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

The Role:

Oxfam {Syria} is looking for public health promotion Officer

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

The PHP Officer will lead the PHP Assistants and FSPs at field level in planning and managing the day-to-day quality, gender-sensitive community-centred activities, ensuring the activities are implemented as per plans and guidelines. The post holder will monitor progress and ensure quality of PHP activities are carried out in integration with PHE and other teams.

Assessment and Programme Design

• In collaboration and integration with other team members, and under supervision of the Wash Team Leader, carry out assessments in targeted areas and other PHP-related activities to respond to the priority WASH-related health risks of the communities.
• Collect, record, and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
• Use assessment data to design participatory public health promotion and social behaviour change interventions appropriate for the local context and culture with the involvement of diverse groups and marginalised members of the community.

Programme planning and reporting:

• Develop work plans and program activities in the PHP Officer’s designated area of responsibility with integration with PHEs/EFSVL/Gender and Protection teams in coordination with Wash Team Leader
• Ensure that plans are developed based on weekly review and planning meetings with both PHP and PHE as one team
• Contribute to the design and development of approaches/strategy, implementation and monitoring of PHP interventions in line with all emerging diseases and prevailing public health risks.
• Participate and help in establishing engagements with authorities, stakeholders, and other actors on the ground, ensuring community engagements in the entire humanitarian response cycle.
• Provide weekly reports (including data collects, key achievements, challenges, lesson learned, and community feedback for the week) and submit to the project manager as per agreed timeline.

Programme Implementation:

• Implement PHP activities with the PHP Assistants, FSPs and Community-based Volunteers (CBVs) based on agreed targets, including prevention of cholera outbreaks, emerging diseases and other public health risks using community engagement approaches.
• Carry out community-engaged behaviour change campaigns using participatory approaches, two-way communication methods, popular media with the participation of specific target groups, e.g. women, men, children, youth groups, religious leaders and community leaders.
• Contribute to the development of behaviour change communication strategy.
• Selection, capacity building of community-based hygiene volunteers (CBVs) and on-field level supervision.
• Planning and distribution of hygiene essential items and monitoring of its optimal use to enable improvement of risky hygiene behaviours. This should be based on primary data on the most relevant and preferred items by the targeted community.
• Collect health data from local health authorities and feed epidemiological trends into the PHP interventions.
• Contribute to safe programming risks analysis, and adherence/application of risk mitigation measures agreed within the programme.
• Ensure application of Oxfam humanitarian approach by embedding community engagement, safe programming, feminist approach, and local humanitarian leadership principles in own tasks
• Working in coordination and collaboration with the PHE/P counterpart always to ensure maximising the impact of all WASH activities including gender, protection mainstreaming.

Staff Management

• Provide day to day management to PHP and community mobilisers including performance management with support of the WASH team leader.
• Conduct training and capacity assessment of PHP and suggest areas of improvement to the Wash team leader for support in designing relevant capacity building schedules, e.g., on job training, coaching and short weekly training on defined topics.
• Able to take leadership of the project team when called upon.

Logistics and Finance

• Work with logistics to ensure timely procurement and distribution of NFIs with support of Wash
• Work closely with Wash TL in monitoring PHP budget expenditures levels, and plan for any urgent or spending with close collaboration with the Wash TL and finance team.
• Prepare supply plan required for area of responsibility aligned to PHP activities.

What we are looking for: 

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

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

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Listening
• Relationship building
• Mutual accountability
• Enabling

In addition:

• Bachelor’s degree holder is essential, relevant fields in Public Health, Health Promotion, Medical fields, or a related field is preferable.
• Bachelor's degree in related fields holder 4 years of experience or Bachelor’s Degree in other fields 6 Ys of experience, Experience: in community engagement, mobilization, and awareness-raising in public health, etc or a related role within the non-profit sector (as Hygiene Promotion Specialist, Community Engagement Officer, Health and Hygiene Promotion Facilitator, etc).
• Demonstrated knowledge of public health principles and hygiene promotion practices in humanitarian settings.
• Familiarity with behavior change communication methods and community-based approaches to public health.
• Proficiency in data collection and monitoring tools for hygiene promotion and public health assessments
• Skilled in facilitating health and hygiene sessions and training community leaders, volunteers, and other stakeholders
• Experience with designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for hygiene promotion activities, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborating with health, protection, Gender, and WASH teams to ensure comprehensive health and hygiene interventions
• Experience in working with local partners, field teams, and community representatives.
• Ability to troubleshoot data collection and reporting issues and adapt approaches as needed in response to challenging and changing environments.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic is essential.
• Knowledge of the context in the areas covered by the hub
• Demonstrated experience in managing a team, minimum 2 years.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, building capacity, motivate a diverse team, ensuring effective performance management and fostering a collaborative working environment.
• Proficiency in using office software (e.g., MS Office Suite).

Desirable

• Experience establishing and managing community feedback systems to enhance program responsiveness and accountability.
• Experience working with international NGOs or humanitarian organizations is preferred
• Familiarity with international health and hygiene standards such as Sphere standards, WHO guidelines, and other relevant protocols for WASH in emergencies.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

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.  

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

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 committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

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. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.