Programme Quality Officer – Partnership Assessment [Short-Term 03 months] (INT10155)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in providing programme quality/MEAL support?

Do you have proven knowledge of partnership management and review procedure?

Do you have experience conducting partnership assessments, and preparing reports?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

To be responsible and accountable for conducting partnership assessments, preparing reports, and submitting them to the assessment team for review and partnership agreement to ensure delivery of an impactful project/program. Ensure comprehensive partnership assessments using Oxfam’s partner NGOs’ assessment tools, specifically applied for the programme quality and MEAL functions, to provide a sound basis for selecting capable partners to deliver impactful projects/programmes. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Apply partnership assessment tools for the partner’s assessment and selection consistently and thoroughly during all PNGO selection processes.
• Customize partnership assessment tools as per partnership assessment needs and facilitate partnership assessment.
• Facilitate comprehensive partnership assessment process by following One Oxfam Partner Integrity Assessment and MEAL assessment tools and following OiBD’s Partnership Strategy and Partnership Accountability Framework.
• Define risk classifications based on partnership assessment and produce a clear action plan with clear goals, activities, and responsibilities, to gradually mitigate the identified risks.
• Prepare corrective action plan so that risks are appropriately identified, discussed, and planned to review progress.
• Organize, manage, and take responsibility for a transparent partner selection process to deliver an impactful project/programme.
• Field and partner office visits and proactively working with the partner selection team to accurately assess the capability of the partner organisation using the relevant assessment tools.
• Ensuring partner selection reports are finalised on time and include comprehensive information and documentation of the assessment process.
• Proactively identifying improvements to the partner selection procedure and working with colleagues from other functions to design and implement changes to selection and assessment tools, procedures, or documentation.
• Support selected partners to carry out a self-capacity assessment, highlighting areas in need of support and agreeing on a capacity development plan.
• Need-based support for facilitating partnership dialogues, reviews and health-checks for selected projects/programmes
• Any other works, assigned by the organization

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned with our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in any discipline, preferably in the social sciences.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in providing programme quality/MEAL support to an organisation, ideally with at least 2 years in any reputed national and international NGO.
• Proven knowledge of partnership management and review procedure.
• Self-management including ability to prioritise own workload and work independently and commitment to meet deadlines.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance, and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam, we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the-job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

[Only Bangladeshi Nationals are eligible to apply]