Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the Oxfam International Executive Director

Job Dimensions

• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED will work closely with the OIED and the Leadership Collective and lead the team – along with other stakeholders – on the OIED’s external “influencing and engagement” work.
• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED is responsible for producing and delivering the OIED external strategy, underpinned by analytics, and responsive to a dynamic and changing external environment.
• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED works collaboratively with Oxfam advocacy and communications leaders, external allies and partners. Together they are  responsible to position the OIED as Oxfam’s leading influencer in target sectors, in line with advocacy and public engagement objectives and priorities.
• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED-led work is responsible for messaging and for managing high-level executive engagements, including summits, events, speaking opportunities, external commissions, boards and committees, and, together with the media team, his presence in media and social media channels. In many cases, executive work is on behalf of the Confederation as a whole e.g. Davos.
• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED will help lead oversight of the effective management of his relationships with public figures and manage Oxfam’s relationships with key institutions the OIED works closely with.
• Specifically, the Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED will work to deliver specific initiatives with other internal leaders, which report to the OIED.
• The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED also works closely to input into internal priorities for advocacy and public engagement and be prepared to support during situations of crisis management. In some cases the Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED will represent the OIED, as delegated.

The Strategic Communications and External Engagement Advisor to the OIED requires:

• a strong understanding of high-level public engagement and influencing and communications strategies to ensure the OIED’s international public profile helps to achieve the aims of the Oxfam confederation;
• the ability to plan and influence strategically; to assimilate and process complex policy information in order to identify and implement advocacy and communications opportunities and actions;
• excellent diplomacy and communications skills, and in particular to work in a hi-pressure hi-intensity environment.