Humanitarian Support personnel-Public Health Promotion

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Can you work in English and French? Are you an experienced humanitarian professional with at least five years’ experience in Public Health Promotion (PHP) for WASH programming in humanitarian emergencies? Do you have demonstrable experience responding to at least two different types of humanitarian emergencies (for example conflict, displacement, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, or other acute crises) across at least two different geographical contexts? Do you have experience applying Public Health Promotion (PHP), community engagement, and participatory approaches within WASH programming to identify and address public health risks, strengthen accountability to affected populations, and improve WASH outcomes? Do you have experience providing technical leadership, supporting teams, and working collaboratively with national and international colleagues and partners in complex and challenging environments? If you answered yes to all of the above, we would like to hear from you. Pouvez-vous travailler en anglais et en français ? Êtes-vous un·e professionnel·le humanitaire expérimenté·e disposant d’au moins cinq années d’expérience en Promotion de la santé publique (PHP) dans la mise en œuvre de programmes WASH en contexte d’urgence humanitaire ? Avez-vous une expérience démontrée dans la réponse à au moins deux types différents de crises humanitaires (par exemple conflits, déplacements, catastrophes naturelles, flambées épidémiques ou autres crises aiguës) dans au moins deux contextes géographiques différents ? Avez-vous de l’expérience dans l’application d’approches de PHP, d’engagement communautaire et d’approches participatives dans le cadre de programmes WASH afin d’identifier et de traiter les risques pour la santé publique, de renforcer la redevabilité envers les populations affectées et d’améliorer les résultats des programmes WASH ? Avez-vous de l’expérience dans la fourniture d’un leadership technique, l’accompagnement d’équipes et la collaboration avec des collègues et partenaires nationaux et internationaux dans des environnements complexes et exigeants ? Si vous avez répondu oui à toutes les questions ci-dessus, nous vous encourageons à postuler. The Role: What is an HSP? Oxfam has a global team of Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSPs) covering a range of technical disciplines. HSPs bring their specialist skills and experience to Oxfam’s country teams to support responses to conflicts, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other humanitarian emergencies. HSPs are globally mobile and work remotely from their home base between deployment. They are expected to spend up to nine months per year supporting field programmes (pro rata for part-time posts), usually with deployments ranging from several weeks up to six months. Many current emergency programmes are located across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe. What will you be doing as an HSP - Public Health Promotion (PHP)? You will work with country teams and national and international partners to provide technical leadership and support to PHP teams through a community engagement approach. You will help ensure that women, men, girls, and boys are meaningfully involved in identifying and addressing public health risks and in the safe, equitable, and culturally appropriate use and management of WASH services and resources, contributing to positive outcomes for their communities. The postholder will undertake a series of deployments, normally lasting from several weeks up to six months, for which specific Terms of Reference will be agreed with the relevant country office or partners before deployment and/or refined during the early stages of the assignment. Deployments will typically support rapidly evolving emergencies and/or complex and challenging operational environments where Oxfam needs to rapidly scale up its programmes, response, and operational capacity. Le rôle Qu’est-ce qu’un membre du personnel de soutien humanitaire (HSP) ? Oxfam dispose d’une équipe global de personnel de soutien humanitaire (HSP) couvrant un large éventail de domaines techniques. Les HSP apportent leurs compétences spécialisées et leur expérience aux équipes pays d’Oxfam afin de soutenir les réponses aux conflits, aux catastrophes naturelles, aux flambées épidémiques et à d’autres situations d’urgence humanitaire. Le personnel de soutien humanitaire (HSP) est mobile à l’échelle internationale et travaille depuis son lieu de résidence entre les déploiements. Il est amené à soutenir des programmes terrain jusqu’à neuf mois par an (au prorata pour les postes à temps partiel), généralement dans le cadre de missions allant de quelques semaines à six mois. De nombreux programmes d’urgence actuels sont situés en Afrique, au Moyen-Orient, en Asie et en Europe de l’Est. Que ferez-vous en tant que spécialiste HSP - Promotion de la santé publique (PHP) ? Vous travaillerez avec les équipes pays ainsi qu’avec les partenaires nationaux et internationaux afin de fournir un leadership technique et un appui aux équipes PHP à travers une approche d’engagement communautaire. Vous contribuerez à garantir que les femmes, les hommes, les filles et les garçons participent de manière significative à l’identification et au traitement des risques pour la santé publique, ainsi qu’à l’utilisation et à la gestion sûres, équitables et culturellement adaptées des services et ressources WASH, afin de contribuer à des résultats positifs pour leurs communautés. Le/la titulaire du poste effectuera une série de déploiements, généralement d’une durée allant de quelques semaines à six mois, pour lesquels des termes de référence spécifiques seront convenus avec le bureau pays ou les partenaires concernés avant le déploiement et/ou précisés au cours des premières étapes de la mission. Les déploiements viseront généralement à soutenir des situations d’urgence en évolution rapide et/ou des environnements opérationnels complexes et exigeants dans lesquels Oxfam doit renforcer rapidement ses programmes, sa réponse et ses capacités opérationnelles. 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: You will have a relevant graduate qualification or equivalent professional experience in a related discipline such as public health, social sciences, environmental health, anthropology, community development, or a related field. You will have a minimum of five years’ relevant international humanitarian experience, including substantial experience in Public Health Promotion and/or WASH programming in emergency contexts. You will have experience working across different humanitarian emergency contexts and geographical settings, with the ability to analyse risks, adapt programming, and work effectively in complex and uncertain environments. You will have experience strengthening the capacity of staff and partners through approaches such as mentoring, coaching, training, accompaniment, technical guidance, and learning approaches. You will demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work respectfully with colleagues, partners, and communities across diverse cultural contexts. Fluency in written and spoken English and French is essential. Additional language skills, particularly Arabic or Spanish, are desirable. For more details, please see the attached Job Description available in English and French. Essential - Language Requirements  Fluency in written and spoken English and French is essential.  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. Flexfam: We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. How to apply: As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. This can be submitted in English or French.