Zimbabwe Job: REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING COORDINATOR, OXFAM
REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING COORDINATOR
El Nino Drought Response, Southern Africa (Cat 2)
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe, with (frequent) travelling in region
Terms of Reference
- Maintains overall operational regional overview of resource mobilization for the SAF Cat2 response to the food insecurity crisis in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe and regional levels through an understanding of appropriate donor mapping, trends, bilateral and multi lateral commitments and partner affiliate information on opportunities through foundation and trusts and private sector funding.
- Leads on regional/Country level/ Partner Affiliate donor engagement for resource mobilization using the Regional Response Strategy as the basis for the crisis response in coordination as relevant with the the Country Funding Coordinators in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This responsibility will also include helping develop consortium proposals in response to bi lateral and multi lateral calls for proposals and ensure that Oxfam is able to negotiate appropriate levels of programme/support costs.
- Provides matrix management and technical support to the Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe funding coordinators so they can seek opportunities and possibilities to raise and manage funding for the response. This may include but is not limited to reviewing of proposals/budgets, advising on contract negotiations, supporting with proposal approval/submission, ensuring compliance mechanisms and managing the closing out contracts by working with the Regional/Country Finance Managers.
- Establish, manage and maintain a process for effectively uploading and updating the OI funding grid Inform and support decisions on the allocations of appeal funding and ensure that appropriate agreements, inter affiliate MOUs and reporting requirements are in place.
- Support on CRIMSON related work to ensure that individual contracts/agreements for for the overall response are in place and contractual obligations are understood.
- Contribute to SitReps and other communications as relevant that provides an accurate overview of ‘real time’ information on the status of funding, the availability of resources and gaps.
Role reporting to: Regional Humanitarian Coordinator/Emergency Response Program
Manager who is the Operational Lead for the Regional Platform for Oxfam in SAF which will be responsible for providing leadership, coordination, resource mobilization and implementation support for the response.
Other information:
The ambition for the response is GBP 22 million over 14 months. No funding has been mobilized as yet for the response. The Cat 2 Response Strategy has been announced and shared within the confederation and CatFunds are being explored
Apply here: https://goo.gl/8ITJoJ