About us
Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
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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 committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.
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. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. 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.
Our Team
The Programmes Team will ensure that the programmes make the proper shift, with the quality needed to ensure a proper achievement of the Ethiopia Oxfam Country Strategy. As part of the programmes team, the whole team on the sector of Livelihoods and Resilience will ensure that Goal 1 of the OCS is achieved with the required quality and timely. This team will work very close with the Humanitarian team ensuring the link between the long term and emergency situations.
Job Purpose
To support policy and advocacy work under the AGRA project and other Oxfam programs as required. This will involve working closely with program team to lead documentation of good practices and generating lessons for scaling. This influencing work, which will include in-country lobbying, external representation and alliance building to facilitate ownership of program/project results and including sectoral priorities and strategies.
The post-holder will liaise with Oxfam’s regional and global campaign colleagues, contributing to strategies at these levels as appropriate. The other focus area is that the post-holder is expected to generate policy brief, at the end of AGRA project execution, that will inform policies and strategies of agriculture sector. The policy brief will be prepared based on the evidences generated from project interventions.
Core Details | ||
Location: | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
Salary:
| As per the Oxfam benefit package | |
Internal Grade: | D2, National | |
Job Family: | Programme | |
Contract type: | Fixed-Term contract for 10 months | |
Hours of work: | 37.5 hours per week. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage | |
This role reports to: | AGRA project coordinator | |
Staff reporting to this post: | None | |
Annual budget for the post: | N/A | |
Key relationships/interactions: | Work closely with different internal and external stakeholders at all levels
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Screening checks: | All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter-terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.
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References: | Should you be successful and not already employed by Oxfam GB, we will require a minimum of two references covering five years of employment history. | |
DBS checks (for roles based in the UK): It is a requirement in the UK for a new DBS check at an enhanced level for every new member of staff who works directly with or has regular contact with, children or vulnerable adults in the UK (consistent with DBS guidance and relevant law). Key Responsibilities | |
Lead the implementation of the project’s influencing strategy
Lead on the collection and dissemination of key project information, and represent the project externally with allies, partners, and other stakeholders
Lead the development of quality policy and influencing outputs
Other
Your commitment to Oxfam
Key Attributes:
Organisational Values:
Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies
Essential
Desirable
Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct here.