Oxfam’s vision is a just world
without poverty. We are a confederation of 17 Oxfam affiliates working in over
90 countries, all working as one Oxfam on goals that support our shared vision.
We want a world where people are valued and treated equally, enjoy their rights
as full citizens, and can influence decisions affecting their lives.
Oxfam Rwanda programme has developed its
Co
untry Strategy for the period of 2015 – 2020. Oxfam in Rwanda has
identified interventions which align with its mission – to ensure that poor
women, men and youth enjoy equal rights and benefit from fair and inclusive
development-. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the Rwandan context, Oxfam
delivers a combination of programme interventions and advocacy and influencing
activities to drive outcomes. Oxfam intervenes in four main sectors in Rwanda namely:
Gender Justice, Sustainable Livelihoods, Participatory Governance and
Humanitarian.
The objective of Oxfam’s Gender
Justice Programme is to mainstream gender equality, women’s empowerment and
rights in Sustainable Livelihoods, Participatory Governance and Humanitarian
Programme
We seek to hire an experienced
Rwandan national for the following position:
Technical Advisor in
Women Empowerment and Family Promotion
(Contract Type: 1 year Fixed-Term)
Location: Kigali – Rwanda
Salary: Competitive
Duration: 1 year
Availability: Immediately
Job purpose: Provide technical support and
coordination to MIGEPROF and its partners including the National Women Council
and link up with OXFAM
Reporting lines: OXFAM Programme Lead and matrix line
management to MIGEPROF Head of Programme
Major Responsibilities:
Quality Technical Support
- Provide technical support to MIGEPROF and the National
Women Council supporting transformational leadership of women elected at
different levels, and increased understanding and claim of their social, political
and economic rights - Support women elected leaders from the National Women
Council to promote women’s rights and stand with women in need of raising
their rights’ concerns. - Support MIGEPROF and its partners in developing,
monitoring, reporting learning frameworks and following up on
implementation of the same. - Provide regular and to MIGEPROF and the National Women’s
Council in analysing women rights programming concerns, including gender
based violence and women’s economic empowerment, both at local and
national levels. - Facilitate coordination and documentation of women’s
economic empowerment initiatives and best practices, in consultation with
the National Women Council and OXFAM. - Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the performance
of partners and take remedial actions with MIGEPROF. - Support MIGEPROF, OXFAM and their partners in planning
and implementing local and national advocacy events including the
International Rural Women’s Day, 16 Days of activism against gender based
violence, and the International Women’s Day. - Build and strengthen links with networks of women’s
rights organizations at local, national and international levels with the
aim to learn and share knowledge gained, propose best practices and
programs which are based on evidence-based mechanisms. - Work with MIGEPROF, OXFAM and others stakeholders to
provide regular and accurate data that can inform policy formulation and
decision making.
Mainstreaming
- Link with MIGEPROF to support government institutions
and partners to develop and deliver strategies which put women at the
centre of everything they do.
Monitoring, Evaluation,
Learning and Social Accountability
- Work with MIGEPROF to ensure that program quality standards
and practices are deliberate and specific on gender equality and women’s
empowerment indicators. - Strengthen MIGEPROF partners’ accountability and
learning platform through regular, coaching and capacity building,
especially through the National Gender Cluster. - Actively participate in the country development
environment to both identify opportunities to impact poverty reduction and
to foster strategic institutional linkages, alliances and networks that
enhance sharing, learning and collaboration
Skills and competence:
- A Masters Degree and postgraduate qualification in a
relevant fields, preferably Gender and Development studies, Gender and
Economics and any other related field. - Minimum of five (5) years proven programme experience of
delivering similar Gender justice and women’s rights programmes/projects
in development and humanitarian contexts - Ability to engage with government institutions,
especially the National Gender Machinery, contributing to the development
of programme, policy and quality to enhance the impact of gender equality
and women’s rights work. - Commitment to promoting women’s leadership by
understanding and addressing challenges that constrain women from becoming
effective leaders - Experience of campaigning, advocacy and influencing
work, ideally with experience on women’s rights issues, including ending
gender based violence and violence against women and girls. - Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal
and external audiences in complex and stressful circumstances. - Good communication and interpersonal skills, together
with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of
strategic priorities - Ability to travel extensively in all areas of the
country as required - Fluent in English
How to apply:
This opportunity is for a
dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to
Oxfam’s values and beliefs. Interested candidates should send an application in
English by email attaching a motivation letter with expected range of salary package
and CV, with contact details (phone and email address) of the most recent line
manager as part of the referees.
Use this following email address
to send your application: kigalijobs@oxfam.org.uk
The closing date for this
vacancy is Thursday, 13th
October 2016.
Only shortlisted applicants will
be contacted.
Please note that we are an
equal opportunities organisation and we strongly encourage applications from
qualified female and disabled candidates. We are committed to ensuring diversity and
gender equality in our organization.
Diversity The difference starts
with you