Advisor in Digital Marketing - Amman - 9 Months Full Time Volunteer Cooperation Mandate with Allowances and Benefits

ADVISOR IN DIGITAL MARKETING - VOLUNTEER MANDATE

Country	Jordan
City (Assignement Location)	Amman
Duration of Mandate	9 mois
Start Date	Dès que possible

 

Through its mission, Oxfam is committed to promote the well-being of children, youth, women and men.

Oxfam has a zero-tolerance policy towards any behavior that violates its code of conduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, as well as lack of integrity, corruption and fraud.

To do so, Oxfam will ensure to recruit candidates who demonstrate the same values as the organisation and expects that everyone already working in the organisation shares and embody this commitment already.

CONTEXT

Oxfam-Quebec is implementing its new volunteer cooperation program (VCP) entitled « Equality in Action » working in close collaboration with Oxfam teams in the countries of intervention. This program will take place over a period of seven years (2020-2027) in thirteen countries and three regions.

The VCP aims to increase the performance of local partner organizations in developing countries in implementing inclusive, innovative, and sustainable development initiatives that will advance gender equality in the 13 countries. Oxfam’s role is to support civil society organizations (CSOs) working with the most vulnerable and marginalized people to claim and exercise their rights. Oxfam puts women’s/girls’ rights at the heart of everything it does. The knowledge, capacity and expertise of the qualified volunteers will be leveraged through short and long-term assignments with local partner organizations.

The VCP will be articulated within Oxfam’s Country Strategy while ensuring compliance with Oxfam-Québec’s contractual agreements with its donors.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the responsibility of the Economic Justice Programme Manager of Oxfam in Jordan, the Digital Marketing Advisor performs her/his mandate to ensure the achievement of VCP results and support the partners within the relevant field of expertise.

Partner organizations: Leaders of Tomorrow and Oxfam share the same mission of promoting a culture of social innovation in which free speech, human rights, social equality, and educational opportunities are widespread and accessible to all. Leaders for Tomorrow and Oxfam have been working together since 2016 in strengthening and expanding FORSA (The first Arab site for scholarships, training opportunities and study abroad) and developing the online market SouqFann.

In accordance with Oxfam’s policies, standards and procedures, the Digital Marketing Advisor undertakes the following responsibilities:

Key steps of the mandate

1. Identify needs with FORSA and SouqFann teams
2. In consultation with the two teams develop a plan to:
   • Increase teams capacity in digital marketing – Capacity building plan
   • Improve FORSA and SouqFann performances in digital marketing – Performance improvement plan
3. Deliver the Capacity building plan, and support the teams to implement the Performance development plan
4. Identify, record and disseminate lessons learnt

Expected results

1. Increased partner’s capacity on digital marketing
2. Increased performance of FORSA and SouqFann
3. Increases knowledge about best practises in supporting partners to develop their capacities

Note: The implementation of the mandate should respect partner’s wishes and vision and all deliverables should be developed in consultation with them and within VCP framework.

Other responsibilities:

Share and embody Oxfam’s commitment to a zero-tolerance policy against behaviour that violates the code of conduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse; intimidation; lack of integrity; corruption and fraud.

Participate in development efforts in Canada during and after the mandate by contributing to the dissemination of the program, projects, partners, etc. through testimonials, life stories, photos, quotes, etc.

REQUIREMENTS 

• Have Canadian citizenship or citizenship of a country in the Middle East other than Jordan.
• University-level degree in business and/or marketing.
• Experience in digital marketing.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience working with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Algorithms, Content, Keywords.
• User segmentation.
• Paid campaigns.
• Data analysis.
• Professional proficiency in English (mandatory) and Arabic (desirable).
• Adherence to the mission and values of Oxfam, including the promotion of equality between women and men.
• Ability to work in a team setting.
• Autonomy and initiative.
• Knowledge of the Middle Eastern culture and context (desirable).

CONDITIONS

• Living and housing allowances
• Medical and life insurance
• Volunteer Support Program
• Days off (20 days off/year for mandates of 12 months or more)
• Airline ticket home at the end of the mandate
• Access to various training courses

We accept applications on a continuous basis. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected will be contacted.

It is also possible that the post is fulfilled before the deadline set. Therefore, please avoid waiting till the end of the post’s deadline to submit your application.

If this position is of interest to you, please send your application (CV and letter of interest) specifying the mandate/country for which you are applying in addition to your nationality to the email address recrutementvolontaire@oxfam.qc.ca