LIVELIHOODS AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ADVISOR

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Do you have minimum 5 years’ professional experience in international humanitarian or development work, including in the MENA region, with substantive focus on agriculture, livelihoods, food security, or rural/enterprise development? Do you have proven technical expertise in agricultural value chains, cooperative or MSME support, market systems facilitation, or food systems programming in fragile or conflict-affected contexts? Do you have solid understanding of food security frameworks and how livelihoods, agricultural recovery, and job creation contribute to food security outcomes? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you. The Role: The Livelihoods & Economic Justice Advisor provides timely and high-quality technical support to Oxfam and partner teams in Lebanon on all matters related to economic justice, with a primary focus on agriculture and food systems, livelihoods recovery, and support to businesses and job creation. The Advisor promotes programme learning and continuous improvement of programme quality and effectiveness, and strengthened accountability. S/he supports the production of evidence from programmes that underpins effective advocacy and campaigns. In addition, s/he identifies scaling-up opportunities and new project ideas in line with economic needs on the ground, in consultation with programme teams. Cash-based modalities, access to finance, social protection, and safety nets are integrated as cross-cutting tools in service of these priorities. What we are looking for: We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do. We offer: We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here. Flexfam: We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. How to apply: As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.