Director for Gender Justice at Oxfam

Job Details

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.