- Closing date: Wednesday 25th October 2017
- Interviews: TBC
- Location: Based in Nairobi
- Contract: 2-year Fixed term contract
- Salary: In line with Oxfam Values
Oxfam International is unable to guarantee the obtaining of a work permit for the role. Candidates are required to have the legal right to work in the location of the post.
One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.
Around the world, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them. In all we do, Oxfam works with partner organizations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.
Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. The Oxfam International Secretariat is currently headquartered in Oxford, with advocacy and campaigns offices in Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Geneva, and a liaison office with the Africa Union in Addis Ababa.
Team purpose
Oxfam’s Pan Africa program exists to promote active citizenship, effective national governance and the realization and enjoyment of fundamental freedoms and human rights contained in key African Union policy standards and legal instruments. In collaboration with our country programs, we identify and work with networks of social movements, CSOs and their coalitions and alliances, the African Union and Governments to influence, popularize and implement key international and continental policy standards, pledges and human rights instruments. We also support a strong and autonomous pan Africa campaigning force of coalitions, alliances and social movements around their own objectives.
Job purpose
This position will provide high level grant and budget management for PAP’s grants. S/he acts as the formal coordination point between programs, operations, finance, and OI headquarters. S/he will oversee grant compliance, budget management, budget monitoring, donor reporting and ensuring that deadlines are kept. This position will also be reviewing PAP’s funding profile, pipeline and funding proposals are in line with the programs strategic plan and Oxfam’s policies.
Fluency in English required and competence in French and/or Spanish is desirable.
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