JOB TITLE:Project Officer
Job Family: Programme
DIVISION/ Department/ Location (various): International/ Ethiopia - Korehe
Salary: Refer to National Salary Scale
Level: Level D2
START DATE: IMMEDIATE
Oxfam Purpose: To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering
Team purpose: Management and coordination of Oxfam GB staff, partners and relevant stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of the emergency water trucking response in south eastern part of Ethiopian Somali region
Job Purpose: Leading, coordinating, planning, supervising and supporting the water trucking response Project within south eastern Somali region, Ethiopia, ensuring an effective team and enabling environment are in place that achieves project results
BACKGROUND: Oxfam following its humanitarian mandate and in consultation with WASH cluster and Somali regional government has developed a proposal to provide urgent humanitarian assistance in terms of providing potable water (5 Lt / person / day for 75 days) to the worst affected people. Oxfam through this project plans to reach out to 190,568 vulnerable children, women and men (approximately 15.25% of the worst affected population) from 31,761 households in 66 Kebele of 9 Woreda across worst affected 4 zones of Somali region namely Doolo, Korahe, Jarar and Afder with emergency water services (water trucking and maintenance of strategic boreholes to ensure their continuous functioning to fill water trucks). In addition, in coordination with education and health cluster, wherever feasible, it plans to prioritise schools and health posts in those target areas for providing water. The project also plans to ensure safety of water through need based treatment of water from source to end user and community mobilisation and awareness on safe handling of water. Oxfam while implementation of this project commits to meet Sphere minimum standard as well as standards set by Somai regional government such as provision of 5 Lt potable water / person / day.
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Post holder reports to: Deputy Programme Manager
Staff reporting to this post: Four Staffs
Budget responsibility: NA
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