Job ID
37540
Job Title
PHE Team Leader
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Lattakia
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
• To lead and provide professional, strategic, and technical support to the PHE team in respective governorates to be able to scale up, assess, design, implement public health humanitarian program activities.
• Foster and cultivate balanced Public Health Engineering (PHE) and coordination with Public Health Promotion (PHP) teams for effective and sustainable implementation of WASH projects in strong coordination and collaboration with PHE Lead.
• Lead to identify capacity building needs of the Oxfam WASH PHE team staff, partners where applicable, and other stakeholders and build their capacities to develop stronger WaSH team in respective hubs, this includes, CE among other approaches, etc. Play a coaching role to Oxfam WASH PHE team on Public Health issues and provide/ arrange high-quality training to hub.
• Lead and support to develop quality and professional implementation guidelines, ways of working in line with the context of earthquake crisis.
• Design, drawing, BoQs, etc for smooth implementation of PHE activities at field level.
• Support, develops and contributes to PHE proposals, innovations, and donor reports that are of high quality and in accordance with Oxfam and donor requirements.
• Ensure proper learning and feedback mechanisms. Incorporate best practices in projects and guide PHE team on sharing strategies, procedures, successes, and lessons learned.
• Working closely with country WASH team and other teams e.g. EFSVL, Gender, Protection, MEAL etc to ensure that WASH approaches are appropriately integrated and of desired quality.
• PHE TL will lead a team PHE Officers and manage their day-to-day quality activity planning and implementation in large scale. Lead his/her team through performance objective setting and carry out performance reviews when needed.
• Focal point to participate and represent Oxfam in sub-WASH cluster coordination including liaison among relevant sector actors including government line departments working in the respective hub in order to build effective relationships.
• Ensure that interventions strive to conform to Govt relevant policies, their OCS, WASH & EFSVL country strategies, SPHERE standards, and adhere to OI guidelines and protocols as noted above.
• Foster and cultivate balanced Public Health Engineering (PHE) and coordination with Public Health Promotion (PHP) teams for effective and sustainable implementation of WASH projects in strong coordination and collaboration with PHE Lead.
• Lead to identify capacity building needs of the Oxfam WASH PHE team staff, partners where applicable, and other stakeholders and build their capacities to develop stronger WaSH team in respective hubs, this includes, CE among other approaches, etc. Play a coaching role to Oxfam WASH PHE team on Public Health issues and provide/ arrange high-quality training to hub.
• Lead and support to develop quality and professional implementation guidelines, ways of working in line with the context of earthquake crisis.
• Design, drawing, BoQs, etc for smooth implementation of PHE activities at field level.
• Support, develops and contributes to PHE proposals, innovations, and donor reports that are of high quality and in accordance with Oxfam and donor requirements.
• Ensure proper learning and feedback mechanisms. Incorporate best practices in projects and guide PHE team on sharing strategies, procedures, successes, and lessons learned.
• Working closely with country WASH team and other teams e.g. EFSVL, Gender, Protection, MEAL etc to ensure that WASH approaches are appropriately integrated and of desired quality.
• PHE TL will lead a team PHE Officers and manage their day-to-day quality activity planning and implementation in large scale. Lead his/her team through performance objective setting and carry out performance reviews when needed.
• Focal point to participate and represent Oxfam in sub-WASH cluster coordination including liaison among relevant sector actors including government line departments working in the respective hub in order to build effective relationships.
• Ensure that interventions strive to conform to Govt relevant policies, their OCS, WASH & EFSVL country strategies, SPHERE standards, and adhere to OI guidelines and protocols as noted above.
Qualifications
University Degree in relevant field/significant relevant years of experience at this level with
Experience working with UN Agencies or NGO’s.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience of leadership, Team management and capacity building of teams.
• Competency in use of relevant technology systems (MS Office suite, financial accounting, and
accuracy skills)
• Fluency in Arabic and English (written and verbal)
• Management of budgets
• Strong influencing and networking
• Demonstrated skills in coordination with internal/external stakeholders
• Proactive in anticipating problems
• A mature understanding of relevant issues derived from at least five years of WASH field
experience, preferably both in relief and development with an organization similar to Oxfam.
• Good demonstrable understanding of WASH particularly soft (PHP) approaches especially
Community Engagement
• Purpose-driven, results-focused approach who takes responsibility for her/his actions and holds
us accountable. Able to spend 25% time in the field
Experience working with UN Agencies or NGO’s.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience of leadership, Team management and capacity building of teams.
• Competency in use of relevant technology systems (MS Office suite, financial accounting, and
accuracy skills)
• Fluency in Arabic and English (written and verbal)
• Management of budgets
• Strong influencing and networking
• Demonstrated skills in coordination with internal/external stakeholders
• Proactive in anticipating problems
• A mature understanding of relevant issues derived from at least five years of WASH field
experience, preferably both in relief and development with an organization similar to Oxfam.
• Good demonstrable understanding of WASH particularly soft (PHP) approaches especially
Community Engagement
• Purpose-driven, results-focused approach who takes responsibility for her/his actions and holds
us accountable. Able to spend 25% time in the field
Specific Vacancy Requirements
the Team Leader will be located in Hama and/or lattakia.
Salary and Benefits
As per Oxfam salary scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 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.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Nov 19, 2023
Expiry Date
Dec 04, 2023
CV Language
English