Social Protection Resilience Strategist at Oxfam

The role:

If you are the person we are looking for, you will report to the Director-Humanitarian Systems Strengthening, lead in the design of Social Protection/Resilience programme and implementation – piloting innovative programme approaches, building partnerships, coalitions and networks and, supporting partners to develop organisational capacity building to deliver high quality Social Protection/Resilience programme. You will also establish and maintain linkages with other thematic areas and link with Oxfam campaigns, policy influencing and advocacy teams and, be to fundraiser for the programme and to generate and manage knowledge resources through linkages with knowledge hubs and other institutions.

The person:

• You will have an Undergraduate/Post Graduate in Social Protection or related field e.g. and/or at least 5 years’ experience in a similar programme role.
• The ability to build a people’s movement around the program theme and inspire follower-ship; comprehensive knowledge and experience of implementing Social Protection/Resilience programs and initiatives, ideally built on mature understanding of relevant issues derived from field experience.
• 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.
• Have good knowledge of and experience in developing advocacy and campaign strategies and plans and successfully achieving external impact and change and, experience in donor funding environment with good financial management skills.