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Oxfam GB

Consultant

October 14, 2024

For Oxfam Pilipinas

Philippine Nationals Only

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

About Oxfam Pilipinas

We seek lasting change. We at Oxfam Pilipinas dream and work for a future where Filipinos are free from poverty. For more than 30 years, serving in a country where close to 27 million now live in poverty, we have relied on the power of people to carry out programs designed to achieve our shared vision. Central to our strategy is working with partners to transform the unequal power relations, structures, norms, and values that cause poverty and inequality, including gender-based violence and injustice.

We strive to apply a feminist lens to all our analyses and actions. We seek to save lives, provide access to services, and reduce the impact of disasters, particularly on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We belong to the larger Oxfam family of over 20 organizations networked with partners and grassroots communities in all corners of the globe. We are part of a global movement for genuine change, seeking to rid the world of the scourge of poverty, with gender justice at the core of what we do.

Background

Oxfam Philippines works in partnership with national NGOs to realize its mutual programming and projects ambitions. Partners and Oxfam together are committed to respectively and jointly be fully accountable to the donor, program and project participants, i.e. beneficiaries, and with each other with complete integrity. This accountability primarily includes, but is not limited to, the quality delivery of all the project objectives and activities and responsible use of project funds as manifested through compliance with all donor and respective organizational rules and regulations and accepted industry practices and standards.

Partners and Oxfam are respectively expected to have sound Program and Finance Management to be properly accountable and effective. A set of Minimum Financial Standards has been recognized to be the benchmark for financial accountability (Annex A). The Financial Accompaniment and Monitoring (FAM) Visit is an integral part of improving our management and accountability. FAM Visit is primarily the Financial Verification and Validation and Financial Management Systems Review and Oxfam has retained the services of a third-party Consultant for Finance Accompaniment and Monitoring (FAM) to lead on this.

The FAM Visit is intended to be empowering process for both Oxfam and Partners and will therefore be guided by the following partnership principles of: a) Shared vision and values, b) Complementary purpose and added value, c) Mutual respect for respective values, beliefs, autonomy and independence, d) Clarity of roles, responsibilities, and decision-making, e) Transparency and mutual accountability, f) Commitment to joint learning.

As such, the process shall be: a) Respectful, b) Constructive and supportive, c) Problem solving, d) Transparent, e) Clear and f) Not Rushed.

Scope of Work

The Third-Party Finance Specialist shall undertake a Financial Verification and Validation and Financial Management Systems Review of the partners’ financial reports submitted to Oxfam. This review will cover 100% of the released grants for the European Union (EU) Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme (BAEP): WEE-SAFE (Strengthening Agri-Fishery Enterprise through Women and Youth Economic Empowerment, Inclusive Business and Climate Resilience), covering Year 1 (July 2023-June 2024).

EU BAEP: WEE-SAFE partners are SIAD Initiatives in Mindanao Convergence for Asset Reform and Regional Development, Inc. (SIMCARRD) based in Davao City, and Kasanyangan Center for Community Development and Microfinance Foundation, Inc. (KCCDMFI or KMFI) based in Zamboanga City.

Specifically:

A. Validity of financial transactions based on approved budgets and financial and compliance to applicable policies of the partner, Oxfam or donor requirements as stated in the agreements and contracts.

Reconciliation of reported expenditure per budget line with the available/filed supporting documentation
Utilization of advances, timelines of liquidation and outstanding balances, if any
Project income, e.g. interest earned on deposits
Accuracy of financial reports submitted

B. Quality of the Financial Management Systems, procedures and internal control and compliance with all donor and respective organizational rules and regulations and accepted good practices and standards.

C. Audit Report showing the total validated expenditures

The Third-party Finance Specialist shall deliver to Oxfam and Partner the following outputs to be submitted within a reasonably agreed date from the conclusion of the visit.

A. Preliminary report, findings and recommendations at visit exit meeting

B. Final report and findings, confirmation, evaluation and comments to the above scope of work

C. List of Recommendations

Period of Engagement : October 21, 2024 – November 22, 2024

Other Responsibilities

Adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
Perform priority organizational tasks related to his/her competencies as may be assigned from time to time.

Organizational Values:

Equality - We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
Empowerment - We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
Solidarity - We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.
Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.
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
Courage - We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Note: All offers of consultancy will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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