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

The Role:

Oxfam GB is looking for a Gender Justice Program & Policy Manager to lead the development, planning, coordination of Gender Justice programmes in Malawi in collaboration with partners and roll out advocacy and campaigns activities for Oxfam.

What we are looking for: 

 a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant subject (international development, gender, public health, economics, politics, etc.); Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• 5+ years of leadership experience, preferably within a large development or humanitarian organisation.
• Extensive experience of programme development and Project Cycle Management (PCM) principles. Significant monitoring and evaluation experience and skills.
• Excellent knowledge of programme development and delivery approaches, tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding and attitude to safe programming, gender and HIV and AIDS that encompasses diversity and minority issues and their intersection with poverty and human rights.
• Commitment to and good knowledge of working in a partnership approach across the spectrum of development, humanitarian and campaigning work, including innovative approaches to capacity strengthening.
• Experience of and thorough understanding of a “Rights Based Approach”, including conceptual clarity of power analysis.
• Demonstrable excellent conceptual and analytical skills, and demonstrable ability to think strategically, innovatively, and practically to improve programme quality.
• Proven analytical and conceptual thinking, high level research, project management knowledge and skills and experience using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, programme identification, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Excellent knowledge of the Malawi and regional context and policy/ political environment and issues.
• Politically astute, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills and personal gravitas to gain respect and build and maintain strong, credible relationships, with internal and external stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
• Strong advocacy experience and ability to develop organisational networks and associations. Good experience of advocacy techniques in the development context and sound understanding of the possibilities and tactics for influencing donors, using media, and other actors.
• Knowledge of and experience in developing advocacy and campaign strategies and plans and successfully achieving external impact and change. Some experience in undertaking media presentations.
• A high level of self-awareness, initiative, sound judgement, personal energy, and flexibility.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly, at times at short notice, locally, regionally, and internationally
• Effective team leader and role model who demonstrates creativity in seeking better ways to do things, shares with team, and promotes high standards, demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding quickly and accurately to queries and issues

We offer:

 We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

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. 

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

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.

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.