Oxfam recrute un Coordinateur de la promotion de la santé publique en Ukraine.

Oxfam recrute un Coordinateur de la promotion de la santé publique en Ukraine.

TEAM PURPOSE:

To effectively drive a partner-led Public Health Promotion (PHP) interventions to reduce WASH-related diseases and improve quality of life in North and Eastern Ukraine. Oxfam`s PHP work aims to support communities during humanitarian emergencies by promoting health, preventing disease outbreaks, and mitigating their impact through a Community Engagement (CE) approach.

JOB PURPOSE:

To effectively lead, manage and drive the Oxfam partner-led response in Northern and Eastern Ukraine with other stakeholders across Oxfam. This will be done by supporting Oxfam Ukraine program Partners in the implementation of the emergency & resilience WASH activities to alleviate the suffering of communities affected by the ongoing conflict. This includes supporting partners in identifying public health risks and supporting on the necessary programme design and capacity building to enable communities to mitigate risks through a community engagement approach.

The PHP Coordinator will also be an active member of relevant coordination mechanisms.

Key counterparts:

• Partners implementing PHP programs;
• Public Health Engineer Coordinator;
• Advocacy & Policy Advisor;
• Gender Coordinator;
• Protection Coordinator;
• Cash & Livelihood, WASH Coordinators;
• MEAL and Partnership Coordinators.

Please see the attached job description for the full responsibilities that the PHP Coordinator will undertake and the required skills and competencies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Management people, budgets, assets, projects and decision making

• Lead on the continuous adaptation of the PHP component of the response strategy and design appropriate interventions and approaches in conjunction with partner organizations;
• Provide technical input to strategy and proposal development and review processes and support Affiliate Programme Funding Departments with proposal development;
• Lead and coordinate PHP-POs ssupport to partners in establishing and/or strengthening/expanding their PHP projects/programmes, including developing programme plans and budgets, managing funding and donor requirements;
• Lead and coordinate partners PHP activities follow up, adapting programmes and overseeing progress in meeting PHP components targets and indicators;
• Provide practical advice and support to key programme staff to develop and translate relevant documents and resources for local partners’ staff;
• Participate and/or oversee PHP-POs in field assessments in order to include PHP issues, and./or carrying out specific WASH assessments;
• Responsible for the internal coordination of all technical sectors: public health engineer, protection, MEAL, gender and advocacy and actively participate in programme meetings;
• Work with support service such as logistics and finance to ensure the timely procurement and delivery of supplies.

Capacity Building

• Builds the capacity of Oxfam PHP staff through mentoring, coaching, on – job training;
• Lead and coordinate PHP-POs ssupport to partners to build their humanitarian PHP capacity, including assessing learning needs, innovative capacity development schemes (i.e., peer learning and support networks, communities of practice and cross regional and country learning within Oxfam and beyond;
• Build capacity of teams on communication and facilitation skills and use of real-time data to foster meaningful dialogue and continuous interaction with high-risk group;
• Assess PHP/ community engagement (CE) capacity/competencies and knowledge in PHP of national/local partners are identified to work with us in WaSH.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

Essential

• A suitable qualification in any discipline relating to anthropology, sociology, communication, public health. Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa;
• Minimum of 3 years’ practical experience in humanitarian public health/WaSH programming, with at least 2 years in management/coordination roles;
• Strong interest and proven experience in community level analysis, participation and capacity building;
• Demonstrated experience in carrying out assessments, developing public health strategies and proposals in humanitarian contexts;
• Demonstrable experience of assessing capacity needs and opportunities, designing and delivering training and learning programmes and initiatives with a desire to improve knowledge and performance, and an understanding of relevant learning & development methodologies;
• Knowledge and understanding to global justice, social change, women’s rights and gender equality and commitment to delivering humanitarian work through feminist principles.
• Experience & knowledge of the international humanitarian sector and an understanding of development issues and humanitarian standards and guidelines including Sphere, Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, Core Humanitarian Standards, IASC Gender in Humanitarian Action, GBV Guidelines, Oxfam GIE Minimum Standards;
• Proven ability to develop effective relationships at a distance and deliver high quality remote management, guidance and support;
• Experience in providing advisory support to both senior managers and programme staff, and well-developed ability to facilitate learning, knowledge management and innovative capacity development schemes, particularly in the context of working with implementing partners;
• Enhanced collaboration and networking skills; representational, diplomatic and advocacy skills to enable the post holder to operate effectively within Oxfam and in external networks, including with implementing partners;
• Sensitivity to cultural differences, and the ability to work and communicate in a wide variety of cultural contexts;
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills and the ability to build good relations both internally and externally;
• Excellent command of written and spoken English language.

Minimum requirements all staff are expected to fulfil:

• Demonstrate Oxfam values and behavioural competencies;
• Behavioral skills; to be able to successfully work with and mentor others often under challenging circumstances and to demonstrate competencies around “listening and creating dialogue” and “working with others” as well as networking skills.

Desirable

• Understanding of Oxfam’s approach to PHP and community engagement.
• Working knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian.

Application process

Closing date : 27 July 2023