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

The EFSVL department in Sulaymaniyah consists of 5 team members namely EFSVL Team Leader, EFSVL officers, and EFSVL Assistant. The position belongs to the EFSVL team in Sulaymaniyah Iraq that will be supporting greening the economy through innovative urban agriculture practices.  The EFSVL department mostly implements MPCA activities, business grants, Assets replacement, urban agriculture, and Cash for work intervention in Sulaymaniyah.

To provide support to Livelihoods/Cash & Voucher Programs as a part of the Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods (EFSVL) team for our areas of operation in Iraq.  Key areas of intervention will include EFSVL activities such as cash for work, multi-purpose cash assistance, micro-grants for assets recovery, and micro-businesses for IDPs in selected communities

The Role

We are looking for EFSVL Assistant  :

1. In Ensure implementation of emergency food security, livelihood, and cash programming activities within the project time-frame and quality standards, and using different modalities that include in-kind distribution, micro-grants, cash for work, and multi-purpose cash for IDPs, host communities, returnees in the selected sites.
2. Conduct community mobilization and sensitization activities in targeted locations considering the strict adherence to the DO NO HARM principle.
3. Ensure community participation at each stage of project implementation and their input and feedback are incorporated in activities implementation.
4. Participate in field-level assessments including, but not limited to, need assessment, HH vulnerability assessment, and another type of assessment as assigned by the Officer and team leader.
5. Managing team of enumerators to conduct cash transfer programming registration and distribution activity
6. Lead at the field level in the process of vendor/shops identification and market actors to participate in the food security, livelihoods, and Cash and Voucher activities and ensure that they are selected as per the agreed criteria.
7. Ensure compliance with relevant standard procedures for cash and voucher interventions, including compliance with relevant policies and criteria relating to Emergency Food Security, Vulnerable Livelihoods, Cash and Voucher programming, including best practices and donors’ policies.
8. Ensure to follow the community engagement and communication strategy and communicate with the communities and other program’s stakeholders the objectives of the Emergency Food Security, Vulnerable Livelihoods, and Cash/Voucher Transfers.
9. Ensure strict compliance to cash transfers SOPs and policies as per Oxfam’s internal standards, donors, and international humanitarian standards.
10. Support the EFSVL and Cash staff involved in EFSVL activities in records management, reporting, and accounting for cash transfers programming.
11. Ensure distribution of in-kind goods, micro-grants/cash/ vouchers to participants are accurate and according to the criteria.
12. Provide administration and clerical support to EFSVL Program.

What we are looking for

Our next EFSVL ASSITANT will require:

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• First degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (preferably sociology, agriculture, microenterprise development) or substantial community development experience.

• Demonstrated understanding and experience in emergency livelihoods, food security, Cash and Voucher Programming in a humanitarian context is desirable
• Experience of working with an NGO – especially in project implementation and monitoring
• Good understanding of the Iraqi context and culture.
• Strong communication interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills and the ability to influence and inspire confidence in others in the diverse working environment
• Community mobilization experience
• An understanding of gender, protection, and diversity issues in Cash and Voucher Programming would be advantageous
• Ability to work effectively with others
• MS Office operating skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Ability to work well under pressure and in response to changing needs.
• Ability to travel and to work in difficult circumstances.
• Fluent spoken and written in Arabic and Kurdish is essential, English spoken is desirable.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in xxx, to act as a key contributor to your new career developmen t  to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields, etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

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 organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply 

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and respond to three key questions related to your experience in xxx. Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

About us

Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights 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 organizations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development, and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

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