Agriculture Assistant (INT11866)

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

That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like saving lives, governance and peace building, education, land rights and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here

The Role:

Oxfam has been working in South Sudan since 1983. Our Programmatic Strategy concentrates on saving lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through a full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy. Oxfam currently operates via seven area field offices in South Sudan. (It also works in partnership with several national organisations and community groups.

Oxfam {affiliate/} is looking for Qualified South Sudanese for the position of Agriculture Assistant

What we are looking for:

Key Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To carry out effective mobilization & sensitization of community & other key stakeholders on project implementation strategies
• Be responsible for ensuring successful implementation to completion of project activities at community level
• Ensure that relief food distribution activities adhere to the principles and rules of community based targeting and distribution system.
• Provide effective training, support & supervision to relief committee on roles and responsibilities to ensure that programme deliveries adhere to humanitarian sphere standard and agreed programme quality.
• To transparently facilitate the identification, registration and review of project beneficiaries according to the agreed beneficiaries eligibility criteria
• Ensure that project accountability systems at community level are implemented and properly documented (Inspection, information sharing on distributions, waybills management, ledger, beneficiaries’ register and accounting for assistant and maintaining files at community level.
• Ensure the involvement of the poorest, vulnerable & marginalized members of the community, especially women, men, children, chronically ill and persons with disability in programme identification, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Participate in gathering and compiling of project information (reports, assessments, baseline, monitoring and evaluation)
• Prepares reports to the field Supervisor as required
• Gather security information and incident reporting for security management
• Gathering of food security information to enable food security monitoring
• Keeps the beneficiaries, local government representatives, local authorities and other stakeholders in the area fully informed about the Oxfam’s programme.
• To be familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, SPHERE principles and Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes

KILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Essential

• Relevant degree or diploma and or professional qualifications in Agriculture.
• Good understanding and knowledge of community based targeting and distribution systems.
• Ability to work as a team, interpersonal skill and able to provide field based training to community
• Good understanding of community facilitation, animation and good community mobilization skills
• Knowledge of gender and diversity mainstreaming in programme work
• Knowledge/good understanding of programme cycle management (Design, implementation monitoring and evaluation)
• Skills and ability to administer tools for to gather information on needs assessments, monitoring and evaluation as well as gathering information on local context especially humanitarian situation, social, political, economic etc)
• Demonstrates appropriate written and verbal communication skills.

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.