Closing date: 15 Nov 2018
Closing date: 15th November 2018
Interviews: TBC
Location: Global South -Nairobi (preferred). Other Oxfam office locations in the Global South may be considered subject to being able to establish a contract of employment with the relevant hosting Oxfam affiliate.
Oxfam International is only able to support the provision of a work permit if the role is located in Kenya. For other Oxfam office locations, candidates must have and be able to retain the legal right to work in that location.
One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is determined to change that world by mobilizing the power of people against poverty.
Around the world, Oxfam works to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. We save lives and help rebuild livelihoods when crisis strikes. And we campaign so that the voices of the poor influence the local and global decisions that affect them. In all we do, Oxfam works with partner organizations and alongside vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that cause poverty.
Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
Oxfam is currently implementing a new vision Oxfam 2020, that has necessitated a significant organizational change, transforming how staff and volunteers devise, deliver and support programs within countries and regions, and are seeking to work in alliance with feminist and women’s rights organizations across the world to help us to do this. We are establishing new Oxfam Affiliates in the global South to create an Oxfam that is more globally balanced. We are increasing global balance and diversity and have shifted line management of country, regional and humanitarian programs to Oxfam International. Our global headquarters is now in Nairobi, Kenya. We also have advocacy and campaigns offices in Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Geneva, Moscow and a liaison office with the African Union in Addis Ababa.
This position will be part of the OI Secretariat’s senior team, which is headquartered in Nairobi. There is a strong preference for it to be located in Nairobi or at another Oxfam office in the Global South in which Oxfam can establish a contract.
Oxfam International are looking for a dynamic and entrepreneurial feminist to drive this ambition across the confederation, to mobilize our confederation’s energy, providing strategic leadership and practical vision to our work on Gender Justice and Women’s Rights as articulated in the Oxfam Strategic Plan. The Gender Justice Director will head the rolling out of a robust and systematic approach to putting women’s rights and gender justice at the heart of all of Oxfam’s work, through long-term development, humanitarian, policy and influencing work, while ensuring consistency of approaches across the Oxfam family.
The Role
Reporting to the Oxfam International Executive Director, the Gender Justice Director will
- Collaborate with and inspire staff across the confederation to work together to make gender justice central to all our work and to increase support for GJ work across Oxfam.
- Lead the operationalization of our commitment to put women’s rights at the heart of all we do across Oxfam.
- Work with senior leaders within and beyond Oxfam to ensure that Oxfam is a visible leader and key ally globally on Gender Justice.
- Support wider organisational and cultural change that strengthens Oxfam's ability to deliver against its GJ and safeguarding objectives.
- Work with others to strengthen our links and accountability to external women’s rights and gender justice organisations and groups.
Oxfam International is looking for an inspiring, dynamic leader with deep experience in the field of gender justice and women’s rights.
Fluency in English required and competence in French and/or Spanish is desirable.
For a full overview of the competencies and skills required please see the job description.
How to apply:
OI is partnering with Red Sea Executive Search for this recruitment. To apply, kindly send through a Microsoft Word version of your CV and a cover letter to Red Sea detailing why you are suited to this role. Please mark it for the attention of Wadzi Katsidzira, email address: applications@redseasearch.com. Please indicate the following reference in the subject line of your email: OI-DGJ.
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.
Successful candidates will be subject to additional assessment and a range of reference checks.
Oxfam International is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity within the workplace.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.