Policy Advisor

Oxfam Novib is committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own, once given the chance to do so. Which is why we support local projects in developing countries, and why we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people.  We work together with other Oxfam affiliates to increase our impact on development issues.

We are looking for a
 
Policy Advisor Leading Oxfam Novib NOW
16-24 hours a week, initially for a period of 9 months

Oxfam Novib’s program Oxfam Novib NOW was started up with the objective to improve access to organisational information (programme and project data, monitoring information, documents, pictures, stories) A first version of Atlas (project browser) is in test phase. Oxfam Novib is currently looking for a policy advisor to lead this program, to carry out the development of Atlas in its next planned phase.  This program and its products have a variety of target groups, both within and outside of the organisation, that each has their own business logic and requirements.

Main tasks:

• Ample experience in leading, managing and coaching interdisciplinary teams including all round IT-staff; experience with Agile/SCRUM is a plus;
• A web professional with demonstrated experience in setting up digital work environments and ICT infrastructures, including socio-technical processes;
• Experience with the IATI standard for sharing open data in the development sector is an asset;
• Experience in the sector of international development is an asset.

Skills:

• University degree with 5 to 10 years relevant experience and/or training in information and knowledge management with ICT component;
• Natural connector;
• Leadership, facilitation and coaching skills;
• Excellent planning and organisational project management skills;
• Up to speed with current and future developments, opportunities and applications in the field of ICT, information management, open data in the development sector, social media and user experience/usability in an international setting;
• Proven ability to work efficiently to troubleshoot and follow projects through to completion, consistently on schedule, without loss of attention to detail and budget;
• Flexibility and willingness to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks and projects and ability to prioritize tasks;
• Able to think and work on a strategic level while being pragmatic, hands-on and paying attention to detail;
• Excellent communication skills with sensitivity to cultural communication differences.

Salary indication
A competitive, fair and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors. The position is graded in scale 9 and is set between € 2607,- and € 4011,- gross per month based on a 36-hour week.

More information and application procedure
Please email your application letter and CV, using the vacancy reference number 5-197 to jobs@oxfamnovib.nl, to the attention of Ewa van den Berg, International HR Advisor. Your application must be received by us before November 7, 2013.  For questions on this position you can contact Ton Meijers, 070 - 3421704.