HEAD OF HUMANITARIAN CAMPAIGNS & ADVOCACY

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1 AT OXFAM WE WON T LIVE WITH POVERTY. Together we can end extreme poverty for good. Will you join us? HEAD OF HUMANITARIAN CAMPAIGNS & ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, POLICY & INFLUENCING TEAM Closing Date: 28 February 2017 (midnight UK time) Assessment Date: 15 March 2017 Vacancy Reference: CAP0262

2 Contents Introduction from Director...4 About Oxfam...5 OXFAM INTERNATIONAL-WORKING AS ONE OXFAM...6 HOW OXFAM GB WORKS...6 our values...6 Role Profile...7 OUR TEAM...7 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR...7 JOB PURPOSE...7 CORE DETAILS...8 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES...8 SKILLS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE...9 WHAT THE CURRENT POSTHOLDER SAYS ABOUT HER ROLE...11 EXAMPLES OF RECENT HUMANITARIAN TEAM WORK IN THE MEDIA (LINKS):...11 Yemen crisis: Oxfam critical of uk-saudi arms deals...11 Campaigns Policy & Influencing Team OVERVIEW...12 Global Policy & Campaigns Team OVERVIEW...13 OXFAM Leadership Competency Framework...14 How to Apply...14 Oxfam is a Disability Confident Employer. Should you be unable to submit your application online and would prefer an alternative method please contact our resourcing team How to find out more about us...14 Follow us...14 Appendix 1: Our vision in the year WHAT WE WILL BE...15 HOW WE WILL WORK...15 WORKING WITH OUR SUPPORTERS...16 WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CHANGE...17 WHAT NEXT?...17 Appendix 2: COUNTRIES WE WORK IN...18 Page 2 of 18

3 INTRODUCTION FROM DIRECTOR Dear Candidate, I m pleased to say that influencing is at the heart of how Oxfam achieves change for the poorest in the world. Which is why this is such an exciting job - it is one of the biggest influencing roles we have. You ll be responsible for shaping and delivering one of our major campaign programmes, working within one of the largest influencing teams in the UK charity sector, and shaping the impact of one of the biggest INGOs in the world. Oxfam is a great place to work. As a relatively recent arrival at Oxfam I remember my sense of delight at finding myself surrounded by colleagues of such experience and professionalism. People who have dedicated their careers to international development and who approach change making with sophistication, ambition and passion. It s a challenging time to be an advocate for the poor and marginalised. Nationalism and extreme economic inequality are eroding humanitarian values and warping economics in many of the countries we work in. But Oxfam and its supporters have a unique role in defending those values, in challenging the policies that keep people poor, and in giving all citizens agency over their lives. At Oxfam GB that means we will be speaking up with and for refugees, it means we will find ways of turning the huge concern about inequality around the world into action on tax dodging and decent work at country level, and it means that we have to give our supporters many small ways that they can express their humanity and their hope for a fairer world. Thanks for your interest in these roles. I look forward to meeting some of you in the interview process. Matthew Spencer Director of Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Oxfam Great Britain Page 3 of 18

4 ABOUT OXFAM We are shop volunteers, aid workers, marathon runners, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, mobilised women, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. All working together towards the same goal an end to the injustice of poverty and the creation of a fairer world. One in which people influence the decisions that affect their lives, are able to overcome crises and disasters, and can exercise their rights and assume their responsibilities as full citizens of a world in which everyone is treated and valued equally. We believe in the power of people against poverty and that we can only end poverty by working together. We use our expertise and experience to transform the goodwill and commitment of people who want to help into immediate, effective and lasting change for people fighting poverty. In communities across the world, we work at the most fundamental level to save lives when crisis hits, and then by staying around to help people stand on their own two feet building back stronger once the dust has settled. We work at grass roots level, promoting development and supporting people s right to work and provide for their loved ones. And we tackle the big problems that keep people poor or affect poor people the most, like inequality and climate change, to create a just world in which poverty no longer exists. With over 70 years of experience, working in over 90 countries, we think we know what we are talking about. We re the world s leading expert at providing water and sanitation in times of crisis, and we share our learning and the new research we develop with others in our sector. We are always out there. Before disaster strikes, during the crisis and long after it too. We are bold. We speak out on issues and the powerful listen, which means we can achieve lasting results at scale. We work with hundreds of partners worldwide and mobilise people and resources globally, to influence change that will help end poverty for everyone Page 4 of 18

5 OXFAM INTERNATIONAL-WORKING AS ONE OXFAM Oxfam International was formed in 1994 as a global confederation of 19 independent Oxfams, which share the same purpose and rights-based approach. We have a one Oxfam strategic plan and one global brand that is used by all affiliates: a single shared vision and voice across the globe. Oxfam s affiliates are currently working on a 2020 vision for the work of the Oxfams across the world that will devolve responsibility to the global south, in a network of interdependent affiliates, with more affiliates from the global south, and all affiliates undertaking resource generation and influencing in their home market, collectively resourcing and delivering one set of programmes, all bound together by values, mission, strategy, decision making, resource allocation mechanisms, standards, processes, systems and shared services. Greater presence and power in the south will increase Oxfam s contribution to transformational change in people s lives in those countries and also make Oxfam a more equitable, balanced and thus globally influential organization. It will also make Programme management, support and accountability more complicated especially for the next few years. We need to manage the current transition and the ongoing risks carefully on our journey. HOW OXFAM GB WORKS Oxfam GB is an independent organisation, affiliated to Oxfam International. Within our global movement, Oxfam GB contributes substantial capacity, income and thought leadership : in programming, influencing, public engagement, fundraising, campaigning, research, MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning), and business support. For OGB vision see appendix1. OUR VALUES All our work across Oxfam is led by three core values: Empowerment. Everyone, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen. Accountability. We take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions. Inclusiveness. We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences. Page 5 of 18

6 ROLE PROFILE OUR TEAM Oxfam GB is part of the Oxfam family which includes another 19 national affiliates all working together to achieve the Power of People over Poverty in over 90 countries worldwide. The Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Team leads Oxfam GB s influencing agenda and our UK facing campaigning, advocacy and programming. The Head of Humanitarian Campaigns & Advocacy will lead Oxfam GB s campaigning and advocacy work on humanitarian and security issues in the UK and globally. You will work with colleagues in Oxfam GB, Oxfam country programme staff and other Oxfam affiliates around the world to develop and deliver effective campaigns and influencing strategies which contribute to a world in which fewer men, women and children will die or suffer illness, insecurity and deprivation as a result of conflict or disasters. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR This is an amazing opportunity for a passionate campaigner with strong leadership skills and a profound understanding of how change happens. In recent months, as part of our work responding to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Oxfam has challenged the UK government s sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, and has called on governments to work together to help and protect the millions of people forced to flee conflict, disaster and poverty around the world in our Stand As One campaign. You will lead the further development and delivery of the next phase of Oxfam s campaigns and advocacy work on these and other humanitarian issues. An experienced leader with proven ability to inspire and manage a team, you will have a vision for Oxfam s humanitarian campaigning and advocacy work and the capacity for creative thinking to make it happen. You will have the ability to take difficult strategic choices, including managing opportunity and risk, and be comfortable delegating to your experienced and expert team as appropriate. You will have a knowledge and understanding of humanitarian and security issues and be able to demonstrate that you are politically astute in terms of the UK and global environments. You will know how institutions work, how decisions are made, who makes them and how they can be influenced. JOB PURPOSE To lead Oxfam GB s campaigning and advocacy work on humanitarian and security issues. Page 6 of 18

7 CORE DETAILS Location Our package Grade Contract Type Oxford Competitive, with excellent benefits B Permanent Hours of work 36 Oxfam is open to consideration of flexible working arrangements including job share. Please contact the Recruiting Manager if this is something you would like to discuss further. This role reports to Staff reporting to this post Budget responsibility Head of Global Policy and Campaigns Leads a multi-disciplinary team. Yes KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead Oxfam GB s campaigning and advocacy on humanitarian and security issues in the UK and globally Design and execute effective public engagement strategies to shift public attitudes relating to humanitarian and security issues Build a strong, effective Humanitarian Campaigns & Policy Team that develops and delivers strategies to influence external policy and practice, managing both human and financial resources Play a leading role in the Oxfam International (OI) humanitarian campaign ( Rights in Crisis - RiC), supporting the confederation s strategic direction and delivery, including as part of the RiC Campaign Management Team Play a key role in shaping Oxfam s external messaging and political approach across a broad range of issues and targets in the UK and globally Page 7 of 18

8 External representation of Oxfam, for example in lobby meetings, at conferences, and with actors including government and UN bodies, managing significant external relationships Support campaigning and advocacy work to achieve change at national level, building effective working relationships with Oxfam staff and partners in developing countries Strengthen alliances with other civil society organisations, developing-country governments, opinion-formers, policy experts, academics etc Coordinate closely with Oxfam s humanitarian programme staff ensuring alignment with their work. SKILLS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE Essential A proven track record of leading successful campaigns and advocacy work, including the generation of original ideas and innovative approaches Significant experience of designing and executing effective public engagement strategies for diverse audiences Strategic and creative thinker with ability to lead in setting and delivering to clear priorities Strong interpersonal and people-management skills, including negotiation, delegation and self-awareness Able to lead on complex projects involving people from several areas of the organisation across the world and from other organisations Experience of policy influencing work, sound judgment under pressure Excellent communications skills and experience of lobbying and media work Knowledge of humanitarian and conflict-related issues, and understanding of context, dilemmas, challenges and ways of working in emergencies and conflicts, including understanding of gender High level of fluency in written and spoken English Willing and able to travel internationally for up to 8 weeks each year Clear commitment to Oxfam s mission to end global poverty, including demonstrable understanding of and commitment to gender justice and diversity issues Page 8 of 18

9 Desirable Knowledge of relevant institutions such as the UN Security Council, UN agencies, FCO, DFID, Africa Union, their ways of working, their agendas and how to influence them Experience of living and working in a developing country Track record of successful fundraising Language skills French, Arabic and Spanish in particular. At Oxfam our job descriptions provide a guide to what might be expected in the role. Along with our strategy the job description is used to help to shape specific objectives for employees. Employees are supported to deliver these objectives and they are annually assessed against them as part of the Oxfam performance review process. This job description is not incorporated into the employment contract. Page 9 of 18

10 WHAT THE CURRENT POSTHOLDER SAYS ABOUT HER ROLE This is one of the most exciting and challenging posts in campaigning. You will lead a high performing, dynamic team of campaigners and policy experts, including four roving staff who are, at any one time, deployed to Oxfam's priority humanitarian responses. Your role is to manage, lead and inspire in a high paced and often high stress environment. You will provide strategic leadership on Oxfam's priority work on Yemen and our StandAsOne refugee campaign, working with teams of UK and global campaigners, media and communications specialists to develop creative and bold campaigns. This involves developing the most effective strategies for change, energising our supporter base, and linking up to Oxfam's global work. You will also oversee a range of in-depth advocacy and policy work on fragile states such as South Sudan, as well as thematic issues such as reform of the humanitarian system. You are responsible for liaising with and building consensus across teams of campaigners, programme and media staff, as well as across Oxfam's vast, global networks, spanning country teams in crisis zones through to centres of power in Addis Ababa, Geneva, New York and beyond. There is also a strong external component to the role: you will routinely meet with senior UK decision-makers, give interviews to the international and national media, and hold relationships with a range of sister organisations. You are also expected to travel regularly to Oxfam's humanitarian programmes, meeting with national staff, crisis affected communities and civil society activists so that your work is directly informed by their experiences and aspirations. In a given day: you could go from meeting with a Minister together with a civil society partner and giving a live interview on the BBC to brainstorming with colleagues on the next phase of a campaign and mentoring and supporting your team. There is never a dull minute. EXAMPLES OF RECENT HUMANITARIAN TEAM WORK IN THE MEDIA (LINKS): Yemen crisis: Oxfam critical of uk-saudi arms deals Leading advocacy and policy work underpinning Oxfam s "stand as one" refugee campaign, demanding that the millions forced to flee conflict, disaster and poverty get the essential help and protection they urgently need. media has included this appearance on al jazeera: (min 3:00 4:00). Page 10 of 18

11 CAMPAIGNS POLICY & INFLUENCING TEAM OVERVIEW Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Director Women s Rights & Gender Justice Strategic Adviser Executive PA Internal Comms Advisor Private Sector Research UK Policy, Programmes & Campaigns Head of Global Policy & Campaigns Operations, Funding, Trainees See below for detailed organogram Page 11 of 18

12 GLOBAL POLICY & CAMPAIGNS TEAM OVERVIEW Director Head of Global Policy & Campaigns Global External Affairs National Influencing Inequality Policy & Campaigns Head of Humanitarian Policy and Campaigns Food & Climate Policy & Campaigns Research Campaigns & Advocacy Policy Humanitarian Affairs Representative (Geneva)

13 OXFAM LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK Competencies Decisiveness Influencing Humility Relationship Building Listening Mutual Accountability Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity Systems Thinking Strategic Thinking and Judgment Vision Setting Self- Awareness Enabling Description We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs. We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organisation We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner. We put we before me and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization. We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation. We are good listeners who can see where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages to others are clear, and consider different preferences. We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner. We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways. We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organisational decisions and actions. We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values. We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders. We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes. We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate support.

14 HOW TO APPLY Apply online What will I need Support and help Go to: for external applicants: For internal applicants: Search for the vacancy using the reference number Each recruitment is unique and you will need to follow the instructions part of the online application process. You will usually be asked to provide: Look at our how to apply section for helpful tips Complete the online application process Ensure you submit your application before midnight (GMT) on the closing date. Unless a different time is specified in the advert. Your personal contact details The details of your referee(s) Details on how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge that are required for this role Technical glitch? If you have any issues when submitting your application please contact recruitmentteam@oxfam.org.uk We are unable to accept prospective application but you can sign up for our job alerts here er/ Oxfam is a Disability Confident Employer. Should you be unable to submit your application online and would prefer an alternative method please contact our resourcing team. HOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT US Find out about everything we do - Get a feel of what it is like to work at Oxfam - Find out more about our pay & benefits - FOLLOW US Page 14 of 18

15 APPENDIX 1: OUR VISION IN THE YEAR 2020 Mark Goldring, Chief Executive June 2016 Since its creation in Oxford over 70 years ago, Oxfam has made an amazing contribution to reducing poverty and injustice across the world. To finally end the inhumanity of poverty in a fast changing world and within a changing Oxfam, Oxfam Great Britain needs to develop the role we play. This paper sets out how I see that role and how Oxfam GB will change to play it. We are committed to being a core part of a stronger global Oxfam confederation and so will deliver some parts of our vision through our involvement and contribution within Oxfam International, linked to the ongoing 2020 programme, and some through distinctive work in and from Great Britain and through relationships with organisations based or engaging here. WHAT WE WILL BE To our audiences in GB our purpose will remain unchanged. We will be the most immediately recognised development and humanitarian agency in the world front and centre in the movement to end the injustice of poverty. We simply won t live with poverty not in the life of any individual, not as the product of an unjust system that denies people their rights, not as the shocking impact of conflict or disaster. We will continue to fight it wherever we find it. But there will be significant differences in the way that we fight it. Differences that people can see in the way we help deliver change at scale across the world, and the way we work together with communities, partners and networks towards our end goal, and the way we engage their support. HOW WE WILL WORK Many more women and men will have water, fair work, and equal rights as a result of our work. This will be a distinctive contribution of Oxfam GB to delivering the Oxfam strategy. The crucial figure will be the hundreds of millions who exercise these rights as a result of the things we have helped or encouraged others to do, in addition to the tens of millions who we will have directly assisted. Oxfam s work on the ground will speak for itself life-saving and transformational but our approach will challenge traditional ideas of charity and NGO work, moving beyond the notion of putting money in at one end of a process and seeing practical help emerge at the other. Doing, through the One Oxfam programme structures, will remain important, especially in circumstances where others can't, but partnering, gathering and sharing learning, communicating, influencing and challenging will be much more so. We will continue to tackle the issues, policies and power relations that keep people poor. When we or increasingly our partners and supporters speak out, our positions will often be challenging and edgy, but they will be clearly grounded in learning and evidence. Oxfam GB will be quick to speak out with authority on developments that affect poor people. And when disaster strikes we will be equally quick to respond, wherever possible with and through our local partners. Oxfam GB will concentrate our resources and build recognised expertise in our chosen areas of focus within the Oxfam Strategic Plan: water, (including sanitation and public Page 15 of 18

16 health), women s rights, work and inequality. We will contribute to all of Oxfam's programmes through collective funding mechanisms and will actively raise money from British donors for work being led by OI or other affiliates. However we will directly support, as an active partner, work on fewer issues in fewer countries and will be more concentrated in fragile states where others often struggle to deliver. Oxfam GB will develop better partnerships for research, sharing learning, influencing, innovating and scaling. We will ensure a reputation for thought leadership; developing and using research, communicating our learning through creative approaches such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), academic partnerships, use of technology and communications, and by actively searching for the next big ideas that can help end poverty. In due course some of these ideas will become central to how Oxfam and Oxfam GB work. Partnerships will be central to relationships within the new Oxfam family, and externally in the UK and internationally. Oxfam GB will support Oxfam to build programme relationships that will more often be long term and multi dimensional. Most fundamentally, we will better share power, voice and learning with local communities and organisations, as well as across Oxfam, working through co- creation. We will collaborate so that together we can be game changers, not simply subcontractors. We will continue to challenge governments, both in the UK and internationally, and businesses to change the systems and policies that keep people poor. But Oxfam GB will also be more active in partnering them to help get things right and deliver solutions. We will influence and leverage their investments, resources and activities to make the biggest difference to the poor. We will campaign vigorously, working with the Oxfam family and increasingly in partnership with organisations that have greater reach. We will use more innovative technology and methodologies in our major global campaigns, run as part of the greater Oxfam, and in the UK. Reducing inequality to faster eradicate poverty will remain central to our agenda, as will giving voice to those affected by crises. These efforts will be better complemented by more advocacy in programme countries where Oxfam GB is an active partner. We are a large organisation and will continue to grow our impact. But our ambition is not that we are the largest. It is that Oxfam, as a growing and balanced global confederation, is the most influential, together making the greatest difference to end poverty. WORKING WITH OUR SUPPORTERS When people see our name across the UK, they will know there is much more to Oxfam than a shop front, an emergency appeal or a corporate-style charity brand. Our identity will be shorthand for belonging to a global community of like-minded people. Everyone who supports or participates in our work will understand the difference their contribution makes. Our people- centred approach and better use of digital technology will capture the imagination of younger, more connected generations. The work we do and stories we tell more often in the voice of those at the heart of the stories will constantly remind us all that poverty is an injustice avoidable and reversible. Across Britain, we will be more and more present wherever people are in supermarkets, gigs, homes and campuses across the UK, as well as online social channels. We will do more to engage young people. In the high street, our shops will offer more than just a distinctive retail experience. They will be at the centre of UK communities, places where people can give more than clothes they can take action, learn about our work, develop Page 16 of 18

17 new skills and volunteer their time, too. And our trading channels will go well beyond our shops. Everyone should be able to support Oxfam on their own terms, and we ll be extending Oxfam GB s offer in countries where there is no local Oxfam, such as Korea and Thailand. Many supporters will regularly do more than one thing, but many will be occasional supporters who are engaged by the power of a specific story or attractiveness of the event. WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CHANGE Our change will happen within our organisation and spread outwards. In the UK, we will be working in more collaborative, flexible and agile ways less bound to Oxfam House freer to work in regional hubs, from home or within partner organisations. We will have tackled those elements of our culture that have us talking more to ourselves than the outside world, simplified our ways of working and be more able to exploit an exciting opportunity. We will have fewer rules, but be better at complying with those that we do need. Fewer meetings, plainer talking, more accountable, we will be more efficient in how we use time and money. Our people will feel more empowered, having more time, encouragement and resources for innovation and risk taking. Our technology will allow us to work flexibly, quickly and collaboratively, bringing everyone s expertise to bear. Our staff will still be stretched, but will be more satisfied, confident that we are effectively delivering for poor people and that they are working in partnership with internal and external colleagues. By 2020 the world will have made substantial progress towards eradicating extreme poverty and gender injustice. Through our distinctive contribution to Water, Women, Work and by tackling inequality, Oxfam GB will have played a significant and increasingly influential part in this progress. WHAT NEXT? We certainly do not need to change everything that we are or that we do. There is much to be proud of and to preserve in Oxfam GB s history and current work. Some of the change we need to make is already planned and underway; some is driven by our commitment to the wider Oxfam International direction. Some we would undertake as a matter of course and some has a braver, more future-focused outlook. Some needs different ways of working and different skills among our leaders and staff. It all needs to be woven together and carefully sequenced. We have a plan, Transform, which sets out the first steps in how we will do this. Oxfam is its people; our staff, volunteers, supporters, partners and the communities we work with. We will need every one of us to play our part in co-creating this renewed and reenergised Oxfam GB. Page 17 of 18

18 APPENDIX 2: COUNTRIES WE WORK IN Page 18 of 18