SENIOR ADVOCACY OFFICER
| Location | Oxfam Great Britain, Ethiopia |
| Date Posted | December 25, 2022 |
| Category | NGO |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | ETB |
Description
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
JOB DETAILS | |
DIVISION: Operations | TEAM: : Advocacy, Communications, and Campaigns |
LOCATION: Gambella, Ethiopia | CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-Term contract for 1 (One) year with the possibility of a contract extension |
GRADE: D1 National | JOB FAMILY: : Programme |
SALARY: As per the Oxfam Benefit Package | HOURS: 37.5 hours per week |
FLEXIBILE WORKING 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. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage | |
TEAM PURPOSE: The Advocacy, Communications, and Campaigns Team is responsible for guiding Oxfam in Ethiopia’s external relations including public awareness, research, visibility, and campaigning. We work closely with Oxfam’s programs to conduct evidence-based advocacy aimed at ending inequality and injustice, while supporting the rights and voices of the populations we serve. The team develops policy positions, facilitates networking and coalition building, supports internal and external capacity strengthening, and disseminates key learning. We aim to support activities that will achieve change at scale at all levels. Raising the voices of the communities we work with is critical to influencing a sustainable shift in local, national, regional, and global policies and practices JOB PURPOSE: The Senior Advocacy Officer will support the core objectives of this refugee leadership project by working as deputy to the Project Manager and Advocacy Coordinator, s/he will be responsible for implementing all advocacy-related activities of the project at the field level, including organizing advocacy workshops, meetings, campaigns, stakeholder consultation/dialogues etc. and support the other functions to complement the initiative. | |
POST HOLDER REPORTS TO | Program Manager a Matrix relationship with the Addis-based Advocacy Coordinator and Advocacy Manager |
JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST | N/A |
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY | No |
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Job Requirements
Job Requirements
Person specification |
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
- Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE AND EQUALITY
Our 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 across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
- Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
- Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
- Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.
Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
| 1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.
| 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
| 3. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible. |
Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:
Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organisational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work
| For this role, we have selected three of the most relevant feminist leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about 1 Self-Awareness 2 Mutual accountability 3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment |
Experience, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential:
· Ability to engage with a variety of complex issues such as gender, humanitarian response, and livelihoods and translate these into simple messages
Desirable
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