Mozambique: Head of Programme - Mozambique (Nationals only)

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

Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can defeat poverty or any type of inequality or discrimination.

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 clickhere.

For our country office we are looking for a

HEAD OF PROGRAMME(Mozambican nationals only)

Location: Maputo, with travel

Contract type: open-ended

Job responsibilities include:

Strategic Management and Transformational Leadership

• Manages the design, development, planning, budgeting, and implementation and monitoring of the Oxfam Country Strategy
• Changes the style of thinking and programming of the Program Team towards Oxfam2020 vision
• Transforms and motivate the Program Team through idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration;
• Focus on Team Building, motivation and collaboration within the Program Team to accomplish the Oxfam2020 vision;

Lead program development and delivery

• Leads the development of quality programming conform Oxfam 2020 vision and Oxfam country strategy;

• Leads the program delivery with demonstrable impact and ensures it is within budgets and donor guidelines;

• Ensure adequate resourcing (finance and HR) to deliver the country programme ambition and ensures efficient management of these resources;

People Development and Management

• Manages Performance and direct the program team to deliver on the OCS. Provides leadership, Inspiration and guidance and ensure that the management of the team is in line with Oxfam’s HR policies and procedures;

• Sets goals and incentives to push the Program Team to higher performance levels, while providing opportunities for personal and professional growth;

We are looking for candidates who meet the following requirements:

• Academic degree in a relevant area
• Good knowledge and understanding the political, economic and socio-cultural context in Mozambique
• Proposal writing skills
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of development programs, humanitarian response and advocacy and campaigning.
• Knowledge of capacity building, learning and development activities and how to create a learning and sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis
• At least 10 years experience of working for international NGO’s
• Experience leading and performance managing teams
• Transformational Leaderships skills; inspires, mentors, challenges, empowers, stimulates and nurtures staff to become loyal and high performers.

How to apply

If you are interested in this position, please use the 'apply' button. Your application must be received by October 2nd, 2019 at the latest. Please note that only applications received using the link provided can be taken into consideration. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization. Therefore, people of all gender identities, sexes, sexual orientations, races, colours, religions, cultures, abilities, etc. are eligible for this position.

Oxfam aims to attract great talent that not only fits the job but also Oxfam’s high standard of values and principles, who shares and demonstrates Oxfam’s commitment to prevent and eradicate any type of misconduct including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any other type of misuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

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, or integrity screenings/references relating to misconduct and disciplinary actions in prior employment. Acquisition on the occasion of this vacancy is not appreciated.