For Oxfam Pilipinas

Philippine Nationals Only

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

About Oxfam Pilipinas

We seek lasting change. We at Oxfam Pilipinas dream and work for a future where Filipinos are free from poverty. For more than 30 years, serving in a country where close to 27 million now live in poverty, we have relied on the power of people to carry out programs designed to achieve our shared vision. Central to our strategy is working with partners to transform the unequal power relations, structures, norms, and values that cause poverty and inequality, including gender-based violence and injustice.

We strive to apply a feminist lens to all our analyses and actions. We seek to save lives, provide access to services, and reduce the impact of disasters, particularly on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We belong to the larger Oxfam family of over 20 organizations networked with partners and grassroots communities in all corners of the globe. We are part of a global movement for genuine change, seeking to rid the world of the scourge of poverty, with gender justice at the core of what we do.

Job Purpose

To support the design, implementation, and monitoring of Oxfam Pilipinas’ Gender Justice (GJ) Portfolio and Theory of Change based on agreed deliverables. To support the delivery of the Women Empowerment for Leadership and Development and Peace in the Bangsamoro (WELD Peace) Project Phase 3 under the GJ Portfolio of Oxfam Pilipinas based on agreed deliverables with donors and partners from civil society, private sector, local government units and related agencies; provide support to the Gender Justice Project Manager in managing all relations, deliverables, activities and communications across the entire project life cycle.

The objective of the WELD Peace Project Phase 3 is to support the improvement of conditions for peace and stability by strengthening the rights-claiming of women and other vulnerable groups towards inclusive, gender responsive and accountable governance in the Bangsamoro.

What we are looking for:  SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES:

Essential 

• At least five (5) years of demonstrated competencies in the project management cycle, especially in areas of planning, implementation, monitoring, learning, financial management of budgets, and high-quality donor report writing.
• Experience in advocacy, campaigns, influencing work, and network building with Women Rights Organizations, community-based interventions supporting gender and development, gender justice, and women, peace and security (WPS) related projects and programs.
• Experience of and ability to build, sustain, and manage strong partnerships and work collaboratively with a wide variety of organizations, including government agencies, CSOs, NGOs, and private sector institutions, in different geographic areas.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in multicultural settings and with community groups of varying backgrounds; developed capacity for tact, diplomacy and negotiation.
• Organized, with good attention to detail and developed ability to prioritize tasks to meet tight deadlines and organize work in a complex institutional setting.
• Proficiency in designing and managing project meetings, activities, and workshops, such as designing, documenting, and facilitating programs and processes.
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in written and verbal communication (i.e. English and Filipino).
• Proficiency in using basic MS office applications (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).

Desirable

• Knowledge in Do-No-Harm principles and conflict sensitivity.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge on gender and development and women, peace and security.
• Proficiency in designing, facilitating and documenting meetings.
• Proficiency in People Soft tools for project management.
• Experience in basic capacity development initiatives across partner organizations.

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate a strong sense of self-awareness and self-care, collective leadership, sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, and commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate openness and willingness to learn about application of feminist principles and gender mainstreaming approaches in all aspects of work within Oxfam Pilipinas.
• Commitment to Oxfam Pilipinas safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam Pilipinas – its staff, partners, consultants – are as safe as possible.

Organizational Values:

• Equality -  We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.

• Empowerment - We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.

• Solidarity -  We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.

• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions

• Courage - We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Portfolio Officer will closely collaborate with various teams in carrying out the following responsibilities:

 1. Project Delivery 

• Directly responsible for the supervision, monitoring, quality delivery and accompaniment of the partners in the WELD Peace Project throughout the project cycle. This involves monitoring and accompaniment of partners work – review of partner reports, partnership conversations, meetings and field visits.
• Reports to the Gender Justice Project Manager the progress of the project in a timely manner, including any delays or deviations from the agreed work plan in the donor contract, and collaborating early to identify potential delays, challenges or capacity gaps and coordinating with colleagues to address and rectify these.
• Works closely with partners to comply with all organizational and donor requirements, participates in the consolidation of narrative and financial reports, ensures timely submission of high-quality reporting that complies with donor requirements, and collaborates with relevant colleagues for program quality.
• Reviews budget vs actual spending of partners monthly, follows-up submission of financial reports and informs the Gender Justice Project Manager of any issues and concerns including variances, and suggestions for remedial action as necessary and in a timely manner. Collaborates with finance officers to monitor and ensure that project expenditure is in line with project budget/forecast, and that transactions and documentation comply with Oxfam policy, procedures and minimum standards.
• Ensures that finance, administration and logistics procedures are in accordance with Oxfam and the donor’s policies. Where partners need support to develop the capacities in the foregoing, develops and manages the implementation of a plan, in collaboration with finance and logistics teams.
• Works with MELSA colleagues to establish and maintain a database and repository system of project documentation and communication ensuring safe data management and sharing of information.
• Participates and co-organizes with the Gender Justice Project Manager the Project Management Team (PMT) and the BARMM Partnership Coordination Group (PCG) meetings and sees through and follows-up on the implementation of agreed action points.
• Coordinates with the Policy, Advocacy and Communications (PAC) team and partners’ advocacy officers towards implementation of the communication plan, strategies and activities in line with Oxfam Pilipinas’ procedures and donor branding requirements.
• Coordinates and supports the OPH MELSA leads, GEDSI and Safeguarding Focal Points and concerned partners in ensuring effective operationalization of the project’s complaints and feedback system (CFS) and the Community Feedback Mechanism, in line with Oxfam Pilipinas’ framework, standards and with the project design and contractual requirements.
• Works with the Gender Justice Portfolio Team in implementing the Portfolio’s workplan.
• Supports the Gender Justice Project Manager in coordinating and participating in relevant meetings with the BARMM Ministries, Offices and Agencies, as assigned.

2. Partnership Management

• Works collaboratively to solve any partnership-related concerns or challenges within the WELD Peace project partnership, seeks to resolve these in a mutually beneficial, amicable, and empowering way, consults and escalates concerns or challenges to his/her line manager as appropriate.
• Sets up effective partner meetings to review progress and plan accordingly and lead necessary partnership conversations.
• Ensures partner learnings are documented and shared between partners and with other Oxfam teams.
• Supports and sustains strong organizational relationships with partner organizations within the Gender Justice Portfolio, coordinating and monitoring all activities and communications to ensure that they reflect the spirit and intent of OPH’s Strategic Partnership Model.
• Assists and supports the preparation of any approved amendment to the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) during project implementation.
• Facilitates and supports partner organizations in incubating and developing innovative concepts and projects, providing access to available technical expertise and resources, both internally and externally as required.
• Provides and ensures open access to both him/herself and the wider OPH team, promoting continuous dialogue with and feedback from partner organizations within his/her portfolio.

Contract Length: One-year contract ( 01 July 2026 - 30 June 2027)

Your commitment to Oxfam

• 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
• Contributes positively to other cross-functional teams as appointed
• Performs priority organizational tasks related to her competencies, as may be assigned from time to time.
• Actively participates and supports the implementation and tracking of the Gender Justice Portfolio workplan.
• In times of emergency and disasters, supports humanitarian surge capacity.

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 promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. 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.

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

How to apply

Applications must include a curriculum vitae and a letter of intent in a single file. 

Applicants may also submit their applications to ophrecruitment@oxfam.org.ph. Please use the email subject format: Position Applied For - Surname, First Name.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.