Climate Justice Program Officer (INT10281)

for Oxfam Pilipinas

Philippine Nationals Only

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

About Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty. 

Job Purpose

To support the delivery of the Climate Justice (CJ) Program of Oxfam Pilipinas based on agreed deliverables with donors and partners from civil society, private sectors, local government units and related agencies; provide support to the Climate Justice Manager in managing all relations, deliverables, activities and communications across the entire project life cycle of assigned projects under the CJ Program.

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

Essential

• Degree in a relevant subject such as international development, gender studies, wnvironment science, development communication, humanitarian action, or related discipline, with a strong emphasis on managing public policy and advocacy projects or campaigns.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in policy advocacy and campaigning, with proven capacity in building external relationships while ensuring women’s rights are at the heart of campaign work
• Well-developed understanding of development and humanitarian issues, specifically climate change and energy transition
• Demonstrated competencies in project management cycle, especially in areas of planning, implementation, monitoring, learning, financial management of budgets, and donor report writing.
• Experience in basic grants management and donor compliance
• Experience of and ability to build, sustain, and manage strong partnerships and work collaboratively with a wide variety of organizations in different geographic areas including government agencies, CSOs, NGOs, and private sector institutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a highly developed ability to work in multicultural settings and with community groups of varying backgrounds; developed capacity for tact, diplomacy and negotiation
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively in partnership with experience of working with a wide variety of partners.
• Organized, with good attention to detail and developed ability to prioritize tasks to meet tight deadlines and organize work in a complex institutional setting.
• Well-developed analytical and strategic planning skills with the ability to influence the wider country programme strategy and to act within a regional framework.
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in written and spoken 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
• Proficiency in facilitating and documenting meetings
• Proficiency in tools for project management.
• Experience in basic capacity development initiatives across partner organizations.
• Previous experience working with civil society actors and non-profit organizations. 

Key Attributes

• • Ability to demonstrate collective leadership, program management, 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 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.

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:

Program and Project Management

• Support the Climate Justice Manager on day-to-day coordination of the assigned projects and program level tasks (e.g., climate change mainstreaming initiatives, end-of-project evaluation, audit, report preparation, among others).
• Support the CJ Manager in implementing the CJ Strategy and CJ Theory of Change initiatives.
• With support from the Climate Justice Manager and the CJ-JET team, builds relationships with key climate justice and energy transition stakeholders at the national and subnational level.
• Lead in producing narrative reports, and collaborate with relevant partners, colleagues, technical advisors, program quality, and business development functions to ensure timely submission of high-quality reporting that complies with organizational and donor requirements.
• Observe and adhere to compliance of all organizational and donor requirements, including supporting Program Manager in producing narrative reports for assigned project, collaborate with relevant partners, colleagues, technical advisors, program quality, and business development functions to ensure timely submission of high-quality reporting that complies with donor requirements.
• Support Project / Portfolio Manager in facilitating process for grants to partners, ensuring compliance with Oxfam’s mandatory procedures on appraisals, partner selection, monitoring, reporting and project closures.
• Support CJ Manager in disseminating information on project progress and learnings and addressing challenges affecting relevant/assigned projects.
• Work and collaborates effectively with other key policy, advocacy, campaigns, and research staff in the Asia region and globally.

Partnership Management

• With the Project / Portfolio Manager, ensure that project partners are equal stakeholders in project management, reporting, and MELSA, and that the way that we engage with partners in these areas are empowering, principled and fully aligned with the Strategic Partnership Model.
• Coordinate with assigned partner organizations to ensure that all reports are submitted in a timely manner and in accordance with donor and Oxfam requirements, collaborating early to identify potential delays, challenges or capacity gaps and coordinating with colleagues to address and rectify.
• Support the timely conclusion of contractual arrangements with partner organizations under remit, ensuring that the process unfolds in line with the spirit and intent of the Strategic Partnership Model.

Other

• 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
• Contribute positively to other cross-functional teams as appointed

Contract Length: Fixed Term (April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025 with possibility of extension)

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

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.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.