GROW CAMPAIGN PROJECT LEAD – Inequality in food value chains

Closing date: 6th May 2018 @23:59 BST
(Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.)
Interviews: Date to be confirmed (between 16th and 25th May)
Location: Oxfam International Secretariat office or Oxfam office (subject to being able to establish a contract of employment with relevant Oxfam affiliate)
Contract: Open-ended (subject to being able to establish an open-ended contract of employment with hosting Oxfam affiliate as relevant)
Hours: 5 days preferable
Salary: In line with Oxfam Values & based on national salary benchmarks

Oxfam International is unable to guarantee the obtaining of a work permit for the role. Candidates must have and be able to retain the legal right to work in the location of the position.

Successful applicants may be subject to background screening

One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.

Around the world, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them. In all we do, Oxfam works with partner organizations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.

Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. The Oxfam International Secretariat is currently headquartered in Nairobi, with offices in Oxford, Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Geneva, and a liaison office with the Africa Union in Addis Ababa.

This post will be part of the OI Secretariat Advocacy and Campaigns, GROW team.

The Role

Oxfam International is looking for a brilliant public campaigner with strong project management skills to project lead a forthcoming worldwide campaign on inequality in food value chains. As a part of the GROW team, we are seeking someone who is passionate about transformational change for women producers and workers as a way to ensure that everyone has enough to eat now and into the future.

The successful applicant will have campaigned on a variety of targets, particularly the private sector, across different geographies which require coordination combined with flexibility to have greatest impact. You will have experience in working in the global south or with southern teams on global campaigns and be committed to southern stakeholders taking leadership of our worldwide campaigns to ensure they are impactful meaningful to the people we work for. You will need to be able to effectively coordinate, lead, negotiate with and inspire people from a number of different teams and cultures across numerous time zones and be able to distill complex issues clearly and concisely with a focus on getting things done. You will also need to be a great problem solver using design thinking to develop solutions collaboratively yet decisively.

Fluency in English required and competence in French and/or Spanish is desirable.

How to apply:

To view the job description and for information on how to apply please go to the Oxfam International Website, found at: https://recruitment.oxfam.org/