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Senior Inequality Policy Adviser (MENA)
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Oxfam International
- Location: Caucasus and Central Asia, West Asia/ Southwest Asia
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Renumeration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 09/09/2024
- Location: Caucasus and Central Asia, West Asia/ Southwest Asia
Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty
Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we
save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out
on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate
change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.
Job Purpose - Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Provide strategic steer on cross-national, multi-country and related regional advocacy work on inequality in MENA;
• Support Oxfam in policy development and long-term planning in in MENA, including themes of rights, gender justice, civic space, migration, economic justice, fiscal policies, aid effectiveness, and beyond.
• Support country offices in their advocacy work on the above-mentioned themes, with a specific focus on advancing inequality-related advocacy.
• Convene and coordinate advocacy initiatives with partners and allies at the regional level around issues related to inequality.
• Lead Oxfam in MENA engagement and advocacy towards International Financial Institutions, notably the IMF and the World Bank, in coordination with Oxfam’s Washington DC office.
• Commission, coordinate and produce policy documents and research on key priority issues, especially those related to inequality.
• Ensure Oxfam’s policies and advocacy activities are coherent across the region, and link up to Oxfam’s global campaigns appropriately;
• Engage and coordinate with peers in Oxfam’s regional platforms in the Global South to ensure southern voices and priorities are represented in the confederation’s priorities. Support countries in raising voice in Oxfam’s global confederation – ensuring that our global campaigns reflect the MENA country and regional context; and actively
represent Oxfam in MENA and participate in the confederation’s global advocacy efforts.
• Represent Oxfam in MENA in regional and global meetings with advocacy targets and media as required
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
• Master’s degree in economics, sociology, political science or related fields
• Proven track record of developing and delivering policy and advocacy work at a multi-national level, in either public engagement or private lobby contexts (some experience in both preferred)
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent representation skills, including when working with complex advocacy targets
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including in multicultural environments
• Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences
• Proven experience in working in multi-lateral, regional and/or global settings
• A strong network of policy and advocacy contacts across MENA
• A clear commitment to the rights agenda, including women’s rights (Oxfam principles)
• Solid knowledge of political economy and human rights and economic Justice in the MENA region
• Some knowledge of global development and rights frameworks
• Languages: Excellent English and Arabic spoken and written
Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we
save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out
on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate
change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.
Job Purpose - Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Provide strategic steer on cross-national, multi-country and related regional advocacy work on inequality in MENA;
• Support Oxfam in policy development and long-term planning in in MENA, including themes of rights, gender justice, civic space, migration, economic justice, fiscal policies, aid effectiveness, and beyond.
• Support country offices in their advocacy work on the above-mentioned themes, with a specific focus on advancing inequality-related advocacy.
• Convene and coordinate advocacy initiatives with partners and allies at the regional level around issues related to inequality.
• Lead Oxfam in MENA engagement and advocacy towards International Financial Institutions, notably the IMF and the World Bank, in coordination with Oxfam’s Washington DC office.
• Commission, coordinate and produce policy documents and research on key priority issues, especially those related to inequality.
• Ensure Oxfam’s policies and advocacy activities are coherent across the region, and link up to Oxfam’s global campaigns appropriately;
• Engage and coordinate with peers in Oxfam’s regional platforms in the Global South to ensure southern voices and priorities are represented in the confederation’s priorities. Support countries in raising voice in Oxfam’s global confederation – ensuring that our global campaigns reflect the MENA country and regional context; and actively
represent Oxfam in MENA and participate in the confederation’s global advocacy efforts.
• Represent Oxfam in MENA in regional and global meetings with advocacy targets and media as required
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
• Master’s degree in economics, sociology, political science or related fields
• Proven track record of developing and delivering policy and advocacy work at a multi-national level, in either public engagement or private lobby contexts (some experience in both preferred)
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent representation skills, including when working with complex advocacy targets
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including in multicultural environments
• Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences
• Proven experience in working in multi-lateral, regional and/or global settings
• A strong network of policy and advocacy contacts across MENA
• A clear commitment to the rights agenda, including women’s rights (Oxfam principles)
• Solid knowledge of political economy and human rights and economic Justice in the MENA region
• Some knowledge of global development and rights frameworks
• Languages: Excellent English and Arabic spoken and written
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