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

Do you have a Master’s degree in Gender Studies, development studies, Social Sciences or equivalent professional qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered?

Do you have 6 years of relevant experience in gender justice, women’s rights, or feminist programming, with strong technical expertise in gender-transformative approaches, including at least 3 years in a team leadership or management role?

Do you have Proven experience in managing and leading teams, including performance management and staff development and a Strong ability to influence programme design and work across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments.

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

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for  Gender Justice Programme Manager

The Gender Justice Programme Manager provides strategic, technical, and people leadership for Oxfam’s gender justice portfolio across the SAF Cluster. The role ensures that feminist, rights-based, and gender-transformative approaches are effectively designed, delivered, and embedded within programmes and partnerships.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Strategic Gender Justice Leadership & Positioning (15%)

• Define and guide gender justice priorities across the cluster
• Support integration of feminist principles within the SAF Strategy

People Management & Leadership of Gender Justice Function (20%)

A central responsibility of the role is the direct leadership and management of the Gender Justice team across the Cluster. The role ensures that the team operates as a cohesive, high-performing unit capable of delivering both technical and programmatic outcomes.

• Line manage Gender Justice Technical Coordinators ensuring clarity of roles and accountability

Establish strong performance management practices, including objective setting, feedback, and performance improvement

Programme Design & Thematic Integration (20%)

The role ensures that gender justice is systematically integrated across programme design and implementation, strengthening coherence across thematic areas.

• Support development of gender-transformative programme approaches

Ensure integration across climate justice, economic justice, and humanitarian programming

. Policy, Influencing & Advocacy Support (15%)

The role strengthens gender-focused influencing by linking programme evidence to advocacy and policy engagement.

• Support development of gender-related advocacy strategies and messaging
• Contribute to policy positioning and influencing efforts

  Partner Support & Localisation (10%)

  The role works closely with partners to strengthen their leadership and capacity in gender justice programming.

  • Support partners in designing and implementing feminist approaches
  • Promote equitable partnerships and localisation principles

• Evidence Generation, Research & Learning (10%)

  The role strengthens the generation and application of evidence to support programming and influencing.

  • Support development of gender-focused research and learning agendas
  • Ensure gender analysis informs programme and advocacy work

• Internal Capacity Strengthening & Coordination (5%)

  The role builds internal capacity and ensures coordination across teams.

  • Provide technical guidance and training to staff
  • Support integration of gender across teams

• Representation & External Engagement (5%)

  The role contributes to external engagement and positioning on gender justice.

  • Represent Oxfam in relevant forums and networks
  • Build relationships with key stakeholders in gender justice

What we are looking for:

We’re 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:

• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, development studies, Social Sciences or equivalent professional qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered.
• 6 years of relevant experience in gender justice, women’s rights, or feminist programming, with strong technical expertise in gender-transformative approaches, including at least 3 years in a team leadership or management role.  
• Proven experience in managing and leading teams, including performance management and staff development.
• Strong ability to influence programme design and work across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with internal and external individuals and organisations
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with strong influencing and persuasive skills
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Desirable

• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly, at times at short notice, locally and regionally.

• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English and ideally Portuguese.

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.

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.