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• Location:South Sudan - Walgak
• Workplace Type:On-site
• Hours:40 Hours per week
• Salary:competitive
• Job Family:Programme
• Division:International
• Grade:National C2
• Job Type:Fixed Term
• Closing Date:8 January 2026
• Country:South Sudan

Oxfam is an international non-governmental organisation with a mission of working with others to alleviate poverty, suffering and distress.

Oxfam has been working in South Sudan since 1983. Our Programmatic Strategy concentrates on Saving lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through a full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy.

Oxfam currently operates via eleven area offices in ten states (Upper Nile, Unity, Jonglei, Lakes, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Western Equatoria and Western Bahr-el Ghazal, and Northern Bahr el Ghazal.

• Establish and develop linkages with government, WFP, INGOs and with other institutions to ensure quality programming and share lessons learned/best practices.

• Gain thorough understanding of community level comprehensive resilience plans, including the DRR and emergency planning to reduce risks contributing to food insecurity and disaster.

• Support timely and efficient program reporting, as per Oxfam and donor requirements.

• Contribute to the design of projects technically providing field level insight, lessons learned case studies etcetera.

• Analysis and communication of some complex information at a simple level is required to a wide audience to promote and influence

• Share information in a collaborative, productive and cooperative manner with others in and outside the organisation.
• Contribute to contingency and scenario planning

• Support the recruitment of ACL project staff at the field level. This may involve the writing of job descriptions, work schedules, training plans and appraisals.

• Identify and assess the capacity needs of ACL staff and counterparts involved in the programme, plan and develop capacity building plan

• Provide technical guidance, support, and capacity building to ACL staff in the field guided by the staff capacity building plan

• Ensure mainstreaming of gender, protection, and Environmental management into programming by increasing knowledge of the staff, through gender and protection sensitive programme activities and community structures.

• Provide regular updates on the overall food security and livelihoods situation, including areas of livelihood activities, food access & availability, food aid, market access, coping strategies, livestock and agriculture.

• To carry out food security assessments and surveys amongst emergency affected populations to advise on appropriate food assistance programming.

Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or engineering

• Strong initiative and assertiveness

• Experience in management of ACL projects in a complex humanitarian environment with an international or multinational organisation

• Sensitivity, diplomacy, tact, good communication skills, and ability to remain calm under pressure.

• Well-developed interpersonal and team skills

• Good administrative skills to work with people at managerial and senior government levels.

• The ability to present concise reports, sometimes a short notice

• Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain positive working relationships.

• Ability to understand complex security situations and adjust operations accordingly.

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes

• Good understanding of humanitarian protection standard, Sphere Minimum Standards, gender issues and Code of conduct as relevant to food distribution activities.

• Demonstrated experience of integrated gender and diversity issues into humanitarian programmes.

• Ability and willingness to travel away from home and stay in the field.

• Good understanding of finance and admin procedures.

• Ability to keep clear and concise records.

• Good Communication & Negotiation skills.

 

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

 

Flexfam:

 

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as <insert any relevant flexible working options such as part-time, job share, hybrid, etc.>

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

 

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

 

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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South Sudan - Walgak

Walgak Field Office, Along Ngundeng Highway, Walgak, South Sudan

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