Programme Officer

İşin təsviri

Programme Officer
Being ranked  3rd among the best non-governmental organizations worldwide in 2011, Oxfam aims to contribute to a future free of poverty and allocates over 1 billion US dollars a year for this purpose in over 90 countries worldwide. Oxfam started its activity in Azerbaijan during the years of Nagorno-Karabakh war and has allocated about 25 million US dollar ever since for supporting the internally displaced people, refugees, and people suffering from poverty. Currently, Oxfam in Azerbaijan implements a number of projects such as Stimulating Markets for Small (SMART) Farmers in the Central Regions of Azerbaijan', 'Disaster Risk Reduction', 'Community-based Health Model', and 'Strengthening the Capacity of Municipalities to Provide Public Services'. With over 150.000 beneficiaries annually, we closely cooperate with over 50 local and national non government organizations, public institutions, Members of Parliament, the Cabinet, other state agencies and media.
Oxfam GB is looking to recruit a highly motivated individual for the position of Programme  Officer  based in Baku (50%) and Barda (50%) offices for 6 months period (renewable).
Key activities:
• Under supervision of the CD and by working with the partner organizations,  to ensure responsive exit from the Health programme, including management of phase out  with the project stakeholders and project documentation
• Under supervision of the CD further development of  women economic leadership programme
• Communication largely with internal staff, (including international) also with some external contacts / target audiences to support operational work.
• Acting as Gender focal point for the country team
Key competencies:
• At least 3 years experience of NGO work
• Sufficient level of knowledge and skills in programme planning and development particularly in the use of analyses frameworks (e.g., problem-tree, cause-and-effect, cost-benefit, etc.) and intervention frameworks (e.g., logframe, Results Chain, logical diagram, etc.)
• High levels knowledge of and of personal commitment to gender equality and women's economic rights
• Excellent communication skills, including confidence and ability to facilitate problem solving,
• Proposal writing skills including  analytical use of data, facts, and information
• Excellent report writing skills
• Fluency in speaking and writing in Azerbaijani and English
• Ability to work to achieve results even under pressure
• Commitment to all aspects of equal opportunity and diversity
Applicants are required to complete an attached Oxfam job application form 

4_Oxfam_GB_application_form.doc )