Gender Officer
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Internal Job Grade | D2 National |
Contract type | Fixed term until 31 March, 2018 |
Reporting to | IDP project manager, with Matrix to the gender coordinator |
Staff reporting to this post | Non |
Locations | Oxfam GB, Dire Dawa, Hareri, East harerge zone |
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Background
Oxfam Ethiopia is part of the global family of Oxfam International; operating in the country since 1974. It has been implementing development and humanitarian programs in various parts of the country to address the immediate and strategic needs of people living in poverty.
The current country strategy (2015 – 2020) envisages “an Ethiopia free of poverty; where empowered women and other citizens influence and benefit from pro-poor and gender sensitive systemic changes that reduce their poverty and vulnerability and; an increase their socio-economic wellbeing”. In 2016-17, the organisation consolidated its efforts to meet the needs of the most vulnerable and has reached more than 1.2 million people across Ethiopia with life-saving humanitarian assistance and longer-term resilience, livelihoods and gender based programmes. Oxfam currently implements programmes directly and through partners across eight regions and one city administration including Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, Somali, Afar, Dire Dawa, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and Gambella. Oxfam currently has about 300 staff, working across eight field bases and the country coordination office in Addis Ababa.
The programmes in the Somali, Gedeo, Dire Dawa, Hareri, east harerge and Gambella regions are dominantly humanitarian; drought, conflict and flood preparedness, response and recovery, and supporting refugees from South Sudan respectively though Oxfam is increasing its resilience-based programming throughout. The longer-term resilience-development programmes cover sustainable livelihoods, gender and climate change work. More specifically Oxfam in Ethiopia focus on rural economic development working all through the value chain cycle, promoting viable local and export markets while building the resilience of the local population to respond and adapt to the re-current natural and man-made disasters. Gender programming is at the centre of our work, always taking into consideration local gender dynamics and prioritizing the most vulnerable population.
Team Purpose
Ensuring the overall quality of gender programming processes and outcomes of the conflict IDP response and contribute to Oxfam Ethiopia.
Job Purpose
Support the gender mainstreaming of the conflict IDP response project in Dire Dawa, Hareri and East harerge zone, conduct gender analysis and integration into the response; support stakeholders in mainstreaming gender and provide capacity building needs of staffs and stakeholders as identified.
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Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
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Skills and Competence:
Desirable