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

The Role: 

Oxfam {Syria } is looking for EFSVL Assistant

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in the direct implementation of Oxfam FSL activities including community mobilisation, beneficiary registration and verification, business profiling livelihoods business support process and monitoring..
• Working with community members and representatives including micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs to facilitate the program implementation and proactively achieve solutions to problems arising.
• Carry out household interviews/surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and data collection as per plans with a focus on market analysis, business support.
• Provide support to implement program activity plans ensuring alignment with business support tools and methodologies in line with agreed standard procedures and Oxfam Code of Conduct.
• Working in a team and coordinating with other FSL staff and with other department staff
• Supervision and follow up of beneficiaries to ensure data recording (attendance lists, meeting minutes, delivery notes, distribution lists, questionnaires, etc.) including technical support to businesses (trainings, coaching and mentorship) records and business progress tools.
• Support the process of resolving challenges with target communities and beneficiaries  particularly business-related issues such as marketing, pricing, and input access.
• Work patterns are high pressure and require proper judgement about basic adjustment and urgent action on routine.
• Collect and make local information accessible and usable by project management and non-specialists especially business environment data and market insights.
• Support the process of coordination with Project Support Committees and community leaders to participate in decision making and support delivery process with attention to private sector actors and business associations.
• Support Agriculture and Livelihoods (Value chain and Agriculture) Officer, Field Assistants, and volunteers in engaging with communities through meetings and interviews including business owners and producer groups.
• Drafting notes of field visits for review by programme team; preparing secondary data analysis and reports as required by the programme team including success stories and lessons learned from business support 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

• Sound judgement
• Listening
• Decisiveness
• Self-Awareness

In addition:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in FSL and/or resilience projects
• Experience in implementing market-based projects.
• Experience in market-based interventions, food security, livelihood project activities, and value chain components is highly desirable.
• Relevant academic background preferable in Economic, Business management, Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of participatory approaches to deliver business trainings cash grants intervention with community leaders, local authorities, and local partners.
• Experience in gender and protection mainstreaming.
• Strong understanding of local socio-economic development issues, institutions and local contexts for target communities
• Strong ability to work within a team and consult with a wide range of staff colleagues.
• Flexibility and ability to manage work stress and to work under high pressure. Able to spend 100% time in the field.
• Pro-active and with excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Desirable:

• 2-3 years of experience in FSL projects.
• Experience with INGOs.
• Experience in Resilience Programming
• Team-working skills.
• Experience in working with stakeholders, community-based organizations, and local partners
• Good analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Experience working in a diverse team and team building
• Flexibility under pressure and in response to changing needs.
• Attention to detail and excellent numeracy.
• Good communication skills
• Good leadership skills

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.