Gender Officer

This position is contingent upon funding. (CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO ATTRACT MORE FEMALE CANDIDATES)

This vacancy might be closed early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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

The Role

The Gender Officer will primarily provide technical assistance and capacity to the response team to ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance with a strong gender mainstreaming. The post will ensure compliance with Oxfam’s Gender in Emergency Minimum Standards, feminist approaches, and relevant sector (inter-agency) standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Reports to and support the accountability of the Senior gender officer on gender leadership programmatic, technical, and operational as well as ensuring gender-sensitive workplace
• Coordinate and directly work with technical teams (WASH, EFSVL, Protection) in the operation areas to provide technical support on gender mainstreaming and guidance in delivering response programmes in line with Gender in Emergency (GIE) Minimum Standards, feminist approaches, and other Oxfam relevant policies; conduct or follow-up activities that specifically address gender issues in the different technical programmes;
• Ensure that gender is integrated into MEAL processes; setting of specific indicators for process monitoring and follow-up; advising team in getting gender-specific information through spot monitoring. Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) and other MEAL processes.
• Initiate documentation process to capture learning and changes; support team to collect and analyzed sex and gender disaggregating data, utilize gender-sensitive tools and processes of assessments, data collections, and research; initiate regular gender assessments and analysis and
• Staff and partners training, coaching, induction, reflection sessions, field mentoring of  Gender in Emergencies to ensure an improved understanding of gender concepts, including feminist principles and their application in humanitarian context taking into consideration the local context 

• University graduate in the field of gender, social sciences, development studies, community development, humanitarian, and other related fields.
• At least 3 years of experience in working on gender issues in humanitarian and development organizations;
• At least one-year relevant field experience working directly on gender in an emergency;
• Demonstrated understanding of concepts, principles, and approaches on human rights and women’s rights, gender equality, feminism, humanitarianism, and international development;
• ability to influence others to increase their knowledge and skills and take actions in order to address gender issues in their sectors, teams, and the workplace

Desirable

• field experience working on gender issues in WASH, EFSVL, protection, and GBV prevention and response;
• field experience in implementing gender-targeted actions/ stand-alone projects in a humanitarian setting
• experience in responding to drought and other climate-induced disasters and understanding IDP settings
• experience in organizing women’s groups and engaging with men at the community level
• knowledge of the local context including the culture, and tradition of the Region is helpful.

We Offer

This role will allow you to act as a key contributor to our work of supporting those most in need. You will also have a chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and internationally-focused environment and we offer fair pay and competitive benefits package

Flexfam

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a partially home-based role or job share.

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile through www.ethiojobs.net or using Oxfam's internal /External application portal https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk / or https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/16774/description   on or before June 13, 2022.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

In response to Covid-19 if you are offered a role where you are required to travel between countries please ensure you have been briefed by the Hiring Manager about any changes to working or precautions you should take as part of your role.