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Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty. 

We are an international confederation of 20 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

In the past 13 years, Oxfam in Thailand has been working with local partners to shift the power for small-scale producers to have access and control over land and coastal resources, which is one of the root causes of inequalities and social divide.

At global level, we recognise that the overall food system is broken. Power and profits in food chains is concentrated among a few big food and beverage companies, traders, suppliers and food retailers, while millions of small scale farmers and workers in food chains too often receive a disproportionately small share of the value they are generating. At country level, Thailand’s food system has become critically unsustainable due to its negative impacts on the environment, labour and human rights, and inequality. This has given rise to the Oxfam’s confederation wide consumer campaign that will run from September 2017 – April 2020, with the aim to rebalance power and value in the global food system so that especially women workers and small scale producers achieve decent work and a living income. 

To deliver such result, we commit to strengthen civil society network, build innovative consumer communications and strategically engage with private sector and other key players. Under the implementation of the EU-SWITCH Asia supported project ‘Consumer and Retailers in Thailand Driving Sustainable Food Market in Seafood, Chicken and Banana Food Supply Chains’, we aim to mobilise urban consumers and engage target food retailers to improve sourcing policies that benefit small and women producers and workers in food production and supply chains in Thailand.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here>

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The Role: Oxfam in Thailand is looking for a Campaign Assistant will be working closely with Oxfam colleagues and partners to mobilise logistic and administrative support for campaign, influencing and project management delivery under ‘Consumer and Retailers in Thailand Driving Sustainable Food Market in Seafood, Chicken and Banana Food Supply Chains’ project.

key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of inequality in Food Supply Chains campaign and influencing delivery works, as administration and logistic focal point (55%). Tasks include;
  • Lead in administrative and logistic preparation for workshops, meetings and events
  • Assist in activity budget planning and spend monitoring
  • Manage and work with suppliers for project delivery
  • Ensure smooth procurement and payment process
  • Ensure Oxfam’s and donor’s visibility compliance in campaign and influencing events/activities and material production
  • Feed in ideas to support development of public and private sector engagement activity and work plan
  • Coordinate internal and external coordination and communication with relevant stakeholders
  • Prepare activity report and notes from workshops, meetings and events, as well as gather relevant information and maintain registration
  • Facilitate the development and collecting of database from workshops and/or events to support project evaluation
  • Provide desktop research and analyses on relevant topics under ongoing Food Justice Programme working scope to support Oxfam’s and influencing work as required
• Support project management of the EU-SWITCH Asia funded project, working with the Food Justice Programme Officer (20%). Tasks include:
  • Maintain project filing and resource database, both online and offline
  • Collect activity data to support project monitoring and reporting
  • Maintain, alert and follow up on the project team’s schedule and plan
  • Gather the project team’s cash need for monthly cash planning
• Assist the Campaign Communication Officer in media relation works (15%), which would include coordination with the media, support in internal communication including monthly newsletter, and response to general online inquiries.
• Provide support to Thailand Food Justice Programme as required by Line Manager (10%)

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in sustainable food supply chain in Thailand, to act as key contributor to delivery of public campaign, communication and advocacy implementation, to work with a group of passionate people, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

How to apply: Please complete the online application at https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/campaign-assistant-int5232/10049/description/

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