POLYNESIA MICRONESIA CLUSTER COUNTRY DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION

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1 POLYNESIA MICRONESIA CLUSTER COUNTRY DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION

2 Oxfam 2020 Polynesia/Micronesia Cluster Country Director Job Description COUNTRY DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION Reporting to Location Staff reporting to this post Pacific Regional Director Suva, Fiji Program Manager and possible program team members Total Workforce Approximately 4 Annual Budget TBA (in development) Date November 2016 Job Purpose To contribute to and implement Oxfam s Global Strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam s work in the Polynesia/Micronesia cluster. This includes Oxfam s humanitarian responses, long term development program design and implementation, advocacy and policy and influencing. The role is responsible and accountable for the strategic direction and effective management of the cluster program, ensuring development, continued improvement in quality and impact of programs and effective financial and human resource management in line with Oxfam policy. The Country Director will be responsible, with support from change groups and the Regional Director, to implement the Oxfam 2020 Vision in the cluster area. This aims to create a stronger Oxfam that is globally coordinated and relevant in every country in which we work. This will involve planning, developing and implementing the vision so that Oxfam in the Pacific will become increasingly independent and driven by local stakeholders and interests. Context Oxfam in the Polynesia/Micronesia cluster is part of the Oxfam in the Pacific regional structure within the global Oxfam confederation. Through our confederation, Oxfam works together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries. Around the globe, 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 organisations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty. In the Polynesia/Micronesia cluster we have current partner led programs in Tonga and Samoa. We have recently engaged in a scoping and planning process to explore potentially broader future programming in the area. Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities Accountability The position is accountable to the Pacific Regional Director, for the delivery, effective management (which includes budgets and plans), monitoring, evaluation and learning from the program. Strategy The role is responsible for developing the country strategic plan and contributes to regional level and organisational strategy.

3 Polynesia/Micronesia Cluster Country Director Position Description Provides strategic leadership and management of Oxfam s program in the Polynesia/Micronesia cluster including all development, advocacy, and humanitarian programming to maximise our influence and impact. Is a member of the Pacific Leadership Team that develops and has oversight of the implementation of Oxfam in the Pacific s strategic and operational plans. People Management Line manage cluster staff, ensuring staff are accountable for their actions and working practices. Champions good practice performance management and is ultimately responsible for the effective implementation and monitoring of the framework in country cluster. Ensure any staff in the country cluster are working in accordance with Oxfam s policies and procedures, including but not limited to the Code of Conduct, Performance Management, Security, Health and Safety and local legislation. Creates and supports an environment which results in strong partnerships, influence, knowledge sharing and innovation. A key part of this role is to take overall responsibility for talent management and development of Oxfam staff, paying particular attention transformational learning and opportunities for developing local leadership. Overall responsibility for staff safety, security and wellbeing. Public Engagement Takes the lead in representing Oxfam and the country/cluster program nationally and globally. Builds influential relationships and develops networks for effective change, both internally and externally, and is committed to maximising our influencing capability. Accountable for ensuring that appropriate tools and technology are in place to allow a strong flow of positive and consistent program content to influence and communicate with internal audiences and external stakeholders including but not limited to government, media, donors, non-governmental sector and supporters. Program and Delivery Work closely with partners in the cluster in order to develop and deliver high quality programs. Play an active role in drawing on learning from across Oxfam and external sources and sharing evidenced based learning with others. Ensures overall leadership of disaster preparedness, mitigation and management of humanitarian response activities for Oxfam Category 2 and Category 3 emergencies, consulting Oxfam s Global Humanitarian Team and other role players for advice and support. Access and use support services (HR, IT and Finance) for advice and support. Contribute to and maximise use of the Oxfam global knowledge networks to share strategic thinking and learning more widely as well as within the Country/Cluster Team to ensure that programming builds on learning and is evidence based, innovative and agile to respond to opportunities for change. Develop appropriate strategies to seek out and maintain funding sources. Ensures that gender analysis is applied to all phases of the program and that Oxfam staff and partner organisations have the capacity and commitment to promote gender equality within our respective organisations and across our program work. 3

4 Oxfam 2020 Polynesia/Micronesia Cluster Country Director Job Description Accountable for all donor relations and contract management in country/cluster. Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge Management and Leadership Proven track record of leading and motivating multi disciplinary, geographically remote teams and operations across a number of locations with a commitment to developing and promoting leadership amongst local staff. Significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high quality program, influencing and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations. Experience of managing complex change processes and relationships involving a wide range of both internal and external multi-cultural stakeholders across a variety of disciplines and geographical areas. 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 and policies. The ability to transfer knowledge and skills in effective and transformational ways. Representation and Communication Proven track record of success in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations, media and donors at senior level: nationally and globally. Proven track record of success in advocacy and influencing. Demonstrable experience of working with the media and an ability to represent the organisation in the media if required. Demonstrable ability to convey complex messages in an appropriate manner to broad and diverse audiences. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English to motivate, influence and negotiate. Finance and Funding Ability to maximise fundraising from diverse institutions, both local and international. High level financial and asset management skills to steer and efficiently manage the operational and program budgets in the range of AUD 5 million and above. Risk Experience of managing security, risk and legal compliance within an INGO context. Proven track record of making sound judgements in uncertain and pressurised situations. Able to fulfil agreed standards in disaster preparedness, mitigation and management including humanitarian response activities for Oxfam Category 2 emergencies. Able to anticipate and manage risks that could threaten the organisations reputation, operational viability and security. Experience of crisis management and security management. Strategic Analytics Ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalization and vulnerability in developing country contexts. The ability to think politically understanding motivations, pressures, power dynamics and challenges faced by colleagues, partners, decision makers and other actors; and the ability to generate effective strategies to influence them. Proven analytical skills, with the ability to: o Take and manage calculated risks based on evidence based assumptions.

5 Polynesia/Micronesia Cluster Country Director Position Description Values o Think strategically, to maximise adaptability and agility o encourage forward thinking, new ideas and learning from experience beyond the country program context while acting within a global framework Good level of IT literacy and an understanding of how new developments in technology can positively contribute to the aims of an INGO. Travel Committed to a rights based approach including an active commitment to putting women s rights at the heart of all we do as well as the rights of other marginalized people in all aspects of an organization s work. Ability to travel away from home, often to remote programmatic sites within the country for up to 12 weeks per annum, including periodic travel abroad for international meetings. Languages Fluent in written and spoken English. Ideally the ability to also work in an additional local language. Behavioural competencies (based on Oxfam s Leadership Model) Competencies Decisiveness Influencing Humility Relationship Building Listening Mutual Accountability Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity Description We have the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively in any given circumstance. Decisions that settle issues and produce a definite result. We have the capacity to have an effect on a person s character, development, or behaviour of someone or something. The power to persuade, inspire and shape policy or treatment of someone, especially through status, contacts, or information. We put we before me and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization. We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation. We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear, and consider different preferences. We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner. We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways. 5

6 Oxfam 2020 Polynesia/Micronesia Cluster Country Director Job Description Systems Thinking Strategic Thinking and Judgment Vision Setting Self- Awareness Enabling We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organisational decisions and actions. We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values. We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders. We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes. We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate support. Candidates will be appraised against this overall job description but in particular, the following key selection criteria: Proven track record of leading, motivating, supporting and empowering multi disciplinary teams, with a commitment to promoting leadership amongst local staff. Significant senior leadership and management experience in the development and delivery of high quality program, influencing and humanitarian strategy, with and through partners or directly, in one or more challenging locations. Evidence of the ability to lead staff and programs in a cross-cultural context, preferably having worked in a developing country for more than 5 years Strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically, including to think beyond the country program context and act within a regional and global framework. High level interpersonal, influencing and communication skills with a proven track record of success in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations, media and donors at senior level: nationally and globally. Demonstrated skills and experience in leading budget planning and monitoring, including the development of funding frameworks. Working experience in the Pacific region and specifically in the Polynesia/Micronesia areas if possible. /end/