Remote: Humanitarian Support Personnel - Food and Economic Security

Apr 25, 2024 | Oxfam
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Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good. Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

The Role:

What is a Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP)?  

The Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP) Team comprises of technical humanitarian experts from various fields across the globe who bring their skills and experience to Oxfam’s country teams to help them respond to conflicts and natural disasters. HSPs are globally roving and work away from their home base continuously. Typically, they are deployed to a particular location from a few weeks up to six months’ duration per assignment. HSPs could expect to be deployed to country programmes up to nine months a year (pro-rata for part-time posts). Our current emergency programmes are in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe. When not deployed (or on annual leave), HSPs may be assigned project / proactive work. It may be possible to undertake such work from home or an Oxfam office, depending on circumstances. 

What will you be doing as an HSP Food and Economic Security (FES)?

The prime purpose of this role will be to enable communities and people in crisis to cover their basic needs, including food, and to strengthen resilience to future crisis.  Oxfam believes this can be achieved by facilitating the access of all members of society to financial support (cash), livelihoods, social protection, market, and economic opportunities.    

This role will be responsible for scaling up cash and voucher assistance programming, providing technical leadership of vulnerable livelihoods and social protection interventions and ensuring strong and coherent work with existing markets in emergency humanitarian responses.   

What Oxfam is looking for:

Oxfam is looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to its feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to Oxfam’s values, mission and work
• Experience in basic market food security, livelihoods and CVA assessments for example HEA, EMMA, PCMMA and/or similar. Experience in design and implementation of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programmes and EFSVL programmes.  
• Management of a budget and ability to monitor programme spend over time.
• Understanding of gender dynamics within the household and community, experience in taking these into account when designing programmes.
• A basic understanding of social protection with experience in designing safety nets, working with government on developing social protection systems.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and delivering successful capacity building strategies and coaching teams, including the ability to effectively advise and support field staff and partners, using methods such as mentoring, coaching, shadowing, demonstration, accompaniment, training, written advice, verbal advice, research and development
• Ability to travel to the affected areas in short notice.
• Excellent written and spoken French and English  

For complete details, please view the attached job description

Oxfam offers:

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Humanitarian responses, to act as a key contributor to the team, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields. On this role, Oxfam Offers a fair pay and competitive benefits package which include a Net GBP pay whereby Oxfam covers the tax obligation for the employee, and attractive pension package; 33 leave days(pro-rata to duration of contract); a 100% medical cover for all reimbursables and a 75% cover on optical and dental expenses for the employee.

Flexfam:

Oxfam believes flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.