Local Humanitarian Leadership Influencing Lead

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management (HST-LHL project): Coordination and Convening

• Develop, implement and monitor the influencing strategy for this project in close coordination with the PMU influencing lead and the line manager.
• Lead in bringing all the different stakeholders together for collaborative knowledge, learning and research processes envisioned in the different outcome areas of the project.
• Establish and maintain regular coordination and information exchange with the project management unit which coordinates with all the participating countries.
• Coordinate with partner organizations to ensure that all reports are submitted in a timely manner and in accordance with donor and Oxfam requirements, collaborating early to identify potential delays, challenges or capacity gaps and coordinating with colleagues to address and rectify.
• Represent the country team in partnership and localization focused coordination meetings (such as Kenya C4C working group, AHN processes and as advised by the line manager) and Oxfam internal planning processes.
• Support on partner-led advocacy, influencing and communications activities, in collaboration with the policy and communications/media leads.
• Work closely with the partners at country level as well as at PMU and global level to ensure strategic influencing at national, regional and global levels, including supporting policy and advocacy colleagues to work with programme colleagues to deliver their products to the highest standards.
• Contribute to identifying gaps and needs regarding humanitarian finance, humanitarian system reform, local humanitarian leadership policy and contribute to policy development with the relevant teams and partners at country, PMU and confederation level.
• Strengthen external networks and engagement, in close collaboration with the Director Humanitarian Systems, to increase impact of the influencing agenda and to support partners’ visibility and leadership.
• In close collaboration with Kenya C4C working group and the ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN), facilitate and contribute to the development of the localization accountability tool for Kenya, and facilitate/support annual reporting on the same.
• Encourage and support civil society organizations, AHN members, WROs etc. to take part in formal coordination structures and activities that will amplify voices of Kenyan local actors.

Partnership Management:

• Ensure and support partnership-centric ways of working throughout the different projects and program management cycles in close collaboration with the programme managers and technical coordinators.
• Working with the MEAL Advisor, ensure that partners are equal stakeholders in project management, reporting, and CAMSA, and that the way that we engage with partners in these areas are empowering, principled and fully aligned with the Oxfam LHL & partnership strategy.
• Support Senior Management Team (SMT) and MEAL team in conducting annual partnership learning and review meetings and see through the implementation of agreed action points.

Capacity sharing and exchanges:

Other:

Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.

• Support in the identification of capacity strengthening needs, the development and the delivery of capacity sharing strategies and activities, in collaboration with the programme managers, and technical teams.
• Ensure programme managers and country teams are familiar with Oxfam’s principles of partnership, including the commitments to the localization agenda, Pledge for Change, Charter for Change, Grand Bargain, etc.
• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights

Person specification

Technical skills, experience and knowledge

Skills

• Education (master’s degree level) preferably in social sciences, international law, or related humanities field.
• Good understanding of Kenyan, African and International policy context on key themes related to Localization, Local Humanitarian Leadership, Charter for Change, the Grand Bargain, Pledge for Change, Principles of Partnership.
• Strong soft and hard people and project management skills, with experience working in diverse alliances.
• Strong interpersonal skills that include experience with mediation and consensus building.
• Good organizational skills including accuracy, consistency, attention to detail, tenacity, and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to lead projects and programmes in a clear and constructive way that inspires people to deliver.
• Ability to manage budgets and processes for results and impact.
• Ability to work independently and with diverse multi-cultural and virtual teams.
• Ability to liaise with a wide range of people, both internally and externally and at many levels, with credibility, tact, and diplomacy.