EFSVL Policy Officer

Syria

Humanitarian/Disasters

Finished or Exempted (For male)

• With support from the Policy and Communications Adviser and EFSVL Adviser, work on the development of a strategy on food security and livelihoods policy and programme issues, in line with the Country Strategy and Influencing Plan, to support programmes addressing conflict-affected populations in Syria.
• Collect information from Oxfam’s programmes to use for policy and advocacy purposes, ensuring that Oxfam’s global advocacy is built on evidence from our programmes.
• Work with the EFSVL Adviser and Area Managers to identify key stakeholders within Syria (e.g. Departments of Agriculture, private sector) and consider how area-based research could impact policy decisions at a local level.
• Maintain an overview of the major trends linked with food security and livelihoods in Syria
• Liaise with and coordinate policy work with other agencies, especially INGOs, for example through the sector meetings in Syria, or Area HCTs.
• Work closely with the Partnership Manager and Project Managers to engage with Oxfam’s SNGO partners to gain information from their programme and support them to develop their food security and livelihoods advocacy.
• Work closely with Communications department to support the develop of stories from conflict-affected populations in support of policy and programme objectives.
• In collaboration with relevant programme staff and management, develop working relations with key stakeholders across the private sector, local authorities and central authorities to influence agenda setting and food security and livelihoods policy development and practice
• Working with the Policy and Communications Adviser, and other Oxfam policy staff, produce policy documents and papers for publication where appropriate to promote Oxfam’s policy agenda.
• Provide support to staff and country programmes in lobbying the UN, donors and Governments in relation to food security and livelihoods issues e.g. on access to affected populations, market analysis, appropriate funding or meeting standards.
• Ensure that all work addresses the challenges of gender justice.
• Work with fundraising teams to develop funding proposals – utilising policy work.

Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply specially female candidates.

Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.

In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.

Aug 02, 2019

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