Kenya: Women’s Land Rights Advisor

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Women’s Land Rights Advisor
Location: To be negotiated – preferably Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Dar es Salaam (with travel to other countries)
Salary & Benefits: GBP26,364 – 35,656 net per annum + competitive benefits package
Level: C1 Global
Contract type: Fixed Term – 2 years
Status: Accompanied

Oxfam works in different contexts on humanitarian, development and campaigns programmes across the world. We are currently looking for a dynamic and high level land rights expert to lead international policy and advocacy work for the strengthening of women’s land rights.

The Role

This position involves supporting and carrying out influencing work that draws on national work and grassroots women’s experiences and leads to greater attention to women’s land and property rights in international policy arenas, including, but not limited to, the African Union, The World Committee on Food Security (CFS) and the World Bank.

Key areas of work to be carried out include:

Facilitating the increased level and quality of debate on women’s land and property rights among opinion shapers, civil society and the public.Influencing, with clear propositions and strong arguments, international agreements and multilateral institutions to give greater attention to women’s land and property rights.Ensuring the development and implementation of indicators and monitoring systems to track progress on women’s land rights within land policies and their implementation.

The Person

To be a successful candidate you will need a proven commitment to advancing the rights of women, have extensive experience in land policy work and policy advocacy at national and international levels. You will also need: a high level understanding of land and property rights, land reforms and land policy; relevant Master’s degree, or equivalent, or higher qualification; in-depth experience in development and/or human rights work; lived and working experience in Africa; previous experience of high level policy influencing work at national as well as international levels; you must have excellent presentation and representation skills; excellent writing skills; high level command of spoken and written English (Fluency in French and/or widely used African language/s would be an advantage).

This is a challenging opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam's values and beliefs. If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV in English detailing your experience for the post and include daytime telephone contacts.

Apply online at http://bit.ly/13LG7TG using REF INT0992.The closing date: 17th November 2014.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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