Senior National Influencing & Active Citizenship Advisor at Oxfam

Job Description

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In Kenya, Oxfam works with others to alleviate poverty and inequality. We work with the most vulnerable communities in the dry and remote northern regions, and in the impoverished slums of the capital, Nairobi. In Kenya, the highest poverty levels are in the northern pastoralist districts – in some areas 95% of people fall below the poverty line. Like many developing countries, Kenya is undergoing rapid urbanisation. It’s estimated that by half the Kenyan population will be living in urban areas. This high presents a myriad of challenges. 34% of the 17 million poor Kenyans are urban poor and most of them live in informal urban settlements.

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

Self-Awareness –  able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviours to control and channel our impulses for good purposes. We self-moderate appropriately to different context thereby optimizing our ability to achieve goals. Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity –  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 develop strategies to maximise adaptability and agility, encourage forward thinking, new ideas and learning from experience. Enabling –  work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organisations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate support.

In addition:

Significant and recent experience of leading the design and implementation of influencing, campaigning and advocacy programmes or initiatives, in more than one country in the Global South Excellent communication skills and confidence to articulate knowledge and ideas, influence, and advocate clearly and convincingly. Demonstrable training design and facilitation skills (both online and face to face) Strong ability to motivate, inspire and support others in learning and adopting new approaches and ways of working Good understanding and commitment to continuous learning in order to embed a decolonial, safe, anti-racist, intersectional feminist and partner-led approach in your work Experience of integrating a focus on women’s rights and gender justice, and support to feminist and youth movements into programme and influencing strategies