TEAM PURPOSE:
OXFAM is a global movement of people who are fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. Across regions, from the local to the global, we work with people to bring change that lasts. Our work is grounded in the commitment to the universality of human rights. Driven by diversity and founding our asks in evidence and experience, we take sides against poverty and injustice everywhere. Feminist approaches guide all our analysis, action, and interaction.
Oxfam in Kenya is a development, humanitarian, and campaigning organization that works with others to alleviate poverty and inequality. Oxfam envisages a transformed Kenyan society in which each individual, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, or social standing, is able to access basic services, and fully participates in decision making processes on issues that affect their lives and can be heard. In addition, Oxfam in Kenya believes that every Kenyan has a right to make free and informed choices to build sustainable livelihoods and resilience to external shocks. Oxfam in Kenya works on the premise that; poverty and powerlessness are avoidable and can be eliminated by human action and political will.
Since 1963, Oxfam in Kenya has worked with partners in long-term development programmes, humanitarian assistance, peace and conflict resolution programmes and actively engaged in campaigning for better governance and equitable access to services. Gender justice, climate justice and natural resource management are the other core programme areas for Oxfam in Kenya.
The humanitarian team works with a number of local and national actors to support their ambition of rapid, quality and principled response in crisis affected regions, especially the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) in Kenya. As a multi-mandated organization, Oxfam focuses on the work needed to coherently address people’s vulnerability before, during and after crises, and thus contributing to resilience building of the vulnerable communities with the “humanitarian-development-peace” nexus approach in our programming. Oxfam’s support to partners includes 1) Providing access to information and people, 2) Connecting and convening diverse groups, 3) Providing technical advice, and 4) Providing access to resources. Oxfam believes in the power of local action and is intentional to facilitate local humanitarian leadership and equitable partnerships in Kenya.
JOB PURPOSE:
Oxfam has secured a multiyear, multi-country and multi-partner grant from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. This project “Humanitarian System Transformation through Local Humanitarian Leadership (HST-LHL)” aims to influence the humanitarian system to be more equal, risk-informed, and better funded locally led system through three mutually reinforcing outcomes:
This is a knowledge and learning project contributing to influencing at national and global levels to transform the humanitarian system through local humanitarian leadership. The project is being implemented in Colombia, DR Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, South Sudan and Yemen from July 2024 to December 2027.
The Local Humanitarian Leadership (LHL) Influencing Lead will provide overall leadership and technical oversight to the project and play anchoring role in bringing all the different stakeholders together for collaborative knowledge, learning and research processes envisioned in the different outcome areas of the project. S/he will coordinate all the project activities with different partners, ensure there is cross-learning and collaboration among the partners, establish and maintain regular coordination and information exchange with the project management unit which coordinates with all the participating countries.
The role will be responsible for ensuring in-depth understanding, practical application and periodic monitoring of Oxfam’s partnership principles and ways of working, including Oxfam’s commitments to the Charter for Change, the Grand Bargain, Pledge for Change, and the Humanitarian Principles of Partnership. The role will also support institutional strengthening of civil society organisations through capacity sharing and exchanges as well as connecting them to the relevant technical focal points of humanitarian aid delivery, peacebuilding, development, durable solutions, nexus programming, CSO networking and alliance building, as per the needs of the respective local actors.
The role will be responsible for effective communications, visibility of partners’ work on LHL and partnerships, coordination with all stakeholders involved, coordination of capacity strengthening and exchange processes in the country.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Management (HST-LHL project): Coordination and Convening
Partnership Management:
Capacity sharing and exchanges:
Other:
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