Gender Advisor

GENDER ADVISOR (INT8982)

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

Do you have highly developed strategic thinking and planning skills to incorporate gender justice and gender transformative agenda into humanitarian and early recovery programming ?

Do you have demonstrated practical experience in gender analysis, needs assessment and mainstreaming gender into public health and/or livelihoods programmes in humanitarian and/or development settings in the Middle East or Syria?

Do you have evidence of capacity to develop capacity building plans and deliver customised high-quality training to local and national NGOs?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

We are looking for the Gender advisor who guides and assists the programme teams in 1) mainstreaming gender, 2) developing gender transformative action and 3) influencing for Gender Justice. This involves delivery on the Gender in Emergencies minimum standards and Oxfam’s Feminist Humanitarian Framework, the development of strategic partnerships with local organisations, external coordination, capacity building and technical support towards Oxfam’s field teams and programme partners.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to act as key contributor to the success of the Program Quality and Development team , to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields , training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to apply

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.

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.