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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 six area offices in nine former states (Upper Nile, Jonglei, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Western Equatoria and Western Bahr-el-Ghazal, and Northern Bahr el Gazal. It also works in partnership with several national organisations and community groups.
Position: Funding Adviser
Location: Juba-South Sudan
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Number of post: 1
Duration of Contract: (01) Year with possibility of Extension
Key Responsibilities:
In-country fundraising and proposal development · Work closely with the Country Funding Co-ordinator, CD, programme teams and support services teams to create and secure country funding strategy. Support programme staff with specific initiatives and processes to secure programme funding, including the effective utilisation of funding information systems · Support Country Funding Co-ordinator to identify and develop opportunities with existing and new donors and funding mechanisms, and maintain strong relationships with existing donors, building interactive relationships and matching the “Oxfam offer” to their particular interests and expectations. · Coordinate development and submission of donor proposals. This requires working closely with programme staff in order to advise and support them to understand and meet donor funding requirements. Management of restricted funds · Review and submit donor financial and narrative reports, ensuring consistency, accuracy, clarity, and timely submission in compliance with Oxfam policies and procedures as well as donor contractual requirements, and work with programme and finance staff to continuously improve the quality of donor reports. · Working with programme/finance/logistics staff to improve understanding, visibility, and clarity around donor contractual requirements, including facilitating donor budget monitoring and timely intervention. · Support programme staff to efficiently plan and utilise diverse income, including preparation and submission of proposals and reports Information and systems management · Maintain restricted funding information systems and records on donor contracts and income data on shared drive · Develop and maintain comprehensive, up to date and user-friendly filing systems for contracts and other documents, maintaining a complete and clear audit trail of proposals, contracts, donor reports, donor visits and feedback, meetings etc. · Provide training and support to programme and other staff on the use of funding systems and procedures including support on completion of internal procedures and forms. · Provide regular management information on the status of donor contract management and country funding strategy objectives and targets and contribute to monthly and quarterly regional funding reports particularly on compliance and system maintenance issues. Other · Support OI Funding Coordinator with strengthening the capacity of colleagues and partner staff across the country in the planning, securing, and managing of unrestricted and restricted funds.
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Deadline for submission of applications is 28 July 2021. Interested Applicants should send soft copies of their CVs and Cover letters to [email protected].
NB: Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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.
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of screening checks.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
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