Oxfam in Timor-Leste has a vacancy, open for creative, passionate, and enthusiastic people to join our team!

Application is now open for the role of Community Resilience Program Manager.

We offer:

• competitive salary and medical allowance, monthly phone, and data allowance
• generous annual leave, sick leave, compassionate & and cultural leave entitlements
• Medical allowance for residence staff and medical insurance as per Oxfam Australia policy for non-residence staff.
• flexible work hours, substantial paternity, maternity, and carers leave, and family-friendly work arrangements.

Join the Oxfam team, expand your career opportunities, and together make a difference for a Timor-Leste that brings rights, equality, and prosperity to all people.

Purpose

The Community Resilience Program Manager is responsible for managing all components of the Strengthening Inclusion Community Resilience project with guidance from the Resilience Senior Program Manager and providing organizational development support to the Strengthening Inclusion Community Resilience project partners. The role requires strategic planning, overall budget monitoring, program implementation, and MEL, all in line with Oxfam’s partnership approach. The Manager will work with the Strengthening Inclusion Community Resilience project key partners to ensure accountability to Oxfam and more broadly to all stakeholders. The Manager will be a key point of contact for partners in the program and will support partners with technical support and capacity building. She/he will also work closely with Oxfam staff and partners at national, municipal, and international levels and liaise with the ONZ as the partner affiliate. The Resilience Program Manager will also ensure partnership principles are well followed by partners and issues are raised and responded to together.

Type of employment

• Position: This position is based in Dili, The Type of the contract is a Fixed term, 24-month contract.
• This position is subject to confirmation of donor funding and will commence on 1 April 2024.
• Salary: The maximum salary package of this position is up to US$ 1,372.70 gross per month (including the 10% wage tax deduction, pro-rate of the 13th-month bonus & 10% Social Security contribution from Oxfam, and medical allowance pro-rate). Oxfam reserves the right to offer the salary as per the experience and skills of the applicant.

Skills and Experience required.

Experience

• Experience managing climate change programs and project management.
• Proven track record in organizational development, capacity building, and mentoring in contexts like Timor-Leste.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating teams and stakeholders (internal and external) in the delivery of a program and or enterprise strategy.
• Proven track record in organizational and capacity development.
• Experience and skills in stakeholder liaison, including with government and working in partnership required.
• Experience in community development, advocacy, gender mainstreaming, and disability inclusion an advantage.
• Excellent time management, coordination skills, and an ability to work across thematic areas.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver quality outputs with competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated financial management and reporting skills, including experience managing multi-donor-funded programs.

Skills

• Good coordination skills and ability to work across cross-cultural teams on shared priorities.
• Strong communication skills including facilitation.
• High level written, reading, and spoken English.
• Good written, reading, and spoken Tetum.

To Apply

• Applicants shall submit application letters outlining experience related to the role (no longer than 2 pages) and a CV (no longer than 4 pages).
• Applications much be submitted to [email protected]
• No certificates, copies of qualifications, or testimonials are required at this stage of application, and these will not be included in the consideration of candidate suitability.

Applicants can request a detailed position description from Benigna Martins in the People, Learning, and Development Coordinator, by emailing [email protected].

Application Deadlines

Applications must be submitted by 8 March 2024, 5 p.m. Dili Time.

It is required that applicants must submit valid Bom comportment from the Ministry of Justice if applicants are successful in the recruitment process.

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and is committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. 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 a child-safe organization and successful applicants will be required to sign the Oxfam International Employee Code of Conduct and submit a Criminal register certificate from their home country or Bom Comportamentu from the Ministry of Justice for Timorese before signing the employment contract with Oxfam.

Oxfam is an equal opportunity employer. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Only Short-Listed Applicants will be contacted.