Job Opening at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering.  Oxfam is a team of professionals that is part of the international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in 94 countries. As part of a global movement for change, we are working together to end world poverty and injustice.

We are recruiting to fill the position of: 


Job Title: Advocacy and Campaign Manager 
Job ID: CAP0252
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Contract Type: Fixed Term 6 months (with possible 6 month extension)
Hours: Full Time

Job Descriptions

• The Advocacy and Campaigns manager provides high quality technical leadership and coordination of Oxfam’s policy advocacy, campaigns, media and communication strategies in the Lake Chad Basin.
• The role also provides support to partners when needed and represents Oxfam in various advocacy and campaign platforms and coordination mechanisms in country.

Dimensions

• Manages of a budget and significant processes and relationships, particularly with partners and external contacts.
• Line manages a team.
• Project Management within own specialism.
• Expert knowledge of relevant communications environment and programme context.
• Provides creative and innovative solutions to a wide range of problems and projects.
• Forward planning and management of projects and development of strategy within specialism.Contributes to strategic development at a wider level within the programme.
• Provides technical advice and specialist guidance on appropriate communications solutions across the programme.
• Represents the programme to influence external contacts, acting as key spokes person
• Achieves goals by influencing internal and external policies through using well-development influencing, negotiating and sales skills.
• Responsible for shaping work which has potential major impact on public image.
• Requires ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences.

Key Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation:

• Lead the implementation and review of a strategic campaign plan for advocacy, communications and media on humanitarian and conflict related issues in the Lake Chad Basin.
• Lead coordination within and between media, policy, campaigns and communications stands on the LCB response. This includes coordinating with policy, media, comms. and advocacy staff as well as programme colleagues.
• Liaise with the global Oxfam network to ensure that the Lake Chad Basin policy, media and communication strategies have international support.
• Maintain good relationships with internal stakeholders, donors, national authorities, other agencies and media outlets.

Media and Communications:

• Manage media and communication staff to develop specific strategies which support campaign objectives and promote Oxfam’s reputation, acceptance and visibility.
• Represent Oxfam and communicate it’s views to a wide range of media and external stakeholders.

Policy Advocacy and External Relations:

• Provide high quality technical support on policy and advocacy to Programme Managers and the Policy Lead.
• Coordinate the different advocacy elements of the response so as to ensure consistent messaging and maximising opportunities of change.

People Management:

• Provide effective management and support to the team to ensure high levels of motivation and performance.
• Ensure excellent staff development in accordance with Oxfam’s policies, paying particular attention to building national staff capacity. 

Mainstreaming:

• Ensure that all duties are carried out in a way that promotes Oxfam’s values, culture and beliefs
• Proactively ensure that campaign activities take the specific needs of women and the most vulnerable into explicit account and are in line with gender and protection organisational policy.

Skills & Competencies

• Professional qualification in political science, international affairs, public policy, security, governance or equivalent. An advanced qualification would be advantageous.
• Significant experience in advocacy, research, policy, media work and public campaigning.
• Understanding of humanitarian response, complex emergencies, conflict resolution and international humanitarian law.
• Excellent communicator with strong written and reporting skills, and an excellent ability to influence verbally to persuade with diplomacy and tact.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a cross-cultural setting with a number of long-distance working relationships.
• Experience in fast-paced and difficult emergency contexts.
• Adaptable in approach to work with a willingness to work under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Initiative and motivation to work independently and develop solutions to problems.
• Highly flexible in style with the ability to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Proven ability to work with budgets, including monitoring and evaluation and reporting.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French.

SalaryCompetitive Salary Range.

Application Closing Date
20th January, 2017.

How to Apply
Intereted and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: All CV's to be submitted in English.