Job Description
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Gender officer- Readvised to attract more Female candidates
About US |
Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights 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 the international confederation Oxfam.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior 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 organization
OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA |
Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues
Job details |
| DIVISION: Impact | TEAM: Gender Officer | |
| LOCATION: Jarar | CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term (1 year) | |
| GRADE: D2 National | JOB FAMILY: Programme | |
| SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit Package | HOURS: 37.5 hours per week | |
| FLEXIBLE WORKING 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. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage | ||
| TEAM PURPOSE: support gender in emergency programming in Oxfam’s integrated response to the Food Crisis in Somali Region, Ethiopia JOB PURPOSE: 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 to Oxfam’s Gender in Emergency Minimum Standards, feminist approaches, and relevant sector (inter-agency) standards. | ||
| POST HOLDER REPORTS TO | Senior Gender Officer matrix reporting to Area Manager | |
| JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST | Gender Assistant | |
| BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY | No | |
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person specification |
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
· Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY
Our Values
· Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
· Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
· Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
· Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
· Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
· Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.
· Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
| 1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.
| 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
| 3. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible. |
· Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:
Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organizational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work
| For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role 1 Self-Awareness 2 Mutual accountability 3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment |
Job Requirements
Essential
a. ability to work independently and develop solutions to problems; b. ability to work in a multi-cultural team which may include colleagues coming from different backgrounds and geographical locations in and outside the county; c. willingness to travel to remote field areas for regular support to program teams/partners/ communities, d. willingness to work in insecure environments; and e. provide remote support to field teams/partners when required |
Desirable
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Safer recruitment: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding, and criminal records 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.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Mid level
- Total Years Experience 0-5
