Mozambique: Head of Program, Fluent in Portuguese and English, Mozambican Nationality

Key Responsibilities and Accountability
Strategic Management and Transformational Leadership
• Manages the design, development, planning, budgeting, and implementation and monitoring of the
OCS;
• Changes the ‘old delivery style’ of thinking and programming of the Program Team towards
Oxfam2020 vision
• Transforms and motivate the Program Team through idealized influence, intellectual stimulation and
individual consideration;
• Focus on Team Building, motivation and collaboration within the Program Team to accomplish the
Oxfam2020 vision;
• Encourages the Program Team to come up with new and unique ways to challenge the status quo in
order to bring innovation in the programming;
• Initiates, coordinates and leads Oxfam’s ONE Program in Mozambique ensuring it delivers on the
OCS vision and objectives;
• Builds strategic alliances with all global confederation resources to ensure local and global
influencing programming;
• Ensures linkages and collaboration between the main programming
• Ensures Gender, extractives and climate change are mainstreamed in all programming;
• Leads on the program budget process, and provide ongoing oversight of program budget utilisation
• Deputise for the Country Director if required;

Lead program development and delivery
• Leads the development of quality programming conform Oxfam 2020 vision and Oxfam country
strategy;
• Leads the program delivery with demonstrable impact and ensures it is within budgets and donor
guidelines;
• Ensure adequate resourcing (finance and HR) to deliver the country programme ambition and
ensures efficient management of these resources;
• Oversees the development of program and project improvement plans, to ensure effective and timely
implementation of the projects and program in collaboration with the MEAL Officer and the Head of
finance and support;
• Builds strong synergy between development and humanitarian programming ensuring that resilient
thinking, humanitarian planning and as necessary response meet Oxfam standards;
• Interacts with (potential) Donors in order to raise new or extended program funding;
• Interacts with Government, Private sector, Academics and other relevant stakeholders;
• Ensures the quality of the partner portfolio, with specific reference to the identification of both
implementing and strategic partners, and building and maintaining these relationships, in order to
deliver quality programing and to enhance partners capacity
• Ensures Gender, extractives and climate change are mainstreamed in all programming;
• Guarantees timely and quality production of all program reports to OI and Donors
• Manages, monitors and ensures the coherence and cooperation between programs, (sub) projects

People Development and Management
• Manages Performance and direct the program team to deliver on the OCS. Provides leadership,
Inspiration and guidance and ensure that the management of the team is in line with Oxfam’s HR
policies and procedures;
• Sets goals and incentives to push the Program Team to higher performance levels, while providing
opportunities for personal and professional growth;
• Ensures all staff under line management demonstrate good human resource practice and comply
with Oxfam policies and procedures;
• Ensure and monitor that the work of the MEAL, Gender, Influencing, Knowledge Management and
Communication officers is integrated/embedded in the program team. Provide professional guidance
on the improvement of their specialist function;
• Manages the life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including
performance management processes, and working with HR on issues such recruitment,
development, disciplinary matters, etc.
• As a key member of the CMT, support the Country Director steer organisational learning for effective
delivery considering Oxfam2020 vision.

Skills
• Transformational Leaderships skills; inspires, mentors, challenges, empowers, stimulates and
nurtures staff to become loyal and high performers.
• Good managerial skills to co-ordinate the Mozambique program team to deliver on the OCS
objectives.
• Acts as a role model for high ethical behaviour, gains respect and trust
• Ability to coach on the building of strong, credible relationships with international and local NGOs,
government associations, business leaders and communities
• Excellent inter personal communication skills, in written and verbal English;
• High impact influencing and persuasive skills. Able to use different approaches to achieve
followership;
• Ability to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and followthrough;
• Ability to cultivate knowledge based relations with different stakeholders going beyond grant based
relations (strategic partnerships);
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate
them into simple, workable actions and plans;
• Ability to think strategically, work creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and
those of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work in Mozambique.
Knowledge
• Academic degree in a relevant area
• Good knowledge and understanding the Political, Economic and socio-cultural context in
Mozambique
• Proposal writing skills
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of development programs, humanitarian response and
advocacy and campaigning.
• Knowledge of capacity building, learning and development activities and how to create a learning
and sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis
• Politically astute, with a good understanding of key external organisations, how they operate and
make decisions, and the country development context
• Commitment to and knowledge of creating a partner-led operational environment, with an ability to
create an internal Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner
organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam’s objectives
• Strong people management skills
• Fluent in English and Portuguese (both oral and written at professional level)

If you are interested and meet the above specifications, please apply for the above position by sending application letter and CV in English to vacancies@oxfamnovib.nl