Research Project Coordinator
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- Job Description:
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 the 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.
OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA
Job details
DIVISION: Operations
TEAM: GENDER JUSTICE PROGRAM
LOCATION: Addis Ababa with 50% travel
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term contract for One Year with the possibility of extension
GRADE: C2 National
JOB FAMILY: Programme
SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package
HOURS: 37.5 per week
FLEXIBILE WORKING
We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage
TEAM PURPOSE:
The Gender Justice program in Oxfam is a full-fledged program and employs two strategies: gender mainstreaming across Oxfam’s five other programs and implementing standalone gender projects including research.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Research project coordinator will engage in managing the Research project and is responsible to ensure the quality of the research and good integration with the partner and other stakeholders.
POST HOLDER REPORTS TO
Country Gender Programme Manager
JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST
None
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY
No
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical responsibilities
- Lead the overall Research project implementation and manages through project management cycles (qualitative research)
- Ensure the quality of the qualitative research planning, implementation, data collection and analysis as per the research protocol together with the consultant
- Actively participate in hiring a research consultant and engage with them on the designing of a strong research protocol
- Coordinate with the partner organization research team as one research project
- Manages the technical and financial procedures of the Research project
- Engages closely with the gender program team, provides project updates and will be accountable to the project under his/her mandate
- Collaborate with country finance and logistics support functions in facilitating effective and efficient research project operation
- Work closely with the MEAL department and the program Quality team in organizing joint follow-up and monitoring meetings, review sessions, knowledge management, and learning
- Work in collaboration with the Knowledge management and learning Coordinator to maintain research evaluation and learning repositories and ongoing gathering of qualitative information, success stories, case studies, lessons learnt and other relevant information, ensuring that they are appropriately recorded and shared with others as deemed important
- Ensure the project is effectively and efficiently implemented as per the Donor compliance and develop high-level reports based on templates
- Perform other work-related activities as requested by the Gender Programme Manager and provide support to Oxfam’s objectives as requested
- Collaborate with the gender program team to build the capacity of Oxfam staff, partners, and stakeholders as per her/his areas of expertise and as planned by the gender justice program
- Understand and commit to adhering to Oxfam’s equity, diversity, gender parity, child safety, staff health, well-being, policies and principles
- Engage with the country safeguarding team on ensuring gender-sensitive and safe program approaches within the project s/he is managing and within the organization
Networking and Coordination
- Liaise with a research team hired by the partner organization and coordinate the project with them
- Jointly engage with other program teams and program quality department to ensure quality interventions and monitoring works and support knowledge sharing on research-related gender works
- Attend conferences and seminars as directed by the Gender Program Manager
- Job Requirements:
Person specification
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE AND EQUALITY
Our 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 across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
- Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
- Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
- Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.
Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.
2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
3. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.
Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and applying the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:
For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here.
1 Self-Awareness
2 Mutual accountability
3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment
SKILS, Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential
- Bachelor (BA) or MA Degree from a recognized university/college in the field of Demography, Statistics, Economics, Gender Studies, sociology, social work, and other related fields
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience on research projects
- Experience in conducting qualitative research tools and techniques
- Experience in managing research projects with minimum supervision or good knowledge of how to do research
- Excellent Organizational Skills, good partnership, networking, and alliance-building skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong interpersonal, compassion, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a multicultural team
- Experience working with local and international CSO partners and government stakeholders
- Able to provide advice, training, and other support to various teams
- Willingness to travel to fields on a regular basis
- Competent in the use of computers and Microsoft applications, the latest qualitative research applications, etc.
Desirable
- Assertive with good judgment over issues
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Flexibility in terms of travel and working hours
- Proven ability to work independently whilst knowing when to refer for advice
- A minimum of 2 years of work engagement in an NGO experience in Ethiopia is considered an advantage
- Knowledge and experience in humanitarian programs and interventions on gender in emergencies
- Adaptability and being a flexible person
- Team player with the ability to work across teams
- Ready and enthusiastic to learn from others
- Posted:
- 02.01.2023
- Deadline:
- 02.12.2023
- Job Category:
- Development and Project Management
- Employment:
- Full time
- Location:
- Addis Ababa
www.oxfam.org/Ethiopia