Country Director

About Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

About the role

The Country Director (CD) will provide strong leadership of the OPT country office and ensure the delivery of Oxfams programme and influencing work within OPT, in line with the Oxfam OPT Country Strategy, Regional Strategy and Global Strategic Framework. The CD is expected to follow feminist principles in their leadership. The CD is expected to contribute and implement Oxfam’s Global Strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam’s work in the Country. This includes Oxfam’s humanitarian responses, long term development programme design and implementation, policy, advocacy and influencing. S/he will be directly responsible for the overall strategic planning, program development, and risk management, ensuring high level of program quality and grant management, overseeing program support operations (Finance, HR, Operations) to maintain organizational, donor and legal compliance, and represent Oxfam for country-level external relations and interagency coordination. S/he will also manage both the growth and contraction of the country programme based on changes to the country programme’s portfolio, ensuring a strategic, and principled, approach to change management.

It will be essential for the CD to work simultaneously at both strategic and operational levels and is expected to be present and active within the broader sector at country level, contributing to and providing leadership within the INGO and UN community in OPT. Representation will be a key part of the successful delivery of the CD role. The CD must also ensure that all Oxfam policies and procedures with respect to HR, safety and security, code of conduct, safeguarding, and other relevant policies and procedures are in place, implemented and adhered to. The CD will continually assess, identify and address gaps and weaknesses so as to improve overall country programme performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The Country Director will be responsible, with support from the Oxfam International MENA regional platform, to implement the Oxfam 2030 Vision. This vision aims to create a stronger Oxfam that is globally coordinated network organization while staying relevant in every country in which we work. The Country Director has overall responsibility for the Oxfam program and reports to the OI Regional Director in the MENA region, or her delegate.

• Do you have significant international work experience working in conflict, post-conflict or disaster response situations, including leadership at the Country Director level of multi-site, multi-sectoral operations in a complex and fragile operating environment?
• Are you a strategic thinker, with the ability to not only ‘think politically’ but understand motivations, challenges and power dynamics of others, but generate effective influencing strategies
• Do you have proven experience in representation and communication, finance and funding, risk and security?
• Are you able to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, including the application of gender mainstreaming, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Are you a feminist leader- with a high degree of self awareness and an understanding of how to drive and support excellent team performance and individual development in line with Oxfam’s values?

If so, we invite you to download a full job description below to find out more, and to click ‘Apply Now’

Oxfam OPT Country Director_Job Description

APPOINTMENT TERMS

Location: East Jerusalem or Ramallah (OPT). Candidates must possess or be able to attain the right to work in the location of the post

Salary and Benefits: In line with Oxfam values and commensurate with the seniority of the position and relevant job market.

Contract length: Fixed term- two (02) years

Reports to: Oxfam International Regional Director – MENA

HOW TO APPLY

Closing date: 30^th March 2025

To apply please click ‘Apply Now’ above

Candidates are kindly asked to submit a CV of no more than four (04) pages and a cover letter, preferably in MS Word. All application documents (cover letter and CV) should be submitted in English.

Please name your files as follows:

FirstName_Surname_CV_OXOPT

FirstName_Surname_CL_OXOPT

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