Policy and Campaigning Manager – OXFAM عودة إلى الفرص

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Oxfam Tunisia is hiring

POLICY AND CAMPAIGNING MANAGER

Application deadline: 01 Mars 2020

Duty station: Tunis, Tunisia

Type of contract: Fixed Term contract (1 year)

Salary Scale: In accordance with the salary grid and the Oxfam Human Resources policy in Tunisia.69231 TND et 101538 TND annual base salary

Duration of engagement: One (1) year (renewable depending on performance and available funding)

Hours of Work: Fulltime (40 hours / week)

Optional Advantages: Medical care and supplementary pension insurance

Starting Date: As soon as possible

Job Purpose

Lead, coordinate and manage the development and implementation of all of Oxfam’s Influencing work at country level, in collaboration with Oxfam staff and partners, and in line with the Worldwide Influencing Network (WIN) transformational goals, the WIN National Influencing Standards and the vision for 2020 programs.  This includes policy, advocacy and campaign.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Advocacy and campaigning – 30%

• Lead the development and implementation of Oxfam’s influencing strategy for Tunisia, in line with advocacy and program objectives at national, regional, and global levels
• Actively guides and works with staff and partners in relation to the development of Oxfam policy, advocacy and campaign work, identifying key issues and opportunities for country influencing engagement  that add value to the achievement of the programme goals in country.
• In line with country ambitions to engage with campaign initiatives, ensure the development and implementation of advocacy and campaigns at the country level, alliance building and sharing of information, ensuring linkages and act as focal point with all relevant stakeholders at regional and global levels.
• Mobilise relevant global advocacy and campaign resources within the confederation – money and people – in support for national and influencing strategies in a timely fashion

Development of Influential Programmes and support to the team and programs – 20%

• Provide tools for the advocacy and influencing team to support country programs in ensuring WIN is embedded in all programs, through the design of advocacy strategies for programs/projects, quality checks, capacity building, power analysis, if needed. Contribute to funding proposals to ensure they all have a strong influencing component.
• Ensure that the WIN standards are well embedded in the country strategy and operating model and regularly review compliance to such standards.
• Guide and provide high level technical advice and support the country team in developing influencing programmes, developing a wide range of influencing strategies that include linking country-level goals to regional and global-level advocacy and campaigning opportunities, resourcing strategies, effective networks, partnerships with multiple stakeholders for the effective delivery of influencing work that facilitate the change.
• In support to the Media and Communications advisor at country, explore the use of media digital technology in campaigning and programmes, supporting countries to scale up their ambitions in this area, also linking with the regional level.
• Ensure adequate resourcing is allocated within budgets to scale up influencing at national and regional level and support initiatives for resource mobilisation.
• Strengthen the relevance, legitimacy and downward accountability of our global influencing initiatives
• Forge meaningful links between local to regional and global, as well as south-south
• Support the CD in external representation and engagement as required.

Cooperation with Oxfam partners – 10%

• Provide steer on strengthening, via capacity building and information sharing, the ability of partners to deliver high impact influencing programs, supporting or facilitating support for their advocacy and influencing work
• Facilitate influencing and program teams’ efforts to support Oxfam partner organizations in their influencing work

Policy, brand and risk management – 20%

• Proactively gather and analyze information on the changing local and global context, managing highly complex and diverse public policy issues. Produce analytical reports on relevant political and economic developments.  Analyze their impact on Oxfam’s program, partners and allies, keep relevant staff—in-country and internationally—updated on latest relevant developments, and ensure that the country’s ideas and approaches include the latest thinking.
• Advise the Country Director and relevant (senior) program staff on policy issues and positioning related to Oxfam’s work in country, including brand and risk management.
• Contribute to preparation and follow up of research products for the country programs
• Develop policy briefs as needed and facilitate the development of quality policy papers.
• Steer and coordinate the sign off of all policy and advocacy products

Management – 20%

• Manage the Oxfam campaigning and influencing team in Tunisia. This includes having work meetings with campaigning and influencing staff, staff coaching & development, day to day line-management, performance interviews, being responsible for the recruitment and selection processes for new campaigning and influencing staff, etc.).
• Actively participate in the Tunisia Senior Management Team.