Oxfam Hiring for Project Officer (INT9208) at Al Zaatari, Jordan Full Time

 

 

Annual Salary and Benefits        –	According to grade
Internal Job Grade                      –	D2
Contract type                              –	Fixed Term
Reporting to                               –	The Solid Waste Management Project Manager
Staff reporting directly to this    post                                              –	None
Key relationships/interactions   –     Location	The officer reports directly to the Solid Waste Project Manager. S/He is expected to have a close working relationship within the SWM team, and with other teams like the PHE team, IBV, CE team and Logistics within the camp setting. Za’atari Camp, Mafraq Governorate

 

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.

Department Purpose

Oxfam’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) project in Za’atari Camp includes both litter picking and Garbage collection and disposal activities, serving the whole camp population.

Team Purpose

Oxfam’s Solid waste management project covers all 12 districts of Za’atari camp mixed waste collection. This includes several components such as: street litter picking, waste collection and disposal, dry waste processing at two recycling facilities which are sold to the private sector suppliers, in addition to organic waste separation and processing at the MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) component to produce compost and biogas. The project is deliberately targeted at being labour intensive to create IBV opportunities that serve the purpose of livelihood opportunities provision along with solid waste management services to maintain a clean and hygienic Camp.

Job Purpose

The officer will be responsible for the implementation of all litter-picking and garbage collection and disposal activities related to solid waste management and ensure that refugee households benefit from Oxfam projects and to comply with agreed cash-for-work SOPs in Zaatari camp.

Job Responsibilities

Field and desk based IBV supervision and monitoring

• supervise the implementation of the field-based management litter picking and garabge collection and disposal activities in the districts, to ensure Oxfam’s wider Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes within Za’atari camp is implemented properly.
• Supervise the Street litter picking and garbage collection and disposal workers IBVs (team leaders and workers) to make sure the camp environment is clean as to Oxfam standards.
• Liaise with other Zaatari program departments; Recycling, Community engagement, Cash for Work, and the Public Health Engineering teams to address specific problems to ensure the bigger WASH objective is achieved.
• Raise issues regarding the solid waste management in the camp when needed such as; garbage collection and disposal, the functionality of the bins, the rotation system among street litter pickers, vulnerable groups inclusion, etc…
• Represent Oxfam at relevant community gathering meetings with other Za’atari actors as necessary.
• Proactively engaging with refugees in the designated districts and practicing active listening and addressing the refugee’s issues and suggestions with the SWM manager.
• Manage the national volunteers management at desk and field level, and ensure proper capacity building for the volunteers is achieved through setting objectives and ensuring proper support and coaching is provided during their engagement period.
• Undertake other responsibilities as required by the SWM Project Manager.

 

Ensuring compliance with IBV Systems

• Adhere to IBV SOPs and support in the implementation of restructuring the solid waste team when needed.
• Ensure the SLP team leaders and truck monitors are providing inductions for new IBV on a rotational basis, including mechanisms for which to make complaints and report protection issues and any other related IBV issues.
• Raise the digital and paper payments of IBV SWM beneficiaries (Under litter picking and Garbage collection and disposal activities), ensure the timesheets are accurate, and support in facilitating the queue during the payment.

 

Data monitoring and reporting

• Review data and reports produced by the MEAL and Community Engagement teams to ensure that Oxfam districts are maintained to a high level of cleanliness, and follow up directly with the MEAL/ Community Engagement teams on the results of the reports and agree on ways forward at the district level
• Submit weekly progress reports, ensuring accurate capture of numbers of refugees reached by the program. Feed into monthly donor monitoring.
• Follow up on the complaints raised by the MEAL team and ensure they are solved on a timely basis based on the MEAL SOPs and provide reasonable solutions to the complaints received from the community while ensuring to provide proper analysis of the data received to understand the patterns.
• Conduct proper stock management by raising request orders, and stock requests and tracking all the stock withdrawn from the warehouse and the procurement process when needed, along with maintaining and archiving all the documentation needed as proof.

 

Planning of SWM IBV Models

• Proactively seek to engage minority groups in the project to ensure diversity and fair distribution of opportunities among all camp residents such as women, PwDs Elderly people and other types of vulnerable groups into SWM teams.
• Support the SWM in piloting new models of SWM litter picking and garbage collection and disposal activities and coordinate with the recycling project if needed.
• Highlight the need to raise IBV requisitions as needed for the SWM team.
• Provide support for the SWM PM in procurement as required (including Stock Requests (SR) and Request Orders (RO)).
• Support in the development of procurement plans to ensure no gaps in the provision of required equipment for field teams.
• Support in planning for new activities in the project and to feed in with information that will shape future funds and projects in the camp, this process might include feeding into budget estimations and proposal writings.

 

Education:

• Graduate from a recognized university (preferably within the field of environmental sciences or solid waste management, Social Science, or business administration).

Experience:

• Must have at least two years’ experience in field based and/ or project experience, preferably in relevant field of solid waste management, engineering or social work.
• One year of experience in working with and / or managing volunteers (from any nationality) is preferable.
• Preferably experience in working with refugees in a camp setting.

 

Key Attributes:

Essentials:

• Ability to spend extended periods of time to work with community members.
• Ability to spend 80% of the time in the field.
• Experience in mitigating conflicts and disputes between members of a community and community leaders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Excellent logic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collect, enter and analyse data.
• Good written and spoken Arabic is essential and good English knowledge.
• Potential and flexibility of attitude to learn.
• Able to work under pressure, ability to priorities and commitment to meet deadlines
• The post holder should be at ease in working with local communities and Syrian refugees.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action and to Oxfam’s equal opportunity and gender policies.
• Good Microsoft office skills (Excel, word and power point) for data analysis and processing.

 

Desirables:

• Experience of Cash for Work/ Incentive based volunteers programming or staff management.
• Experience of working in a multicultural team.

• Ability and experience to train people.

• Experience or willingness to work with refugees in a camp setting.
• Experience in community engagement activities and or WaSH activities.

 

Organisational Values:

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen.
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

Due to the urgency in recruiting for this position, interviews will be on a rolling basis and once a successful candidate is identified, the advert will close.