Solid Waste Management Project Manager
Solid Waste Management Project Manager
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JOB DETAILS
DIVISION: International Operations
TEAM: Climate Justice
LOCATION: Zaatari camp – Mafraq
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed term
GRADE: C2 National
JOB FAMILY: Programme
SALARY: As per salary scale
HOURS: 40 per week
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 a partially home-based role or job share.
TEAM PURPOSE: The solid waste collection project covers twelve districts of Zaa'tari camp where the waste collected from communal bins is transported directly to a landfill. The project is intended to be labour-intensive in order to provide CFW opportunities through combining livelihood opportunities with solid waste management. The objective of the project is to achieve an acceptable level of camp cleanliness while integrating solid waste management services (garbage collection, litter picking and recycling).
JOB PURPOSE: The project manager will be responsible for managing the solid waste team providing oversight to a high visibility, high-risk, income generating revenue project that engages up to 600 refugees as cash for work management of the SWM CFW (litter picking), recycling and garbage collection activity needs to ensure that the camp districts remain clean, and that CFW opportunities are targeting the most vulnerable.
POST HOLDER REPORTS TO Direct reporting to zaa’tari camp area manager, matrix reporting to climate justice programme manager.
JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST Two Senior Project Officers and two PHE officers
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY 2 million GBP
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
The following responsibilities are not exhaustive. They aim to provide a clear sense of the nature and scope of jobs at this grade:
- Coordinates and delivers agreed plans or strategies over which the job holder has some strategic input.
- Usually plans and manages the resources of one or more sub-units though, not normally over a broad spectrum of programs or geographies.
- Specific competencies and skills are required to achieve the job’s objectives eg geographical, thematic, managerial.
- Provides specialist advice or specific skills to their team or programme unit.
- Management tasks are complex and non-routine within their specialist unit or function.
- Requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide audience.
- Decision-making requires significant levels of judgement based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported by line management or the programme team.
- The focus of the role can vary but has well-defined targets and/or minimum standards, and is both proactive and reactive.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Contract and sale management
- Ensure that the SWM project has a full set of SOP’s and supervision as required. This includes for the sale of recyclable waste and supervising the little and the garbage collection.
- Supervise technical works and contracts carried out on the 12 districts of the camp.
- Ensure work done is carried out against agreed quality standards. And ensure the project stays within assigned schedule and cost targets, including adherence to health and safety procedures.
- Develop a procurement plan for all material requirements and a detailed contract management plan, keep close collaboration with the logistics department to ensure timely delivery and assess quality control of materials ordered.
- Oversight of all health and safety of the staff working under this project, applied to Oxfam Jordan staff and Syrian refugees engaged as CFW.
Programme Approach:
- Contribute to the camp and national level Oxfam strategy development with the Climate and economic justice teams, addressing both SWM and CFW concerns, for planning, design and implementation of current and future projects.
- Ensure that the Solid Waste project and recycling activities meet agreed camp minimum standards and adhere to Oxfam emergency guidelines and protocols. This also includes CFW activities are in line with BNLWG and oxfam’s SOP’s.
- Oversee the SWM CFW activity, ensuring that rotations are adhered to, and beneficiary selection targets the most vulnerable HH in za’tari camp.
- Support the influencing team will all advocacy and communication related to the solid waste project, influencing work permit related activities.
- With the community mobilization team, ensure the selection design and planning for planned community mobilization and recycling promotion activities with the best quality within committed time frame.
- Ensure coordination of Oxfam za’atari with relevant Wash actors in camp.
- Ensure coordination with Oxfam za’atari CFW team for all CFW activities under the solid waste project.
- In conjuction with the team analyze and make the links between the SWM, EJ and CFW activities, and make recommendations for actions which are consistent with Oxfam’s policies and sector requirements.
- Supervise the management of communal bins maintenance and fabrication.
Documentation and representation:
- Coordinate all with UN agencies and INGO’s in za’tari camp regarding the solid waste project, this includes attending the WASH sector meeting as necessary.
- Represent Oxfam to za’tari camp and local government authorities (i.e with ministry of environment, Mafraq governorate) for project steering committees or project representation.
- Participate as an integral part of Oxfam camp management committee, especially in addressing key decisions affecting the solid waste project and the CFW.
- Fully participate in any learning reviews, commission assessments in the field, contribute to analysis of assessment results and provide recommendation for future programme activities, as required.
- participate in donor field visits for proper programme updates and sharing of lessons learnt and challenges, in particular focusing on za’tari camp.
- Take an active lead in planning and proposal writing to ensure the continuation of the solid waste project and CFW activities.
- Oversee report writing for all donor contracts adhering to OGB reporting formats, as per the relevant reporting schedules, as necessary write and commission technical reports as required by Oxfam the donor and/or sector (UNICEF/BNLWG) and camp management(UNHCR)
- Host visits to the solid waste project activities as necessary.
- As the designated solid waste project manager in OPAL, ensure that the solid waste project remains fully updated and correct in OPAL.
Staff and budget management:
- Lead on recruitment, training and supervision of SWM and recycling staff under a workable and accountable management structure, this will involve writing work schedules and training plans.
- Ensure that all staff working are aware of Oxfam’s performance management system. that objectives are set and monitored and opportunities for staff development are ensured.
- Ensure that all staff are aware of and abide with key internal and external protocols and principles (e.g code of conduct, people in Aid, Oxfam’s draft sexual conduct policy)
- Training: help to identify and facilitate training to national staff that is relevant to health and safety, solid waste management, and CFW management processes.
- Monitor budgets as per OGB guidelines/donor requirements, including forecasting.
person specification
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
- Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY and EMPOWERMENT (read more about these here).
- Ensure you commit to our ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):
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Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability or class.
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Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.
Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
Essentials
For this role, you will need to model Oxfam’s feminist leadership approach so we have selected the most relevant feminist leadership practices which we will use for assessment purposes (which you can read more about here):
- Graduate from a recognized university, preferably in majors related to environmental management, Environmental sciences
- At least 5 years’ experience of work in emergency or development context projects, in the field of livelihoods, social enterprise, or solid waste management programming.
- Previous cash for work management operations.
- Able to collect, enter and analyze data against project indicators.
- Proficient financial management skills.
- Ability to manage disputes with tact and diplomacy, whilst strictly enforcing procedures
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Experience of working in multicultural team
- Good coordination skills, both internally and with external actors and mechanism.
- Strong commitment to gender equality and social justice
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven knowledge of computerized systems: high degree and computer literacy and word processing and spreadsheet skills
- Ability to work under pressure, ability to prioritize and commitment to meet deadlines
- Willingness to work in Za’tari camp, with sometimes long hours and requirement to travel daily
- Commitment to the aims and objectives of Oxfam
- Potential and flexibility of attitude to learn.
Desirable
- Ability to work with local partners
- Health & Safety qualification
- Previous experience in a refugee/IDP camp context
- Programme development and design experience.
- Knowledge of grey water systems.
Safer recruitment: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks). You can find out what this means here.
