Gender in Emergencies officer

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Gender in Emergencies officer - 40 hrs per week – 6 months

Estimated start date: ASAP

Based in Gaza

Deadline for Application 5th July 2024

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

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values

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 and adults. 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 Role

The Gender Response Officer will contribute to achieving the Gender Justice Programme strategy under Oxfam's Gender Justice programme and provide technical support to the team in implementing components of the Gaza response interventions.

This position will be coordinating with partners and the response team in the field for implementing and building capacity for gender-sensitive activities. Support gender analysis, assessments, and research activities for the overall response plan.

For the detailed job profile please find it Here

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What we are looking for

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree in social or political science, international relations, law or related fields, with a focus on gender and women’s studies, humanitarian related fields or/and international human rights.
• At least 4 years of work experience in Gender programmes/projects.
• Minimum of four years of professional experience in the area of gender protection/promotion of human rights, women’s and children’s, and/or rights under international humanitarian law and related areas
• Previous work experience -specifically in complex political and security environments; emergencies, preferably with international NGOs.
• Experience of community-based or community mobilisation work in a humanitarian context.
• Experience in the collection, analysis and interpretation of protection related information, including data base management tools.
• Proven ability to build effective, constructive working relationships with other agencies and national authorities and service providers.
• Good understanding of protection and gender issues in Gaza Strip.
• Good levels of spoken and written English and Arabic
• Commitment to a rights-based approach, gender equality and protection.
• Proven analytical skills
• Understanding of monitoring processes, learning, adaptation and evaluation.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural team

• Willingness to work in insecure environments and a high level of adaptability and initiative Demonstrated ability to manage workflows and balance competing priorities.

Desirable

• Knowledge of other sectors – WASH, food security, livelihoods, policy and advocacy.
• Experience in sensitive data ethics and management.

How to apply

 Interested candidates can apply for the job application by clicking Here by no later than 5th July 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 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.