countries in WAF, affiliates involved and other Oxfam teams for learning and sharing…

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

ü To ensure that minimum standards – Programme management, HR, finance, security, health, and safety, safeguarding are met in the WAF countries managing legacy projects

ü To provide oversight and strategic leadership for Oxfam’s legacy programmes in-countries.

ü To line manage PMU leads in countries and provide support in the management of staff, programmes, and spending of legacy related projects,

ü To support convene and connect countries with legacy projects, affiliates and regional teams with resources and information.

ü To work with PMU leads, ensure that legacy projects’ and other restricted income are managed effectively and efficiently in line with donor contractual requirements and agreed Oxfam International policies and procedures.

ü To enable legacy teams in countries, achieve results through working effectively with others and holding others to account.

ü To provide regular, consistently high-level reports to the management team on the progress of legacy projects in countries.

ü Support PMU leads develop legacy related project risk and mitigation plans for effective management of project related risk.

ü Take actions to reduce, prevent and mitigate risks (mainly reputational and risk of disallowances)

ü Accountable for all donor relations and contract management of the legacy programmes in Mauritania, Benin and Sierra Leone.

ü Ensure minimum standards of accountability related to all legacy projects in the region in line with Oxfam standards.

ü Facilitate and support develop a knowledge management and project learning framework of the legacy programmes in consultation with projects’ team at country level and support the documentation of best practices

ü Contribute to the design of mechanism for the dissemination and effective utilization of information

ü Maintain effective coordination with Oxfam funded legacy projects’ teams, partners, and Oxfam affiliates as may be required

ü To ensure there is an excellent archiving of the documentation to meet donor and EA requirements according to affiliate’s recommendations