Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
• To contribute to and implement Oxfam’s Global strategy, by providing vision and strategic direction to all of Oxfam’s work in Africa.
• Lead a significant change management process merging the current regional platforms in West Africa and the Horn East and Central Africa and the Pan Africa Programme into one Africa Oxfam regional platform and team.
• Work with the OiA Leadership Team to lead Oxfam’s humanitarian responses, long term development programme design and implementation, advocacy and policy and influencing, including through strengthened creative partnerships.
• Work closely with the relevant affiliates involved within the Region in several different ways to ensure productive relationships are maintained in order to develop and deliver all Country and Regional Programmes.
• Represent Oxfam in Africa within the Africa continent and globally, together with the OiA Leadership Team. Working with external stakeholders such AU, ECD, ECOWAS, EAC, IGAD, SADC, at the most senior level to influence and inform decision makers at the highest levels, to build alliances and networks within to promote Africa interest and Oxfam agenda to the Poverty movement, civil society and other critical constituencies.
• Represent Oxfam in Africa within the confederation, working with internal stakeholders, and the Executive Leadership team to influence and inform decision makers on Oxfam work in Afric and serving as a spokesperson with media and social media to expand Oxfam’s reach and influence.
• Ensure that Oxfam’s work in Africa is adequately funded, both internally within Oxfam and externally.
• Build relationships with external donors and proactively identify new donors for Oxfam’s work in the region
• Accountable to the Oxfam International Global Programmes Director for the leadership, delivery, effective management and monitoring, evaluation and learning in respect of the programmes in Africa.
• Line management together with the deputy Africa directors, of the One Africa Oxfam platform team, the Country Directors, the cluster Director of the SAF cluster, and the Addis Advocacy Office, implementing a plural and robust leadership team to ensure collective and distributed leadership aligned with Oxfam values and principles.

ESSENTIAL
Oxfam Competencies
• Self-Awareness
• Relationship Building
• Influencing
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Knowledge
Geographical, Political and Regional Knowledge: A deep understanding and knowledge of the politics, economics and political context within Africa enabling the effective management of strategy and influencing key stakeholders. Ability to manage the development of, and contribute to, the high-level analysis of factors driving poverty, inequality and vulnerability in developing country contexts, including the ability to ‘think politically’ by understanding motivations, pressures and challenges faced by colleagues, partners and other actors

Experience
• Management and Leadership: Significant senior leadership experience of managing and motivating, multi-disciplinary, multicultural, geographically remote and matrix managed teams. Significant experience of leading and 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.
• Strategic Analysis: Ability to oversee the development of, and contribute to, high level analysis of factors driving poverty, marginalization and vulnerability in developing country contexts, including the ability to ‘think politically’ by understanding motivations, pressures and challenges faced by colleagues, partners and other actors across the Africa Region.
• Proven analytical skills, able to take and manage calculated risks based on evidence-based assumptions. Able to think strategically, to maximise adaptability and agility, encourage forward thinking, new ideas and learning from experience beyond the country program context while acting within a global framework.
• Finance and Funding: Competent financial and asset management experience. Able to oversee the management of multiple budgets of up to £200 million, mitigating and controlling financial risks – including managing donor funding and relationships, across a large number of countries and programmes.
• Risk Management and Judgement: Able to take calculated risks based on evidence-based assumptions.
• Ability to continually assess and analyze the external context of the organisation enabling the development of realistic strategies to maximise adaptability and agility, encourage future thinking, innovation, new ideas and learning from experience, as well as sound judgement on when to stop as well as start new initiatives. Proven track record of making sound judgements in uncertain and pressurised situations. Including experience of crisis management leadership, while faced with multiple possibilities but limited resources.
• Representation and Communication: Demonstrated ability to convey complex messages in an appropriate manner to broad and diverse audiences via multiple channels. Proven track record of advocacy, and representation to the highest level including understanding of and experience with media and an ability to represent the organisation externally at various forums and in the media (including social media) if required. A commitment to maximise Oxfam’s influencing capability across our programmes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence, and negotiate with in a multi-cultural environment which includes decision makers in government, media and pivotal figures in society. Able to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including and particularly with Oxfam’s partners

Desirable
Competencies
• Fluently Bilingual (French and English) in written and Oral communication
• Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
• Decision Making

Contract: 4 years fixed term.
Closing date: 28th April @ 23:59 GMT

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://www.redseasearch.com/job/africa-director-2/

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