Re-Advertised Senior Policy and Advocacy officer (INT10330)

Oxfam is a world motion of individuals working collectively to finish the injustice of poverty.

The Function:

Oxfam GB-Iraq Program is on the lookout for a Senior Coverage and Advocacy officer to develop and promote coverage and analysis for Oxfam in Iraq and its nationwide NGO companions to assist advocacy, fundraising and applications. Adapt and develop coverage positions to assist advocacy and affect a variety of native, nationwide and worldwide audiences. And to observe the coverage and advocacy actions implementation below totally different initiatives within the totally different discipline places.

What we’re on the lookout for:

We’re on the lookout for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to finish poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist ideas and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

A really perfect candidate for the function may also be / have:

Important

• Bachelor’s diploma with years of expertise in social sciences, growth research, media and communication, or different related fields
• Not less than 3-5 years of expertise working with NGOs /INGOs, of which a minimal of three years in coverage and advocacy.
• Vital and related expertise in creating and producing policy-oriented content material.
• Robust expertise in working with group members and representatives and engagement with governmental actors.
• Monitor file in comparable positions and main the design and implementation of actions related to the job description, together with creating coverage briefs and studies, marketing campaign methods, advocacy and influencing actions.
• Glorious written and verbal communication abilities in English and Arabic.
• Robust writing and analysis abilities, ideally with a historical past of writing coverage, communications and analysis supplies and the flexibility to supply high-quality work inside tight deadlines.
• Administration of serious processes and relationships, significantly with colleagues in discipline places of work and different groups, in addition to exterior contacts and illustration in exterior boards.
• The power to research and talk complicated info to a variety of audiences.
• Sound political judgement on points of maximum sensitivity. Make choices and clear up issues on complicated points, requiring artistic considering to search out one of the best options and drawing on info from varied sources to tell decision-making.
• Glorious teamwork abilities and expertise working carefully with programme groups, technical specialists, companions, and administration to supply sound coverage inputs/steerage.
• Robust organizational and private administration abilities, with the flexibility to prioritize work points to fulfill deadlines.
• Potential to work in complicated international networks of multi-national, multi-cultural groups and to develop good working relationships.
• Potential to mannequin Oxfam’s values (empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness) with employees, companions, allies and different stakeholders.
• Willingness and adaptability to journey and keep in discipline places for sustained durations is a should.
• The publish holder must be fluent in English and Arabic. Data of the Kurdish language is an added worth.

Key Attributes

• Potential to show sensitivity to cultural variations and gender points, in addition to the dedication to equal alternatives.
• Potential to show an openness and willingness to study in regards to the software of gender/gender mainstreaming, girls’s rights, and variety for all features of growth work.
• Willingness to assist Oxfam’s companions in creating coverage and analysis work.
• Dedication to Oxfam’s safeguarding insurance policies to make sure all individuals who come into contact with Oxfam are as secure as doable.

We provide:

We provide a aggressive wage and a spread of further advantages to employees together with versatile working choices, beneficiant pension scheme, annual depart, further depart allowances, firm sick pay, life assurance and a spread of different advantages. 

From the day you be part of Oxfam we invite you to stretch and study in your function. Our big selection of Studying & Growth alternatives consists of in-house programs, e-learning modules, on-the job studying alternatives, teaching and mentoring, and rather more. 

You’ll be able to learn extra about all Oxfam has to supply here.

Flexfam:

We consider versatile working is essential to constructing the Oxfam of the longer term, so we’re open to speaking by means of the kind of versatile preparations which could give you the results you want. 

Tips on how to apply:

As a part of your on-line software, please add your updated CV and Cowl Letter explaining your suitability towards the important standards within the job profile.