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PROJECT ENGINEER

Closing date: - 2nd April 2021

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ABOUT OXFAM
Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save
and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the
big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change.
And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

OUR TEAM
Humanitarian, climate change and resilience programme team currently implementing different
projects across Pakistan. The programme aims to enhance resilience of the communities in rural
and urban settings. This role works with the programme team to support the Urban resilience project
implementation, partnership management, and internal and external coordination with key
stakeholders. The post holder will ensure that, where relevant, each of the Community led Projects
has a well-defined economic and structural model to ensure that it sustains beyond the life of the
overall project.

JOB PURPOSE
As an Engineer working with Oxfam in Pakistan, the purpose of this role is to ensure sound delivery
of technical services for the project funded by Asian Development Bank. The role will be part of the
Humanitarian, climate change and resilience team in Islamabad with frequent field visits across
Pakistan. The role will be leading the community led project infrastructure schemes designing and
implementation in the urban settings. You will tackle challenging, unique situations every day and
work with other functions and employees within Oxfam as well as with our partners and communities.
You will work in a programme as a technical subject matter expert and advocate to fellow team
members on making reliable technical decisions around climate change and resilience infrastructure.
The role required strong technical and influencing skills, experience in designing and implementing
community led projects for the enhanced climate change resilience of communities.

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CORE DETAILS
Location: Islamabad

Our package: N/A

Internal Grade: D1

Contract type: Fixed Term (31st July 2021) Extension to be decided

Hours of work:
Please amend if required. 37.5 hours per week.
This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible
arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting
Manager at interview stage

This role reports to: Project Manager

Staff reporting to this post: N/A

Annual budget for the post: Yes

Key relationships/interactions: Donor, Government, partners and Communities

DBS checks (for roles based in the N/A.

UK):

Screening checks: All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-
Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions
regulations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical

 Promote the vision, mission, and strategic goals of Oxfam and the Pakistan Programme.
 Using a rights-based approach to work, take lead in providing technical support particularly in
the identification of community led projects, including detailed costing, design, and resourcing
needs.
 Ensure project implementation are according to the agreed plans with partners and Asian
Development Bank guidelines and compliance.
 To take lead and carry out assessments, selection, design and construction, of appropriate
community level infrastructure schemes in consultation with beneficiaries and relevant
government officials, ensuring its compliance to Oxfam and Asian Development Bank standards.
 Prepare contracts and supervise contractors (including consultants, masons, carpenters,
plumbers, haulers, and helpers) as necessary in the community led Projects.
 Work with project Manager and provide inputs to the feasibility study/review of Community led
Project in each target city of the project.
 To take lead in formulation of a supporting sustainability plan for each approved community-led
infrastructure project to ensure that it has effective linkages with existing institutional
mechanisms and has a robust institutional linkage, governance, and business model.

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 To take lead and work with the monitoring and evaluation team to design and implementation of
a monitoring and evaluation system for community-led infrastructure projects.
 Support the team to ensure programme learning and innovation are documented and shared at
appropriate national, regional and international level related to the community led climate
resilience infrastructure.
 To take lead and support the Oxfam in Pakistan programme team in the monitoring and
evaluation of the engineering/infrastructure component of the projects.
 To take lead in designing and implementing the urban resilience training programme for local
government officials and community stakeholders particularly on the community led
infrastructure schemes.
 Provide inputs to Oxfam’s policy and practice website, Asia Resilience Hub, guidebook on
community resilience planning, toolkit on Community Led Project, and other learning platforms
at the local, national and regional levels.
 Required to conduct regular monitoring visits to project areas including capacity building and
support to the partner.
 To take lead in designing and implementing the Procurement Work Packages for the proposed
Community led projects.
 Develop work plans that are aligned with the approved project strategy
 Ensure compliance with Oxfam monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning expectations
and approach; develop initiatives for continuous learning, pilots and innovation.
 To take lead and work with the consultant to prepare procurement work packages for the project
including the Bill of Material (BOM)/ Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
 To work with the feasibility consultant and ensure procurement strategy/plan is in place along
with the construction phasing and quality inspection and monitoring plan.
 To take lead and develop proposed bid evaluation and selection criteria for the community led
projects.
 Pilot new approaches and models promoting climate resilience infrastructure at the community
level.
 To provide mentorship and build capacity of the team in specific areas (climate change and
resilience) under the programme pillar.
 Decision-making requires during the implementation of community led projects based on
technical and management experience, generally actively supported within line management or
the programme team.
 Support manager according to the Oxfam and donor’s compliance and also facilitate to conduct
internal/external donors funded projects audits.

Leadership

 To take lead and ensure the production of the technical assessments, Rapid Environment
Assessment (REA) and procurement work packages. for community led Projects.
 To take lead in providing technical support to the consultant during the feasibility study and also
work with vendors and contractors to implement the community led infrastructure projects.
 To take lead in formulation of sustainability strategy for community led projects in close
coordination with the project manager.
 To take lead in designing and implementation of capacity building plans on technical trainings
which includes but limited to community led climate resilience infrastructure.
 Take lead in coordination and building relation with the government institution, private sector and
community stakeholder group for approval of Bill of Material (BOM)/ Bill of Quantities (BOQ).
 To take lead in conducting capacity needs assessments at the partner and community level and
ensure their capacity development plans are available and implemented.

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Management

 To develop and ensure that partner project workplans are developed and implemented according
to the overall donor agreed workplan.
 To coordinate with partners, government, private sectors and community stakeholder group on
day to day basis for the implementation of the community led Projects.
 To manage vendors and consultants’ agreements for the implementation of community led
projects at the city level.
 Work with the project manager and manage the feasibility Study along with associated due
diligence compliance documents, Rapid Environmental Assessment Report (REA) and Detailed
Engineering Design (DED) of the proposed community led project.
 Coordinate and manage relation with the local city and/or provincial engineers in preparing civil,
architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical calculations and drawings of the project.

Other

 Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice
and women's rights
 Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff
health and wellbeing principles

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Oxfam is looking for a dynamic, creative and result-oriented person with
ESSENTIAL:

 Education preferably in civil engineering/environmental engineering

 At least 5 years’ experience in supervising community level infrastructure projects
 Strong knowledge of poverty and development climate change and resilience.
 Experience of managing Budgets at community level projects and partners.
 Monitoring and Evaluation experience.
 Ability to deal with uncertain situations/scenarios, work in collaborative manner not only with
Islamabad based team but also with Oxfam affiliates, partners and government institutions.
 Strategic thinker with analytical skills; with strong influencing and networking skills;
 Strong reporting writing skills particularly donor’s reports.
 Experience in facilitating (capacity building) project implementation/technical work of local NGOs
and other civil society organisations;
 Representing Oxfam at different national and international forums.
 Good communication and organisational skills;
 Ability to travel extensively within security protocol;
 Fluency in written and spoken English and Urdu. Knowledge of any regional language will be an
added advantage.

DESIRABLE

 Experience of implementing ADB funded projects

KEY ATTRIBUTES

 Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the
commitment to equal opportunities
 Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of
gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work

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 Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with
Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Organisational Values

 Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility

for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held
accountable for their actions
 Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and
supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
 Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a
contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values

and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to
adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our
code of conduct here.

At Oxfam, our job descriptions provide a guide to what might be expected in the role. Along with our strategy
the job profile is used to help to shape specific objectives for employees. Employees are supported to deliver
these objectives and they are annually assessed against them as part of the Oxfam performance review
process. This job profile is not incorporated into the employment contract.

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 OXFAM LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK
Competencies Description

Influencing We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for
the organisation We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities
we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.

Humility We put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and
play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we
engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the
organization.

Relationship We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We
Building have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to
increased impact for the organisation.

Listening We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ.
Our messages to others are clear, and consider different preferences.

Mutual We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values.
Accountability We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding
others to account in a consistent manner.

Agility, We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a
Complexity, large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
and Ambiguity

Enabling We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through
creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not
only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate
support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate
support.

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