Advisor in Intercultural dialogue with Bolivian indigenous peoples, Oxfam Quebec (to serve in Bolivia). Deadline: 1 March 2025.
This is a 1-2 month mandate, based mainly in Machareti, Chuquisaca (in the Bolivian Chaco), Bolivia, with travel to the Bolivian Amazon. The mandate stems from the Equality in Action Voluntary Cooperation Program (PCV), which is being rolled out in 12 countries and 3 regions over an eight-year period (2020-2028). The PCV aims to increase the involvement of local partner organizations in countries of intervention in inclusive, innovative and sustainable initiatives that will advance gender equality. Oxfam’s role is to support these organizations, working with the most vulnerable and marginalized people, to claim and exercise their rights. Oxfam puts the rights of women, girls and vulnerable and marginalized people at the heart of everything they do.
Here’s what your daily life will look like:
- In close collaboration with the partner organization ”Institute for Rural Development in South America” (IPDRS) and Oxfam team members in the country, your mandate will consist of:
- Share experiences on processes of struggle for the exercise of the rights of indigenous peoples from the global north and south, in spaces of dialogue with leaders of indigenous populations.
For this mandate you must:
- Be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status in Canada;
- Have university degree in social sciences, law, political sciences or other relevant field;
- Have at least 5 years’ professional experience relevant to the mandate (in intercultural dialogues with indigenous people);
- Have good knowledge of indigenous people’s rights;
- Master spoken and written Spanish (mandatory);
- Master the Office suite.
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