Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, September 28 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
• Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
• This is a two years fixed term opportunity renewable on availability of funding to be based in any of the southern African countries subject to the person having the right to work in that country:Malawi/Mozambique/Zambia/Zimbabwe/South Africa. The person should be ready to start work latest November 2023.

The Role:
Lead on working with CSO, social movements, alliances, media, activities, and other actors to amplify results of our work in a way that challenges poverty and inequality
Oxfam is looking for:
An individual who is dynamic, charismatic, and credible leader with the following:
• At least a Masters’ level degree in the specific thematic area
• Demonstrated experience of advocacy and campaigning resulting in dependable impact.
• Ability to engage and influence both corporate direction, contributing to and following it as appropriate and the ongoing development of program policy and quality to enhance the impact of Oxfam’s work.
• Ability to manage large amounts of work, outstanding prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to build a people’s movement around the program theme and inspire followership.
• Proven analytical and conceptual thinking, high level research, project management knowledge and skills and experience using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, programme identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Comprehensive experience of building leading and developing staff with different backgrounds ideally built on mature understanding of relevant issues derived from field experience.
• Commitment to and good knowledge of working with networks, coalitions and a partnership approach across the spectrum of Oxfam’s work, including innovative approaches to capacity strengthening.
• Good knowledge of and experience in developing advocacy and campaign strategies and plans and successfully achieving external impact and change. Some experience in undertaking media presentations.
• Proven management experience at a strategic level in a complex, dispersed organization with evidence of leading, facilitating and integrating a specific area of expertise across a wide network, providing clarity and focus of vision and impact, strategic planning and decision making and the delivery of agreed results.
• Excellent knowledge of the Southern African political environment and issues.
• Politically astute, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills and personal gravitas to gain respect and build and maintain strong, credible relationships, with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Spoken and written Portuguese will be an added advantage.

What we are looking for:
• We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.
• We offer:
• We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.
• From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
• You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.
• Flexfam:
• 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.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
• As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
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