Location: Jigjiga, Somali Region, Ethiopia
Job Type: Fixed Term
Grade: National C2
Job Family: Programme
Workplace Type: On-site
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: As per Oxfam benefit package
Deadline: 11 January 2026
About the organization
Oxfam is a global movement working to end the injustice of poverty through empowerment, equality, and collective action in more than 90 countries.
Job purpose
The Food Security & Peace Building Coordinator will provide technical and strategic leadership for the “Enhancing Communities’ Resilience to Drought (ECRD)” project in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. The role integrates food security, livelihoods, and peacebuilding approaches with a strong focus on women’s economic empowerment, pastoralist resilience, and social cohesion.
Key responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for integrated food security, livelihoods, and peacebuilding activities
- Coordinate field-level implementation and community engagement
- Ensure timely delivery of project outputs and donor requirements
- Apply conflict-sensitive programming approaches
- Support monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning processes
- Mentor and technically supervise partner field teams
- Coordinate with government and civil society partners
Required qualifications and experience
- Master’s degree in Food Security, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, Conflict Studies, or a related field
- Minimum five years of experience managing food security and livelihoods projects in fragile or pastoralist contexts
- Proven experience linking economic recovery with peacebuilding and conflict mitigation
- Strong knowledge of pastoral livelihood systems and resource-based conflict dynamics
- Experience in gender-transformative programming and women’s economic empowerment
- Experience managing donor-funded projects
- Fluency in English, written and spoken
- Strong report writing, presentation, and financial management skills
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Core competencies
- Commitment to Oxfam’s values and feminist principles
- Strong partnership management and leadership skills
- Accountability, inclusion, and integrity
- Commitment to humanitarian principles
What Oxfam offers
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Inclusive and diverse work environment
Safeguarding and diversity
- Strong commitment to safeguarding and preventing exploitation and abuse
- Promotion of diversity, inclusion, and gender equality
- Employment subject to background and reference checks
How to apply
- Submit an updated CV
- Submit a cover letter explaining suitability for the role
- Apply online before 11 January 2026