Oxfam
Oxfam in OPT is looking for a Policy and Influencing officer that will be a member of the OPT Gender Justice team, supporting Oxfam’s global and national influencing work related to OPT. This includes leading on and providing technical support to the influencing work within the Gender Justice Programme.
Looking for the following experiences :
- A University degree in political science, journalism, law, human rights, or development, advanced degree is an advantage;
- 5-7 years proven work experience in policy, advocacy, or campaign work at local, national and international levels;
- Proven ability to conduct high level research and development of Policy and Campaigns materials;
- Excellent communication and copy-editing skills (writing and speaking) in English and Arabic;
- Proven ability to communicate and adapt complex policy and development issues to different levels of target audience ;
- Experience with digital communications tools and social media channels; including producing high quality storytelling content,
- Proven ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced and diverse environment; to troubleshoot and follow projects through to completion, consistently on schedule, without loss of attention to detail and budget;
- Strong interpersonal and coordination skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team;
- Understanding of gender issues and commitment to promoting gender justice and mainstreaming gender in lobby, advocacy and media work;
- Excellent networking and negotiation skills to develop good working relationships within Oxfam and with relevant stakeholders;
- Ability to think and operate strategically and creatively;
- Results-oriented and strong analytical skills;
- Knowledge of local, regional and international mass media;
- Anticipates outcomes of activities and uses initiative to keep these activities on course;
- Actively promotes high standards and continuous improvement and synergy where possible;
- Proven experience of using MS Office applications (Word, Excel and Power Point) (essential).
How to apply
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Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.