Job Title:Â Â Project Assistant- Gender and Energy (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation:Â Oxfam
Duty Station: Arua, Uganda
Reports to: Project Officer- Innovative Energy Solutions
About the Company:
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. 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.
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Job Summary: Â Â The Project Assistant- Gender and Energy will support the SUSTAINED project, and ensure that project goal, mission, and objectives are achieved with in the 11 months of the project implementation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Works in close coordination with other SUSTAINED Project consortium team members and identifies and encourages synergies within SUSTAINED project to achieve an integrated approach that supports the overall project mission as far as practical.
Ensure all project-based needs and requirements are shared with support services in a timely manner for ensuring effective and coordinated implementation.
Support project lead to ensure timely delivery of quality quarterly and annual reporting to SUSTAINED project technical lead highlighting implementation status, challenges and key plans for the following months in an acceptable format or a format agreed/provided by the parties.
Works towards ensuring that Refugees and vulnerable host communities, especially women and youth, in Uganda have increased access and utilization of clean, reliable, and affordable energy products and services, thus sustainably increasing their overall standard of living, health, and livelihoods.
Compile and submit quality progress reports, monthly, quarterly and end of project reports and submits them to programs for onward submission to the donor.
Coordinate regular reviews and reflections on progress of the project at the districts and regional levels.
Ensure project work plans are effectively implemented, monitored and progress reports shared including effective budget management.
Contribute to the development of project related documents such as success stories and publications.
Contribute to development and introduction of innovation to ensure Oxfam is continually incorporating best practice approaches in operations.
Work with MEAL team to ensure robust Monitoring, Evaluation and accountability system is implemented across the SUSTAINED project in line with consortium members.
Other
Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here)
Understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity, gender, child safety, and staff health and wellbeing principles.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Of course, you have at least two (2) years’ experience working with vulnerable communities and familiarity with humanitarian programming and implementation. Minimum of Bachelors in gender and women studies, Natural Resource and Environment economics, Energy Economics, Environment Management, social sciences, or Development Studies, Law or any other relevant discipline.
Experience in refugee/ community work and engagement climate change and livelihood is added advantage.
You have a reasonable experience in clean energy solutions, productive use of energy, on-grid and off grid electricity systems, gender and feminism approaches, climate change mitigation, entrepreneurship, micro finance and strong agribusiness skills.
You have a track record demonstrating high integrity, innovativeness, creativity, reliability and dependable
Proactive personality, self-driven and strongly motivated.
You have a demonstration of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work and observe highest level of integrity. Position is field based near the refugee Settlements in Arua and requires ability and willingness to travel within the region up to 100% of the time.
You must be ready to work in a multi-cultural environment and have the ability to maintain performance expectations in the diverse cultural context, psychologically stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
You possess the ability to work with different partners, local authorities, local organizations and NGOs, to develop and maintain positive relationships.
You have the ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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Deadline: 3rd October 2024
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