Position Title: Inclusion Project: Partnership and Grants Coordinator
Supervisor: Inclusion Project Manager
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contract Type: Fixed Term, 3 years
Category: C2
Date: As soon as possible
Context:
Oxfam’s Mekong Regional Water Governance Program is led by Oxfam Australia and jointly implemented with Oxfam NOVIB (ON), Oxfam America and Mekong country teams. The program contributes to the East Asia Joint Regional Analysis and Strategy. The Inclusion Project is one of a number of sub-projects within this program.
The Inclusion Project is a 3.5 year AUD $6million project funded by DFAT as one of 4 pillars in the Australian Government’s Mekong Water Resources Program (AMWRP) 2014-17. Oxfam's program objective is to enable communities and civil society to be better able to realise sustainable livelihoods in the Mekong and Salween river basins. Our objectives are that we will achieve this by facilitating i). increased civil society participation and engagement in water resource governance; and ii). promoting more open, inclusive, accountable and effective water resource governance. The program engages at regional scale, with partnerships and collaborations at country, regional and institutional levels. It is managed by the cross sectional Mekong team.
The aim of this project is to improve participation by civil society in water management. With a focus on women’s leadership and involvement in water management the project will contribute to Oxfam’s goal of fair sharing of Natural Resources. The three Inclusion components will see Oxfam and its partners:
- building the capacity of civil society to engage in water management;
- focus on an improved consideration of gender in water management and hydropower development, and fostering women’s leadership; and
- convene and join in opportunities for policy dialogue and influence on better water management and governance of water.
This work seeks to influence changes at the community and civil society level, as well as changes in policies and practices at the national and trans-boundary level.
Purpose:
The position is responsible for the management of all the inclusion project partnerships and grants and is a member of the Inclusion Project team, working closely with Oxfam Australia and Oxfam Novib staff to support work across the three Inclusion component areas and contribute to the two objectives outlined above.
A key aspect of this role will be to ensure that Oxfam’s partner grant administration processes are both timely and responsive to the needs of partners, whilst ensuring that administrative requirements of Oxfam’s systems are followed.
The position will support Oxfam program staff members to administer partner grants and ensure there is appropriate written documentation of meetings and discussions relating to partners. The position will also oversee the partnership/ granting budget and plans, as well as coordinate compliance checks on Partner finances and financial management and provide ongoing support to Oxfam teams to ensure our standards are met.
The position will also play a key role in scoping and processing new regional and project wide partnerships and ensuring current partners are contributing to and engaging with the Inclusion project. The position will work closely with national staff managing Inclusion Project grants, as well as with the MEL and capacity building staff.
This position requires significant Mekong regional travel.