Researcher - Humanitarian and Climate Change
Institution Type: | Nonprofit |
Location: | Massachusetts, United States |
Position: | Research Professional |
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice
The Researcher will be based in Washington DC and will divide her/his time between working with Oxfams advocacy and campaigning on humanitarian issues and climate change issuesserving to bridge the two. The Researcher will contribute to Oxfams Humanitarian Advocacy and Campaigning. The Researcher will be the OA focal point in an OI ideas network maintaining regular relations with key academic, policy community and government experts on humanitarian and security issues to better shape OI humanitarian advocacy and campaigning through research, to include ensuring it relates to the US context. The Researcher will also contribute to Oxfams climate change advocacy and campaigning, focused on reform of climate change policy particularly concerned with adaptation for the benefit of developing countries and poor people. The Researcher will contribute specifically to link issues of disaster risk reduction with adaptation and how conflict relates to climate change. S/he will work with the Head of Research to ensure the policy agenda is supported by accurate and current research. The Researcher will engage with consultants to produce research, monitor commissioned research projects and synthesize research. S/he will also conduct research as needed and possible.
OAs in-house research consists of:
1) Commissioning research
2) Conducting targeted research for the production of briefing papers
3) Communicating research through the writing of policy materials
4) Coordinating of research, review processes and drafting of papers
5) Contributing to defining priorities and directions of advocacy work
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Website: | http://oxfamamerica.org |
Primary Category: | Research and Methodology |
Secondary Categories: | Humanities |
Posting Date: | 11/30/2007 |
Closing Date | 01/31/2008 |