From Grove to Market –Making the olive market work for
subsistence and small-scale farmers in the occupied Palestinian
territories
Within the framework of the
project entitled “From the Grove to the Market” which is sponsored by the
European Commission, EC, and implemented by Bethlehem University’s Fair Trade
Development Center (FTDC) of the Institute for Community Partnership, Applied
Research Institute Jerusalem (ARIJ), The Economic and Social Development Center
of Palestine (ESDC), Business Women Forum (BWF) and Oxfam GB and in partnership
with The Palestinian Olive Oil Council (POOC) that aims at enabling small and
medium scale farmers from vulnerable and poor households in the West Bank to
have fair and equitable access to commercial markets within a conducive
institutional and policy environment, resulting in increased food and income
security and greater resilience to, and ability to respond to, shocks and
disasters. The project seeks to assist national olive oil representative bodies
to promote the interests of the Palestinian olive oil sector stakeholders and to
help advocate for a supportive, gender equitable legal environment.
The project is seeking to
hire the services of a “Policy and Advocacy Expert” to be stationed at the
offices of Program Management Unit in Ramallah.
Responsibilities:
The Policy and Advocacy
Expert shall perform the following duties:
-Take active part in
formulating the Policy and Advocacy strategy in cooperation with OXFAM GB
advocacy expert;
-Develops partial and
operational plans in light of the developed Policy and Advocacy
Strategy
-Designs plans and
activities that assist in activating the participation of POOC’s members and
promotes the women’s farmers membership;
-Helps in designing
promotional materials that promotes the POOC’s role among members and the public
alike
-Launches promotional and
advocacy campaigns that assist in positioning POOC as main representative of the
olive oil sector with regards to policy design and advocacy;
-Institutionalize policy
and advocacy knowledge and skills within POOC’s capacity;
Minimum
Requirements:
-Bachelor degree in media,
social sciences, law or any related field, Master degree is an
asset;
- Three years experience in
advocacy and lobbying;
-Capable of working under
pressure;
-Ability to travel in the
different parts of the country;
-Good knowledge of the
Palestinian olive sector;
-Valid driving
license;
Those interested shall send
their CV and cover letter to: jhijazin@bethlehem.edu no later than 11/3/2013
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