Employment Term:           Fixed Term (1 Year Contract)

Level:                                    National, C2

Location:                           Yangon, Myanmar

Closing Date:                   24^th September 2025

“This position is opened to National Applicants only. 

Early application is encouraged as the recruitment process will be done on a rolling basis and Oxfam reserves the right to appoint a suitable candidate as soon as they are identified.”

The Role:

Oxfam GB in Myanmar is looking for Climate Change and Resilience Coordinator.

Job Purpose:

The Climate Change and Resilience Coordinator will lead and coordinate adaptation and climate resilience initiatives across Oxfam’s programme areas. The role is responsible for ensuring effective programme management, maintaining quality standards, and delivering timely and impactful resilience and recovery interventions. This role will represent Oxfam in relevant clusters and coordination forums, engaging with key stakeholders on climate change and resilience issues and ensuring that Oxfam’s perspectives and priorities are effectively represented and integrated.

This Role Report To:                    Deputy Head of Programmes

Staff Reporting to this Post:      NIL

Key Relation/Interaction:          Programme, Finance and operation, PQI, Gender, regional PMU, partners

Key Responsibilities:

Programme and Partnership Management:

• Lead the delivery of Oxfam’s resilience and recovery programme under the Just Climate and Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy in targeted areas.
• Identify, develop, and manage a portfolio of local partners and their project activities in line with approved proposals and plans.
• Coordinate and liaise with project partners and allies on joint activities related to climate change and resilience.
• Support the capacity development of team members to promote improved knowledge of climate change approaches.
• Oversee implementation and reporting of Oxfam-led activities within the project plan.
• Prepare and submit high-quality project reports for donors and other stakeholders as required. 

Technical Leadership, Networking and Representation:

• Serve as the technical lead for climate resilience and climate-adaptive livelihoods in targeted communities.
• Assess partner and stakeholder capacity needs and provide tailored capacity-strengthening support based on identified needs, both internal and external.
• Build collaborations with key stakeholders to ensure programme synergies and maximize impact.
• Provide technical inputs and leadership for new programme design and partnerships under Oxfam’s Just Climate and Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy.
• Represent Oxfam in coordination and cluster meetings with donors, I/NGOs, and civil society networks in regard to climate change and resilience initiatives and approaches.
• Engage with Oxfam teams, partners, and regional colleagues to pursue funding, networking, and advocacy opportunities linked to climate and resilience. 

Gender Mainstreaming:

• Ensure that all programme initiatives and interventions integrate a strong gender lens, promoting equality and inclusion.
• Work closely with the Gender & Protection Advisor and other technical focal points to embed gender considerations across programme design, implementation, and monitoring. 

Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning:

• Report to the line manager and coordinate with Oxfam’s Programme Quality Team to meet all MEAL requirements of the project.
• Facilitate knowledge and information management with partners to strengthen programme effectiveness and capture lessons learned.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites and partners to ensure quality implementation and sound project management. 

Finance and Compliance Management:

• Ensure full compliance with donor requirements and Oxfam’s financial management standards across all programme activities.
• Oversee financial monitoring of partner projects and internal budgets, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and alignment with both donor regulations and Oxfam standards.

Safety and Security:

• Complying with all security policies, procedures, directions, instructions, regulations or plans.
• Taking care of their own safety and security.
• Actively contributing to the development and maintenance of security management policy and procedures.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure adherence to safeguarding policies by protecting the safety and dignity of all individuals.
• Ensure completing all annual core compliance courses.
• Must report any concerns or witness or suspect any behaviour that could be in breach of the one Oxfam safeguarding policy or Oxfam Code of Conduct. 

Other:

• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
• In case of emergency response, perform assigned tasks to contribute to an efficient and timely emergency response

What we are looking for:

Qualifications and Experience:

• University degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Development, or another relevant field.
• Strong technical expertise and practical experience in climate change, resilience, and livelihood adaptation programmes.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in similar roles within complex, multi-partner programmes.
• Proven ability to build networks and work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including donors, INGOs, and CSOs.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering training, mentoring, and coaching to local CSOs for capacity strengthening and organizational development.
• Strong assessment, analytical, MEAL, planning, and project management skills to ensure effective programme delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken Burmese and English.

Desirable/Preferred:

• Experience in humanitarian and fragile contexts, including recovery and resilience programming.
• Proven understanding of gender equality, women’s rights, and gender mainstreaming within climate and livelihood programmes.
• Knowledge of donor compliance frameworks, reporting requirements, and financial accountability standards.
• Familiarity with Oxfam’s approaches, including the Just Climate and Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to programme design, proposal development, and resource mobilization.
• Experience working in multi-cultural teams and engaging effectively with diverse local partners.

Key Attributes:

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

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.

Flexfam:

We believe 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.  

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.