District Team Leader - Environmental Health

(East Timor)

The Oxfam program is based in four districts supported by a head office in Dili. The program is in a transitional phase seeking to strengthen the capacity of East Timorese organisations and groups to manage and implement community based environmental health projects; human rights; and women’s empowerment projects.

Oxfam Australia is seeking District Team Leaders for the Environmental Health Program in East Timor that focuses on health promotion, water supply and sanitation.

Key Requirements:

· Minimum 2 years experience of working in community based health promotion programmes.

· Experience in environmental health programmes is an advantage.

· Experience in programme management, preferably with an INGO.

· Experience in leading, managing and supporting multi disciplinary and multi cultural teams.

· Relevant qualifications in public health and skills in health promotion, sanitation and vector control activities.

· Well developed training, facilitation and community consultation skills.

· Ability to work in the Tetum or Bahasa Indonesian languages or willingness to learn.

· A high level of organisational, negotiation and oral and written communication skills.

· Self motivated with an ability to show initiative.

· Team player

· Flexibility, ability to cope with transition between cultures and work under pressure.

Salary A$40,000 per annum (plus accomm, per diem, insurance). These are unaccompanied positions with 6-12 month contracts. For an application form and/or further information please contact: development.register@caa.org.au quoting ref. No: DN7-01.

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