Offam GB - Livelihoods Field Officer

Project Officer - Livelihoods
INT2839
Jayapura, Papua

Papua is an Indonesian territory that occupies the western half of the island of New Guinea and ranks as the poorest and most politically marginalised region. Right now, we need the very best relief professionals to help remedy this sensitive social climate.
Be challenged
Integral to the success of the Vanilla Enterprise Development Project, you’ll appreciate the importance of community initiatives and know just how to get the best results from them. With the aim of scaling-up vanilla farming, you’ll lead project development and line management, all the while creating work plans, managing budgets and submitting regular progress reports. On a broader scale, you’ll design specific activities that are defined as Oxfam responsibilities and make sure partners and senior colleagues are kept up-to-date on the latest marketing policy and strategy.

Be involved
With the perfect balance of experience in business activities and livelihoods work, you’ll bring much needed stability to Papua and its communities. While your role will be heavily involved and you’ll immerse yourself in its success, you’ll also need to retain an overview of the project and be comfortable working in an isolated location with minimum facilities. But more than that, you’ll be flexible and resourceful, able to coach and build teams, an excellent communicator and genuinely passionate for helping Oxfam realise its beliefs.

Be Oxfam
A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org. uk/jobs and quote ref: INT2839.

Closing date : 27 July 2008. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.


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