Research & Policy Coordinator NGO Jobs - Oxfam

• The jobholder will support Program Managers
  
  to prepare Policy Positions and Briefing Papers on key development and
  
  humanitarian issues and work closely with the Communications and Media
  
  Officer to ensure production of quality external communication materials.


• Coordinate with colleagues in the Oxfam
  
  confederation to share ideas and information about Oxfam’s global
  
  influencing agenda and support and contribute to the development of
  
  Oxfam’s global Position Papers, which is reflective of the Uganda’s
  
  development, political and humanitarian contexts.


• Manage the development, implementation and
  
  evaluation of campaigns/advocacy strategies for Oxfam and partners.


• Support the development and linkage of Oxfam
  
  and partner’s advocacy work; ongoing and planned, from local, national,
  
  regional, continental and global platforms and vice versa.


• Work in liaison with program teams, identify
  
  ,Initiate and support the building of strategic partnerships with key
  
  external contacts in the CSOs, private sector, government agencies,
  
  political entities, educational institutions, diplomatic circles, informal
  
  groups and the citizenry.


• Ensure strong and consistent advocacy
  
  messaging and adherence to the OCS commitments on the issues of women
  
  rights, youth and pastoralists.


• Initiate and coordinate the development of a
  
  clear mapping of the sphere of influence for the thematic areas of the
  
  OCS.

• Work closely with program leads and partners,
  
  advice on areas, which require deeper investigations or studies to inform
  
  the program implementation design as well as the advocacy agendas of
  
  Oxfam.


• Provide leadership in ensuring Oxfam and
  
  partner’s commission quality and innovative researches and coordinate the
  
  production process of the study.


• Compile and keep an up-to-date inventory of
  
  the contemporary and past research publications and Policy Positions by
  
  Oxfam, partners, other INGOs, government agencies, private sector
  
  institutions and other stakeholders.


• Provide and assess up-to-date information
  
  including a power analysis about trends in politics, development work,
  
  humanitarian and citizens engagements and advise on the likely
  
  implications to Oxfam’s programs

• Guide Oxfam and implementing partners on the
  
  opportunities and risks associated with policy advocacy especially on
  
  political and governance issues.


• Provide and assess up-to-date information
  
  including a power analysis about trends in politics, public policy,
  
  planned changes to legislation, interpreting this against the backdrop of
  
  Oxfam in Uganda’s strategy

• Initiate and support capacity-building
  
  initiatives of Oxfam program teams and partners in areas of policy
  
  advocacy, influencing and campaigns.


• Guide and support program managers to ensure
  
  they are fully capacitated with relevant and contemporary ideas, tools and
  
  tactics in the market to take forward the model of integrating advocacy in
  
  programs across all thematic areas.

• The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
  
  with at least two to five years of related experience


• Demonstrated ability to critically analyze
  
  external or independent processes, risks, opportunities and provide
  
  accurate assessment of the implications to Oxfam program and brand.


• Excellent skills in political and power
  
  analysis


• Good skills and articulate in public
  
  speaking, media engagement (including new media) and presentation.


• Proven ability to build and maintain
  
  connections with external resource persons.


• Ability to write quality policy briefings and
  
  position papers.


• Excellent analytical skills and keen eye for
  
  details in public policy pronouncements or publications.


• Skills in developing advocacy and campaigns
  
  strategies delivered in a multi stakeholder policy reform drives


• Strong partner management skills


• High level of interpersonal and communication
  
  competencies, persuasive capability, diplomatic tact and negotiation
  
  skills. Able to effectively represent Oxfam in relevant policy spaces.


• Excellent program management skills


• Broad knowledge and understanding of external
  
  contexts and contemporary development especially in the socio economic and
  
  political environments.


• Excellent knowledge of gender dimensions and
  
  issues with capability of conducting quality gender analysis


• Knowledge of working in and managing
  
  coalitions, networks and loose groupings


• Sound Knowledge of government policy
  
  formulation cycle, processes and structures.


• Fair knowledge of Uganda’s legal context
  
  including policy and law formulation processes.


• Previous experience in civic engagement and
  
  citizen mobilization.


• Working knowledge of national, regional and
  
  international affairs, engagements and process broadly but relevant to
  
  Oxfam areas of work


• Knowledge and experience in linking local,
  
  national, regional, continental and international campaign and advocacy
  
  issues and opportunities

Behavioural Competencies:

• Humility: 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.


• Relationship Building: 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.


• Listening: 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.


• Mutual Accountability: 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.


• Self-Awareness: 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.


• Enabling: 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.