The Role
Oxfam is looking for a civic space policy & advocacy lead to provide strategic leadership across Oxfam to protect and promote civic space, ensuring a strategic approach to global advocacy on civic space issues, and embedding and mainstreaming civic space policy and advocacy across all our advocacy and campaigns work in the confederation, to achieve changes at national and regional level.
Who we’re looking for
Are you a strategic leader with experience of working in or across movements and groups to protect and promote civic space? Are you a passionate advocate for democracy, human rights and citizenship issues? Are you able to develop and lever your networks to achieve impact in different geographies and with diverse teams and groups? Are you a convenor and facilitator who can understand how to place Oxfam as a useful ally and supportive member of movements to protect civic space? Are you an active feminist committed to anti-racism and decolonial approaches?
If so this role could be for you!
Read here the full Job Description
What we offer
This role will give you an opportunity to work with a large variety of partners, allies, geographies, and thematic issues supporting movements, groups and communities to defend and protect civic space for a more democratic world, where human rights are respected.
At Oxfam, we believe that Civic space is the oxygen for citizens’ voices, and therefore a critical enabler in the fight against poverty and inequality, and in the pursuit of social justice. As a vital prerequisite for a rights-based approach to development and for all the work Oxfam does. The trends toward shrinking and shifting civic space is greatly affecting civil society organizations and movements, and we require to adjust and innovate our strategies. Oxfam has started this journey and is committed to strengthening our approach and especially supporting partners and movements.
In this role, you will have the chance to further shape this journey, leading on policy, advocacy and partnership in a large multi-thematic organization and network for exponential change.
If you have this ambition, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career.
Oxfam is committed to providing a fair compensation package and to providing a flexible, supportive, working environment.
About us
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.
We are an international confederation of 21 organizations (affiliates) plus the Oxfam International Secretariat, working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.
Our commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. 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.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam International Secretariat also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, if a job applicant has been employed by another member of the scheme, we will request information from that organization 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.
How to apply
How to apply
Please upload an up to date CV and a covering letter as one PDF Document, clearly explaining your
suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.
Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted- usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.
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