Career Opportunity:Project Manager (Decent Work)

Career Opportunity:Project Manager (Decent Work)

The post is to be based in Yangon and opened forMyanmar Nationaland advertisedNationwide.

Oxfam is a leading International NGO with a worldwide reputation for excellence and over 70 years of experience. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. With enough wealth in this world to go around it’s unjustifiable. It’s not just their problem. It’s ours too. Our humanitarian, development and campaigning projects change lives around the world, and with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. Thousands of people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

The role:To strengthen the rights to land, forest and water resources, ensure investment is more accountable and responsible and build the resilience of vulnerable women and men, so that economic development is more sustainable and equitable.

To influence policies and practices relating to the private sector so that business respects human rights and contributes to poverty reduction.

Level:National, D1

Employment term:Fixed – Term (1stMarch 2017 until 31stMarch 2019)

Report to:Economic Justice Lead and matrix line manage by Global Project Manager based in Oxford, UK.

What we offer:Respectful and empowered working environment,

Life insurance, Medical+ dental + optical benefits,

Competitive salary and Career advancement opportunities,

Generous leave entitlement

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plans and manages resources and project activities related to this programme of work including;

Contributing to global research on the selected FTSE 100 company operations in Myanmar and Tanzania
Building relationships with allies (trade unions, labour associations and other NGOs working on these issues) in country
Tracking progress and challenges on decent work in Myanmar
Policy analysis to support national to global advocacy on evidence related to decent work challenges in Myanmar
Building relationships with decision makers at national level in Myanmar to feed up evidence on decent work challenges emerging through the project
Collect information and generating evidence including written and video case studies of challenges on transparency / decent work on global supply chains in Myanmar
Feeding up this info and the evidence to the global team and Share Action to share with their company partners on the FTSE 100 index (of which there will be 65)
Running one stakeholder engagement event to introduce the programme in year 1

Feeding into the global research materials (surveys)

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

Essential:

Substantial experience of project development, management and evaluation
Experience of working in partnership with personnel in more than one sector (eg development, business, finance, government)
Experience of evidence gathering (e.g. through research / documentation channels)
Understanding and work experience relating to the role of business in respecting human rights and alleviating poverty
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and inter-personal skills, including influencing and negotiation skills
Numerical reasoning skills and experience of financial administration
Organizes work effectively, drive to achieve results, critical information gathering, adaptable and flexible
Ability and willingness to travel regularly to project sites.

Desirable:

Experience of advocacy and policy analysis
Expertise in workers’ rights issues in Myanmar and/or global supply chains

Closing date:9th February 2017, 5:00 PM

How to apply:Please state applied position in email subject line and send to

Human Resources Department through

(OR)

Oxfam office, No. 34, Corner of Aung Taw Mu Street and Golden Hill Avenue Street,

Golden Valley Ward 2, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar.

Phone: +95 (0)1 539986, 539987, 539958, 539189 and 504918

Detail and complete job profile is available upon request.

We regret that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.