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• Steers the development and management of
  all women rights programs, supports and advises Thematic Managers,
  Programme Quality and Learning, Policy and Research Coordinator and Head
  of Programs on women’s rights centred programming across all the thematic
  priorities of Oxfam’s work in Uganda.
• Identifies and coordinates the local,
  regional, continental, global interface for opportunities to impact
  poverty reduction and to foster strategic institutional linkages,
  alliances and networks that enhance sharing, learning and collaboration in
  the women’s movement
• Provides strategic guidance on how best to
  achieve long term impact and sustainable change in the lives of women in
  Uganda
• Adopts a “thought leadership”
  attitude and leads organized researches and analyses to develop a comprehensive
  understanding of the place of women’s rights in Ugandan society
• Mobilises stakeholders by providing them
  with research capacity, campaigning skills, creating spaces for
  engagement, supporting the development of evidence on the ground and
  building active citizens in the women rights agenda
• Ensures that Oxfam’s program quality standards and
  practices are deliberate and specific on Women’s rights indicators.
• Supports Oxfam partnership selection
  process and builds partners’ and stakeholders’ capacity to achieve partner
  led approaches for sustainable change and engages other existing women
  rights movements and organisations to promote the agenda for Women’s
  Rights in Uganda
• As a member of the CMT provides strategic
  advice and .ensures that the women’s rights agenda is consciously –
  embedded in all of Oxfam’s programme and operational decisions.
• Represents Oxfam Internally and externally
  on all issues related to Women rights programming

• The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s
  degree with a focus in Gender studies/Women Rights and/or any other
  related discipline from a recognised university
• A minimum of five years of practical
  experience and knowledge in implementing women’s rights programs and
  initiatives, in both development and humanitarian program operations,
  developing advocacy and campaign strategies, working with networks,
  coalitions and a partnerships
• Good training/facilitation skills
• Broad knowledge and understanding of donor
  funding environment and financial management
• Good project management and skills
• Previous experience in using participatory
  tools and methodologies.
• S/he should be strongly commitment to
  gender equality and social justice.

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