Full-Time PACCCIL PROJECT COORDINATOR VANUATU
Job Description
Expressions of Interest will close on: 13 June 2023, 5PM GMT+12
Location of role: Vanuatu
Term: 3 Years
Reporting to: Project Manager & Capacity Building Advisor PACCCIL
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Please contact Recruitment Coordinator Divono Vakatale for any questions: [email protected]
All applications must be lodged online
Context:
Oxfam International is a world-wide development organisation that mobilises the power of people against poverty. In the Pacific, we work with our partners to ensure that Pacific Islander women and men (specifically those that are
poor, marginalised or excluded) are leading and shaping their development and where their voices are heard and acted on by those in power. Oxfam’s Pacific regional office is based in Suva, Fiji. This is also where our Fiji country office and our base for remote cluster management of the Polynesia/Micronesia country office are located. We
also have offices in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
The Pacific Climate Change Collaboration, Influencing and Learning (PACCCIL) project is a 5-year project (2023 – 2028). This term is the second phase of the Project with Phase 1 implemented from 2018 – 2022 with a no cost one year extension (June 22- June 23), aimed at building action on climate change and disaster resilience in the Pacific to be inclusive and collaborative where Pacific CSOs are centred in the climate change and resilience key decisions. The project is delivered by Oxfam in the Pacific (OiP), with support from the Australian Government and Partners/allies as key implementers of the project. PACCCIL is regionally located across the Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian Islands. The primary countries of focus are Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati with regional support towards key climate regional actors such as PICAN and progressively other regional bodies
In 2012, the Vanuatu Climate Action Network (VCAN) has brought together practitioners to share information and good practices approaches on climate action in Vanuatu among NGOs and with the government and link community voices with national and international decision making. The network is an active node of the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) and Climate Action Network International (CANI). Oxfam in Vanuatu also serves as the coordinating agency for the Vanuatu Humanitarian Team (VHT. VCAN is a growing climate action network in the region with membership of approximately 70 national CSO’s and has developed close relationship with the Department of Climate Change in Vanuatu through its active engagement with the National Advisory Board (NAB). VCAN is one of the most active climate action nodes in the region.
Purpose:
The PACCCIL Vanuatu Project Coordinator is responsible for organising, coordinating, and ensuring the effective implementation of the PACCCIL project in Vanuatu, and liaising with the regional PACCCIL team around planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation. He/She will be responsible for the leadership on the effective management of the project through supporting VCAN secretariat. In addition, support VCAN into a smooth transition to ensure its autonomy and sustainability to run and be able to manage its resources effectively. Working specifically on planning, implementing MEAL, Communications and Compliance deliverables with the PACCCIL
regional team.
PACCCIL Core Responsibilities:
The PACCCIL Project Coordinator is responsible for the effective coordination, organisation, monitoring, and evaluation of all aspects of the PACCCIL program in Vanuatu through the following key outputs:
- Lead in the Influencing outcomes of the project at the national, regional, and global climate change spaces representing the context with which it is based in.
- Working with VCAN in planning and providing technical support to the VCAN coordinator in climate action matters for effective influencing and learning work.
- Steer the project in-country to support the Capacity Building needs identified by VCAN.
- Negotiate with VCAN on key priority work plans for PACCCIL every financial year.
- Support the development of the Learning Framework of PACCCIL.
- Ensure the effective management and delivery of the project outputs as stipulated in the project document and yearly country work plans.
- Lead in the socialization of strategies supported by the project to support VCAN in its climate action work
- Support the regional team by leading in country-based reporting both internally and externally.
Skills and Experience:
- University degree in a subject related to climate change, international development, NGO management or equivalent qualification is desirable;
- Knowledge in COPs and the UN Climate Agreements
- Knowledge of and experiences in COPs and UN agreements on Climate Change including climate policies at the national, regional and international level
- Extensive experience in climate change, including formal education, and professional work in influencing and community action
- Extensive experience working with government at the local, national and international level
- Analytical and report writing skills
- Financial and management skills
- Strong knowledge of community based climate change adaptation / climate action
- Strong facilitation skills and experience in encouraging participatory engagement
- Experience in the development of strategies to influence positive change, including participation in regional and international bodies
- Experience coordinating diverse stakeholders and preferably experience in collaborative programs/networks
- Experience liaising with communities, governments, donors, public representation
- Experience organising workshops and events
It is a condition of employment that staff abide by all agency security and safety protocols, policies and procedures and Oxfam International Security Protocol.
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