Oxfam in Somalia Policy Advisor
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Salary & Benefits:Starting salary: GBP.
25,094 net per annum plus substantial benefits
Contract Type:Fixed Term One year
Status: Unaccompanied
Purpose: To support Oxfam
programme ¡n Somalia on our advocacy & campaigning work in the country.
The Role
Working closely with the Somalia campaign manager and policy and
media leads this role will contribute to developing and delivering campaigning
and advocacy on issues around peace, gender, and livelihoods in the
country.
Focused on developing our national advocacy.
The Person
To be successful in this role, you will be a graduate with
extensive experience in a humanitarian or development organization and an
understanding of livelihoods, resilience, gender or peace work in the
country.
Experience of capacity building and planning in the humanitarian
or development sector will be an advantage.
You will have in-depth expertise in the political and cultural
context in Somalia and be fluent in both spoken and written Somali.
You need to feel confident working in a large organization with
high workloads and a large number of stakeholders.
You must be able to represent the organisation externally in a
professional manner as well as be sensitive to cultural and gender differences
and be able to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
You will need to be an excellent communicator, be fluent in
written and spoken English and be willing to travel on short visits at short
notice.
You will also have a proven ability in analysing situations and
be able to come up with creative solutions to the issues that Somalia faces.
This is an opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated
professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam’s values and beliefs.
If you believe you are the ideal candidate, look at the full job
description and please submit your application and CV in English detailing how
your experience prepares you for the post and include daytime telephone
contacts to hecajobs@oxfam.org.uk
or apply online at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/working-at-oxfam using
1NT5978
The closing date: 13th February 2013.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality
within our organization.