Background Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. The UNV Field Units (FU) are accountable for the mobilization and placement of UN Volunteers in UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes focused on peace, development, and humanitarian needs. The UNV Field Units represent and position UNV in the respective countries and bring UNV’s services and solutions closer to its partners from UN entities, volunteer involving organization's and recruitment partners from governments, civil society organizations, academia, and private sector. Under the supervision of the Programme Analyst, the Programme Assistant provides administrative and operational assistance in the UNV Field Unit in Yemen in support of onsite and online volunteer mobilization, assignments management and talent acquisition. Scope of Work 1. Support to volunteer mobilization and deployment • Support onsite and online volunteer mobilization through timely initiation of/follow-up on volunteer recruitment in UNV Unified Volunteering Platform, and through sharing proforma costs upon request and supporting connections with the Programme Analyst on potential specific/new demands. • Support the entry on duty and assignment management of UN Volunteers including follow-up on contracts nearing end dates. • Support the Field Unit Talent Acquisition efforts informed by Regional and Corporate strategies and action plans. • Assist on the logistical and travel arrangements of International UN Volunteers in duty station attending UNV workshops abroad. • Undertake tasks for the local support of the UN Volunteers and recognized dependents in the country including in the cases of medical evacuation, security evacuations or the death of a UN Volunteer. • Assist UNV HQ in ensuring all conditions are met before the payment of final entitlements to UN Volunteers at the end of their assignment. • In consultation with the Online Volunteering (OV) Programme Associate in the Regional Office, act as a focal point for online volunteers and accreditation of OV service organizations, focusing on supporting host entities with developing OV opportunities through advocacy engagements and promoting the concept of OV. 2. Administrative and logistical support • Maintain inventories of all UNV-supplied, non-expendable equipment. • Initiate and follow-up on procurement requests of the Field Unit. • Prepare payment files and submit payment requests, ensure that all payments are processed in collaboration with UNDP. • Perform other administrative duties as may be required. 3. Institutional Arrangement The Programme Assistant is part of the UNV Regional Office for the Arab States team and works in collaboration and under the direct supervision of the Programme Analyst for the Field Unit in Yemen. Core Competencies Achieve Results Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline Think Innovatively Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements Learn Continuously Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback Adapt with Agility Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible Act with Determination Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident Engage and Partner Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships Enable Diversity and Inclusion Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination Cross-Functional & Technical competencies Knowledge Generation Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need. Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches. Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations. Working with Evidence and Data Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making Communication Communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels. Documents and records management Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving. Required Skills and Experience Education: • Secondary education is required; • University Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement. • Certification in administration, accounting or finance is desirable. Experience: Minimum of 5 years (with high school diploma) or 2 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in administration and/or programme support services; Experience using computers and office software packages (ERP, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) is required; Experience in handling of web-based management systems is highly desirable; Experience in records management, keeping track of organizational records and/or information; Experience in meeting coordination: scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes, and distributing follow-up actions; Fluency in Arabic and English; Disclaimer Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. The successful candidate will hold a UNDP letter of appointment. This post is for local recruitment only. It is open to citizens of Yemen. All travel, interview and relocation costs, if any, incurred to take up an appointment at the duty station in Sanaa are at the expense of the applicant. Important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders) Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment. UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications. 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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. The IRC in Yemen began its programs in October 2012, and operates directly and with partners in nine Governorates across Yemen implementing humanitarian and recovery programs in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Women Protection & Empowerment, Child Protection and Migration. Scope of work As a member of the Country Program Senior Management Team, the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) provides overall leadership in the development and management of the Country Program Strategic Action Plan (SAP), and manages implementation and growth of IRC’s programming portfolio in Yemen, with particular emphasis on responsiveness to clients’ needs, program quality and impact. The DDP will ensure that capacity building of national non-governmental partners is prioritized as part of IRC’s long term strategy. In close coordination with the Country Director, the DDP will build and sustain strong donor relationships, ensuring a diverse and sustainable portfolio that adequately covers funding needs across all program sectors of the Country Program. Based in Aden, Yemen, the DDP will report to the Country Director and work in close collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director (DRD). The DDP directly supervises the Head of Program Support,Technical Coordinators (TC) and Senior Managers who are responsible for proposal development, program quality and grants management. This position has close working relationships with the Head of Operations / Deputy Director Operations (DDO), the Deputy Director for Finance (DDF), the People & Culture Director as well as field-based staff. The DDP position in Yemen is unaccompanied and requires extensive in-country and occasional regional travel. Key areas of accountability: Program Strategy, Design and Fundraising • Provide leadership in the design and implementation of the Yemen Program Strategic Action Plan (SAP). • Ensure together with TCs, and Technical Unit staff, that project design reflects IRC program quality standards and industry best practices. • Implement Yemen’s Partnership Strategy, ensuring more sustainable long term programming that allows for capacity strengthening of a variety of local and national institutions in line with the Grand Bargain Agreement. • Lead efforts for sustainable program growth, proactively identifying opportunities for new programming initiatives and emphasizing multi-year funding to support them. • Provide leadership support to the program, partnerships, measurement, and grants teams to develop competitive, evidence-based and cost-effective funding applications. • Provide guidance, strategies and tools to ensure that programming choices are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, input from communities, a thorough understanding of context, technical best practices, and operational viability. • Formulate integrated programming initiatives so that technical sectors complement each other and promote the Centrality of Protection and gender-responsive approaches. Program Management – Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation • Provide overall leadership and management of IRC Yemen’s program portfolio, ensuring strategically coherent program direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with IRC and donor regulations. • Continually seek out ways to build the capacities of program team members, individually and collectively. • Ensure that regular and meaningful Program Cycle Management meetings are held for each grant and all issues requiring managenet decisions are flagged in a timely manner for resolution. • Ensure that detailed, realistic and feasible project implementation plans are developed, and modified as needed, in collaboration with the Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) and Field Coordinators. • Regularly travel to the field to visit projects and regularly review progress against indicators. • Coordinate with other members of SMT on appropriate management, compliance and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management. • Put accountability mechanisms in place for client feedback. • Support program staff to collect, document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices, incorporating these into new project designs. • With programming staff, develop effective and appropriate M&E plans, including methodologies and tools to strengthen the quality of data collection, analysis and reporting. • Review M&E and accountability data with program staff to identify and address areas for operational improvement. Grant Financial Management • In coordination with finance and operations, oversee grants to ensure compliance with donor requirements. • In collaboration with finance and operations, contribute to the development and periodic reforecasting of the annual operating budget. • In collaboration with finance and operations, ensure that program staff are well trained to properly manage project budgets. • Meet with program, grants, operations and finance staff regularly to review budget spending reports. • Mitigate risk by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that program staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles. • Ensure that risks limiting achievement of objectives are reported and rapidly addressed. Staff Management and Development • Create a supervisory environment focused on the achievement of team and individual results that emphasizes the importance of learning, productivity, accountability and openness. • Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution among team members. • Provide guidance and supervision to Technical Coordinators and the Grants team; discuss job expectations, set objectives, provide regular, timely and thoughtful coaching, feedback on expectations, performance assessment, and professional development for all direct reports, while making sure that they do the same for their direct reports. • Build capacities of program staff in key project management principles, tools and approaches and ensure that these new skills are utilized on the job. • Manage recruitment, hiring and development of high-performing national staff to assume greater levels of responsibility. • Provide leadership support for the successful implementation of and adherence to the IRC Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures. • Lead with commitment, integrity and accountability to the "IRC Way" – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. • Promote constructive, collegial teamwork between program and operations staff. Representation and Communication • Enhance IRC Yemen’s profile among relevant stakeholders: donors, national and local government partners, international and national NGOs, etc. • Act as the focal point for program-related communication between IRC country programs in the region and global offices. • Oversee programmatic inputs to advocacy efforts both in-country and globally Requirements: • Education: Advanced degree in international relations, development studies or relevant discipline • Must have at least six years of international management experience, including technical staff supervision. • Must be experienced in the development of sustainable approaches to programming through local and national partners. • Demonstrated success managing programs with 300+ employees in multiple locations within the region or global environment required. • Strong experience is required in the management of humanitarian and recovery projects, including specific skill in people management, program budget management, project cycle management and donor relations (proposal negotiation, reporting, and donor compliance). • Excellent written and verbal skills in the English language. Knowledge of Arabic will be an added advantage. • Experience managing programs financed by a diverse and varied number of donors, including government agencies, foundations and private donors a must, with previous experience in competitive Requests for Proposals environments a plus. • Proven ability to manage a wide variety of projects to completion on time, within budget, and with the anticipated results. • Demonstrated successful leadership experience with a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting, including active mentoring and coaching. • Extensive experience with monitoring and evaluation tools and systems for complex programs Key Competencies: • Must be comfortable in being a proactive member of the senior management team. Must have a validated track-record of proactively identifying and communicating potential problems and proposing solutions. • Must be able to function effectively in a complex work environment, setting appropriate priorities and handle competing priorities and pressure • Ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal technical support • Must have excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional patience and be able to interact, partner and thrive in a diverse emergency environment • Committed to staff training and development and effective at facilitation • Be responsive to needs expressed by programs, finance and operations staff as well as by implementing partners Working environment Security level: Orange. The situation in the country can be volatile and is tense and unpredictable; concerns include criminality, presence of armed troops, and looting. The position is based in Aden and is unaccompanied. Lodging is a private bedroom in a shared IRC guest house – with electricity, internet and cable TV. Food is the individual’s responsibility. Field office housing is more basic. #LI-5 Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

DIVISION PURPOSE: Oxfam is a global community who believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we will not stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good. Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam. TEAM PURPOSE: To oversee YEM Oxfam BALADI Building Agile Leadership and Development Initiative with technical support from advocacy, gender justice, and partnership departments. JOB PURPOSE: To supervise implementation of SDC project titled as “YEM Oxfam BALADI Building Agile Leadership and Development Initiative” ensuring activities are aligned with the log frame objective, measurable indicators, and strategic interventions outlined to achieve gender-responsive localization. The coordinator is going to facilitate the co-creation of solutions with stakeholders by applying a design thinking approach – engaging deeply with local and national actors to identify challenges, prototype solutions, and refine activities for sustained impact. The project’s activities would be divided between Oxfam, the co-applicant, international partners, and Women's Centre for Research and Training (WCRT) in Aden university as per approved proposal. Therefore, the coordinator would closely work with gender justice, advocacy, and partnership departments within Oxfam as well as with the co-applicant, international partners, and Women's Centre for Research and Training (WCRT) to make sure that the project’s activities are on track based on developed work plan at the beginning on the project. The coordinator would be responsible to prepare narrative reports as well as working closely with finance team to make sure that financial report is in alignment with narrative one. The coordinator would act as main focal point between Oxfam team, the co-applicant, international partners and WCRT during implementation phase as well as to seek any technical advice from Oxfam team when required. DIMENSIONS The role requires experience in capacity building programmes working with WROs (Women’s Rights Organizations), CSOs (Civil Society Organizations), and other stakeholders such public university. This role requires an extensive experience and knowledge about civil society environment and its challenges, opportunities, and entry points for capacity strengthening program and transfer of knowledge on individual and organizational level. Ensure the operationalization of the Humanitarian Development Studies Center aligns with the overarching goal of gender-responsive localization as specified in the log frame’s impact indicator. The role requires a high level of coordination between Oxfam team, the co-applicant, international partners, and Women's Centre for Research and Training (WCRT) to ensure flawless implementation of activities by these actors. The role requires close follow-up on monthly basis therefore carrying out monthly meeting with these actors is essential to be updated about progress in term of implementation, challenges, recommendation and required support from Oxfam. Act as main focal point between Oxfam and its co-applicant, international partners, and WCRT as well as meeting with donors when required. The role requires experience in integrating gender justice principles particularly with WROs, WLOs, and CSOs with a strong focus on gender transformative programming. Manage positive and productive relations between the project’s different actors. This role would be responsible to work with funding team and programme to identify second and third years’ international partners as only first year’s international partner identified so far. Has knowledge about local constrains and restrictions of WROs and CSOs working in Yemeni context as well as enabler factors to overcome these restrictions to facilitate sustainable capacity strengthening as long-term investment for meaningful participation of local actors at decision-making levels. The Role KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Conduct participatory sessions to map stakeholders needs including WROs, CSOs, and local authorities, ensuring their insights directly inform project’s priorities and lead iterative workshops to test and refine training curricula, operational strategies, and capacity-building approaches in collaboration with stakeholders. Aligning project management activities with log frame structures, including developing and tracking indicators, managing data sources, and reporting on impact and outcomes. Oversee the development of localized, conflict-sensitive, and gender-responsive training curricula that address the capacity needs identified in participatory assessments. Collaborate with local actors to design a business model and resource mobilization strategy for the humanitarian and development studies centre, ensuring alignment with the log frame’s sustainability outcomes. Establish and manage structured feedback loops with stakeholders to regularly evaluate progress against log frame targets and adapt project strategies based on findings. Use design thinking principles in initial workshops to co-create a shared understanding of the log frame objective, jointly prioritize activities, and collaboratively identify potential risks and mitigation strategies. Be responsible to organize kick-off workshop with related Oxfam departments, WCRT, and co-applicant’s employees. Donor’s requirement from programmatic and compliance perspective should be discussed with the co-applicant, WTRC and Oxfam staff during this workshop. Track progress against outcome indicators such as board composition, curriculum quality and satisfaction rates, and ensure these are met as per the log frame and facilitates continuous learning reviews to adjust project activities based on real-time feedback from local actors and partners. Be responsible to finalize work plan, risk and mitigation matrix, forecast, activities description/Term of reference for Oxfam’s assigned activities as well as provide support to finalize similar requirements for the co-applicant’s and WCRT activities. Support on signing sub-agreement with local authorities in the south (Aden) in coordination with liaison department. Act as focal point during donor’s monthly/quarterly meeting and be responsible to develop an action point matrix for this project based on these meeting. It is important to share this matrix with related technical department such as advocacy, gender justice, and programme humanitarian coordinator therefore anyone can refer to that matrix in time of either annual or emergency leave of the coordinator. Be responsible to finalize donor’s narrative reports and working with finance department to finalize financial reports as well. s/he shall coordinate with co-applicant, WCRT, and international partners to receive their narrative and financial reports as per a signed letter of agreement between Oxfam and them. Work closely with HST-LHL’s (Humanitarian System Transformation through Local Humanitarian Leadership) project coordinator to ensure smooth coordination for reporting to SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) Support in development of training courses working closely with the co-applicant, WCRT, and the international partners using “Taking the Lead” approach with close coordination of targeted WROs and CSOs in operational, institutional and technical areas. Lead on publishing research/policy paper with support from advocacy and campaigning department and coordination with the co-applicant during the project’s lifetime. Any other tasks proposed by line manager. What we are looking for The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements: Essential Experience and knowledge about civil society environment and its challenges, opportunities, and entry points for capacity strengthening program and transfer of knowledge on individual and organizational level. Proficiency in applying design thinking methods, including stakeholder engagement, identification, prototyping, and iterative improvement, in complex humanitarian contexts. Demonstrable experience in applying conflict-sensitive approaches in project design, implementation, and evaluation ensuring interventions mitigate potential conflict drivers and enhance social cohesion. Experience in integrating gender justice principles and gender transformative programming. Ability to conduct conflict analysis to identity key risks, power dynamic, and stakeholder relationships, ensuring that project activities are responsive to the local context. Experience in developing and delivering (facilitating) training or capacity-building program that incorporate conflict-sensitive practices, particularly in humanitarian or development settings. Experience in capacity strengthening programmes and preferably with SDC projects’ background. Strong capacity to lead and facilitate participatory process, ensuring diverse voices – particularly women and marginalized groups – are central to project decision-making. Proven ability to operationalize log frame framework by aligning project activities with indicators, verifying data sources, and ensuring the achievement of outcomes. Financial and budget management skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong negotiating skills and ability to persuade, motivate and influence internal and external stakeholders. Self-Awareness Mutual accountability Vision Setting At interview, shortlisted candidates will also be assessed on our values and organizational attributes, as outlined above. Desirable Understanding / experience of WROs and CSOs working environment in Yemen context. Coaching or mentoring experience. Team and people management experience.

The Role: To supervise implementation of Oxfam Novid project titled as “Humanitarian System Transformation through Local Humanitarian Leadership” ensuring activities are aligned with the log frame objective, measurable indicators, and strategic interventions outlined to achieve gender-responsive localization. The coordinator is going to facilitate the co-creation of solutions with stakeholders by applying a participatory approach – engaging deeply with local, national actors, INGOs, and UNs to identify challenges, prototype solutions, and refine activities for sustained impact. The project’s activities would be divided between Oxfam and three local partners at the beginning; however number of partners and platform might be included during implementation stage, therefore the coordinator would work closely with gender justice, advocacy, and partnership departments within Oxfam as well as three local partners to make sure that the project’s activities are on track based on developed work plan at the beginning on the project. International partners will also work with Oxfam and its local partners for specific outcomes, where the project coordinator will be responsible for coordination among different actors under this project.

The Role: Ensure efficient day-to-day follow up with MEAL and program field-based offices in regard to program data/information gathering to enhance wide range of internal and external reporting including donor reporting in compliance with Oxfam polices and values What we are looking for: We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do. An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have: Minimum 2 years of experience in data/information management. Bachelor’s degree in information technology and/or information systems. Ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment (Essential). Excellent communications skills in English with ability to analyse and synthesise complex issues (Essential). Excellent computer skills, including various office applications and internet navigation (Essential) Ability to adapt to working in a challenging environment, in potentially insecure locations. Effectively manages own time and with minimum supervisory. Effective use of technology to assist in achievement of objectives. Capacity to work effectively with others, interpersonal awareness, able to influence others. We offer: We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, 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.