Senior Design and Innovation Specialist

Do you want to fight for equality? Tackling inequality at its roots, together with colleagues, our partner organizations and activists in more than 90 countries? To change the systems behind it, once and for all!

 

Oxfam Novib stands behind the people who stand up for equality. Together, we fight for a world where everyone has equal opportunities, regardless of gender, ethnicity or skin color. A world where everyone feels safe; where income gaps are shrinking instead of growing, where climate change is tackled in a firmer and more honest way. 

 

Equality is the common thread in our work and projects, both internally and externally. We recognize that our team of colleagues can become even more diverse, and that only with a diverse team can we gain a broad perspective on the world. Therefore, we want to encourage everyone who hesitates to apply, no matter the reason. Our aim is to create an environment where everyone not only feels welcome, but where diversity is embraced and celebrated. Let's strive together to build a team that offers a rich variety of perspectives, enabling us to achieve an inclusive and inspiring work environment.

 

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Description of the Department

The Learning, Innovation and Knowledge (LINK) Unit is part of the Programs Department. This Department consists of one director, seven goal units and two expertise units, of which LINK is one. The purpose of the Programs Department is to achieve impact by shaping policies, designing thematic strategies, supporting, managing and implementing our programs/projects and global, regional and national level campaigns that help further our 10 year vision (Manifesto 2030) of an inclusive (Equal), secure (Safe), equitable (Fair) and sustainable (Green) world in an efficient and effective manner. Our programs are driven by the voice of the people whose lives we seek to impact to achieve system change. We seek mutually beneficial partnerships with other civil society organizations and change actors.

 

Purpose of the Unit

The unit supports, connects and collaborates with colleagues and partners to ensure impactful multi-country programs are based on sound methodologies, evidence of progress towards objectives, and lessons learnt on what works for achieving our goals. We make this possible within and beyond the Oxfam confederation through the team's expertise and by influencing and challenging the culture and practices around monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL), research, innovation and Knowledge management. The unit is responsible for facilitating, leading and overseeing organizational learning (including evaluations, and specific innovation support), applied research, impact assessments, adaptive responses, knowledge management, as well as the design & development of tools and approaches to assess how we deliver outcomes and results, in cooperation with our compliance colleagues.

 

Job Summary

The senior design and innovation specialist will stimulate innovation throughout the organization by facilitating conversations to address strategic and operational problems and challenges, to explore and foster change in practices and ways of working, and to facilitate scaling-up of proven solutions. The specialist will lead in the exploration of opportunities to support innovation, new themes and culture change across Oxfam Novib, and contribute to process design and facilitation as necessary. The specialist will also work with the LINK Unit manager and team to explore opportunities for joint support of authentic partnership and new strategy implementation processes, projects, programs and collaboration with other Oxfam innovation specialists across the Oxfam confederation (with the global Oxfam International secretariat, with region and country offices as well as Oxfam affiliate innovation teams). She will broker and manage innovation trajectories, conversations and relationships, in close collaboration with the team.

 

 

Main tasks of senior design and innovation specialist

• Lead, stimulate, design and execute innovation trajectories with innovation specialist and other teams in the LINK Unit, in close collaboration with Programs department Goal units and other departments in the organization.
• Lead the design and implementation of Oxfam Novib’s innovation strategy.
• Lead and facilitate organizational and culture change conversations to explore how we can transform the ways we partner with others, anchor activism and develop systems change capabilities.
• Broker, set-up and manage collaboration with Oxfam Novib departments, units, project and support teams.
• Advise and support department directors, unit managers, project developers, project leaders and specialists to design and manage innovation processes within and across proj