Civil Society Active Citizenry Strategist at Oxfam

Ever wondered how you can contribute to the enhancement of a vibrant and dynamic Civil Society that maximises public engagement space, is transparent and accountable and that supports and holds government to account?

An opportunity to be part of a programme that addresses itself to the root causes of poverty and inequalities in Kenya by tackling the linked challenges of poor governance, tax inequality and the shrinking civic space is now available.

Join the team at Oxfam who envisage a transformed Kenyan society in which each individual is able to access basic services, and fully participates in decision making processes on issues that affect their lives and can be heard. As part of Oxfam International (OI), an international confederation of 18 Oxfam affiliates working together in more than 90 countries, with partners and allies around the world together we can find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice to realise OI’s vision of a just world without poverty.

Here is how:

As the Civil Society Active Citizenry Strategist, you will lead in the design of the Civil Society & Active Citizenry programme and implementation - piloting innovative programme approaches, building partnerships, coalitions and networks and supporting partners to develop organisational capacity building to deliver high quality women’s rights programmes. You will establish and maintain linkages with other thematic areas and link with Oxfam campaigns, policy influencing and advocacy teams. Occasionally, as required by the programme design, you will manage contracted programme or project staff. A key area of work will be to fundraise for the programme and to generate and manage knowledge resources through linkages with knowledge hubs and other institutions.

You will have:

An Undergraduate/Post Graduate in a gender related field e.g. Gender studies, International development, Development Studies, etc. and/or at least 5 years experience in a similar programme role. Have the ability to engage and influence corporate direction, contributing to and following it as appropriate and the ongoing development of program policy and quality to enhance the impact of Oxfam’s work. The ability to build people’s movement around the program theme and inspire followership. Proven management experience and high impact influencing at a strategic level in a complex, dispersed organisation with evidence of leading, facilitating and integrating a specific area of expertise across a wide network, providing clarity and focus of vision and impact, strategic planning and decision making and the delivery of agreed results.  Excellent knowledge of the Kenya’s socio-political and economic environment and issues, supported by personal exposure through having worked and lived there