Social Justice Programme Manager
• Dakar, Sénégal
• Temps complet
• Département: Senegal
• Exempt Status: exempt

Description de l'entreprise
Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. We help people build better futures for themselves, hold the powerful accountable, and save lives in disasters.


Description du poste
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE:
The ONE Programme approach will be ensured by this department building coherence of the influencing work across the country and the subregion. Leading on support to the delivery and learning on the core, shared and emerging thematic priorities under the strategic thematic goals of the Oxfam in Senegal horizon plan. The Programmes and Influencing department will look at the transformative partnerships, as well as programme quality, learning and accountability.

TEAM PURPOSE:
The programmes and influence team will ensure the programmes make the proper shift, with the quality needed and taking into account all the technologies advantages to ensure the achievement of the Oxfam Country Strategy (OCS) that will build the Influencing Hub in the region.

JOB PURPOSE:
The Social Justice Programme Manager role will have as a main purpose to lead the planning, coordination, follow up and implementation of the country strategy focus on the Social Justice sector and aligning in concrete action with the Economic Justice, gender and influencing strategies; respecting the Oxfam quality standards and building strategic relationships with partners and other stakeholders, facilitating the management of knowledge and assuring the financial sustainability and quality of the projects and programme. The use of technologies will be an opportunity that will make the programme grow and improve its impact.

JOB REPORTS TO
Line management: Head of Programmes and Influencing
Matrix management. NA

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB
Social Justice Officer

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
Whole country

IMPACT
The impact of this post is significant, mainly within Senegal country i.e. less than 5% of the overall Oxfam. The post is mainly providing complex specialist knowledge.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Programme Strategy, planning and monitoring
- Develop a strategic planning that has real impact on the lives of vulnerable communities based on a good political context analysis.
- Lead and coordinate the design of the framework for the Social Justice pillar assuring the relevance of the interventions at the strategic and operational level aligning them to the country and regional strategic priorities.
- Work closely with the Economic Justice Programme Managers and Advocacy and Campaigns Manager to ensure the delivery of the programmes with the standards required according to the OCS.
- Advocate towards the local and national governments in terms of putting proper systems in place to support and align with the programme.
- Promote innovations and influence (evidence-based influencing) on-going government programmes.
- Assure the quality and relevance of the interventions to the global country strategy.
- Support Oxfam partners and allies on the influence with national and regional government responsible to give adequate responses to the situation in country.
- Analyse and foresee the initiation or evolving of disasters and or/conflicts analysing and communicating effectively the information and the elements of early warning in order to give accurate inputs to the programme plan to prepare the answers to the needs of the affected population.
- Be the focal point and internal responsible for the analysis and for the proposals related to the Social Justice programme.
- In terms of critical thinking and analysis, engage with data, challenge biases and assumptions, posing thoughtful questions, pursuing deeper understanding of evidence through reflection and perspective-taking, and making informed programmatic decisions.
- Assure that women rights are in the core of the programme strategy and to assure the implementation of the gender approach in the programme.
- Working together with the Advocacy and Campaign Manager, design, coordinate and implement the influencing strategy toward the national and international spaces.
- Lead and coordinate with the influencing team, the influence plan for the programme as well as the knowledge management, systematisation of learning’s and the share of the information to the relevant actors, partners, Oxfam team and to campaign or advocacy actions when possible.
- Supervise the quality of the partner’s proposals and to follow up the management of the programme and Project cycle established by Oxfam under the standards and performance indicators assuring the development and achievement of the programme.
- Represent Oxfam in different spaces and to develop good relations with the government and the private sector at different levels, with donors and other actors.
- Assure relevant and up to date information about essential services, resilience, adaptation, food security, and humanitarian response to the other Oxfam teams.
- Manage and to supervise the strategic investment of the area and the assigned budget.
- Assure the correct implementation of the partnership policy.

Funding
- Design quality proposals in coordination with the Grants team.
- Coordinate and to follow up the funding plan for the programme according to the country funding plan.
- Develop relationship with donors.

Active participation in regional and global forum
- Contribute and to influence in the regional and global spaces of intervention.
- Participate in meetings and to maintain regular communication with responsible of the OI Regional Platform in order to articulate efforts in common issues and to contribute to the OI global agenda.
- Participate in the relevant activities of the relevant knowledge hubs to disseminate in the country the framework and policies of OI.

People development and management
- Ensures that team members have access to staff development opportunities, identifies and addresses capacity gaps and provides ongoing counselling and support team members.
- Manage and support the direct team to deliver on the OCS, providing leadership, inspiration and guidance and ensuring that the management of the team is in line with Oxfam’s HR policies and procedures.
- With support from Human Resources unit, manages the life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including performance management processes, people’s development and working with HR on issues such as disciplinary matters among others.

CORE DIMENSIONS (see Standard Role Profiles)
Scale of responsibilities & programme:
· Overall management of programme and staff (1).
· Partnership management (partners and donors).
· Programme budget – restricted and unrestricted.

Scope & complexity of programme
· Programme development including advocacy and campaigning elements.
· Range of programme components – development of long-term strategy, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, policy advocacy.
· More than 1 donor; and various partners.

Degree of risk/impact:
· Strategically important to Oxfam - level of caution required in dealing with government officials and Donors.
· Impact on other programmes and on Oxfam Profile.
· Impact of programme direction in Senegal and on the region and on Oxfam.
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Qualifications

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL
· Influencing. Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. Spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.

· Self-awareness : Able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.

· Relationship Building. Understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. Ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation.

· Enabling. Work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. Passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. Provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support.

· Strategic Thinking and Judgement: Ability to think strategically, work creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner.

In addition:
· Master from a recognized university / college in Social Sciences, Political Sciences, and Development or other areas that bring an added value to the related job.
· Relevant experience on projects and programmes management with an approach of resilience in livelihood, particularly focusing on climate change, in an international NGO and with supervisory/managerial experience.
· A proven record of designing, managing and reporting on complex programmes across dispersed locations and various implementing partners.
· Comprehensive knowledge and experience of development programmes, humanitarian response and advocacy and campaigning.
· Proven experience of working with women organisations and youth movements.
· Commitment to and knowledge of creating and influencing a partner-led operational environment, with an ability to create an internal Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam’s objectives.
· A proven ability to manage complex partner relationships respecting partners’ autonomy while ensuring project delivery.
· Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
· Proven analytical and conceptual thinking, high level research, project management knowledge and skills and experience using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, programme identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
· Knowledge of, and experience in working with donors. Financial and donor contract management skills.
· Demonstrated collaborative approach including working with Government officials with good negotiation skills, diplomacy and tact
· Strong knowledge of the political, social and economical context of the country and the key actors at national/regional level.
· Strong organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through
· Influencing experience and ability to develop organisational networks and associations
· Ability to represent the programme externally professionally

Desirable
· Knowledge of other Senegalese languages would be an asset

SAFER RECRUITMENT
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Informations complémentaires
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