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Job Title:   Women Rights’ Coordinator

Organisation: Oxfam

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Women’s Rights Advisor

About US:

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.

Job Summary:  The Women Rights’ Coordinator will mainly be responsible for quality and timely delivery of the  women rights projects which include Women’s leadership, Women’s Economic Empowerment including women’s land rights, Women’s economic empowerment and care (WE- Care) and gender equality projects and play an active role in ending the Violence Against Women Campaign.

The Projects Cor-ordinator will also ensure effective partner engagement for project delivery. S/he will ensure timely reporting by the partners and disbursement of grants including organising on-going capacity building support to the partner(s).

The Projects Co-ordinator should work towards coherence of organisational strategies particularly the Global Strategic Framework, Country Strategic Framework and the Gender Justice and Women’s Rights Operational Framework to enhance integration of Gender Justice and Women’s Rights into Oxfam in Uganda’s work programme and at the operational level.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical

• Support the Implementation of the Gender Justice and Women’s Rights projects in line with the Oxfam Country Strategic Framework (CSF) and organizational policies.
• Contribute to preparation of the Gender Justice and Women Rights programme proposal documents, project summaries and project overviews.
• Working in collaboration with Oxfam teams, contribute to the development and implementation of Oxfam strategy and programmes in Uganda, placing women’s rights at the centre of the programme.
• Offer technical support to the program teams especially in areas of research, advocacy, campaigns, fund raising and public engagements from a Gender Justice and Women’s Rights perspective, in line with the one program approach
• Coordinate partners to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, indicators and MEAL frameworks for women’s rights projects
• Represent Oxfam in forums/meetings related to Gender Justice and Women’s Rights across the country, region and globally.

Leadership

• Carry out regular monitoring visits to partners and project locations to keep updated on project implementation and mitigate and challenges.
• Engage with project stakeholders at national and sub-national level
• Lead the process on donor reporting and adherence to donor requirements
• Work with Program Quality & Learning team to ensure that the MEL Framework is effectively adopted by the partners and that monitoring data is well managed and readily available for program quality control
• Constructively support partners’ management of projects in the various stages of the project cycle from project appraisal to reporting and close out.
• Conduct regular project reviews to discuss project progress with partners. share learnings and experiences that inform actions.
• Lead the process of project documentation for visibility and learning
• Identify/create opportunities/platfoms to foster strategic linkages, alliances and networks that enhance shared learning and collaboration in the social justice and women’s movements.

Management

• Carry out regular performance assessments and reviews of partner organizations and provide guidance on enhancing the quality of projects.
• Participate in regular meetings with partner organizations and relevant stakeholder platforms.
• Ensure implementation of action points/ recommendations agreed upon with partners during project reviews.
• Support with partner contracting process particularly with the required documentation.
• Hold and/or participate in regular meetings with partner organizations, and stakeholders to ensure that the working relationship between them and Oxfam is progressive, open and conducive to the successful achievement of agreed objectives.
• Ensure project compliance including management of project information in the SAP/ADOBE system

Other

• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women’s rights.
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender justice, feminist principles, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a University degree and Post postgraduate qualification in a relevant field e.g. Women and Gender Studies, Human Rights, Social Sciences. Law.
• At least five years of programme experience of delivering similar Gender justice and women’s rights programmes/projects
• Organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritize work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and ability to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through
• A good understanding of the changing context and the implications of programme delivery.
• Effective communication skills.
• Good networking and and collaborative skills for partnership development to meet programme goals.
• Good project management skills and competencies.
• Ability to collaborate and work with the various teams to deliver on the Country Programme objectives.
• Good understanding and experience of project/program management cycle, and participatory appraisal techniques
• Knowledge of and experience with donor funding environment and good financial and project management skills
• Understanding of the “Rights Based Approach”
• Proven experience of co-ordinating implementation of more than one project
• Proven experience of working with and co-ordination of partner organisations
• Experience of campaigning, advocacy and influencing work, ideally with experience on Gender Justice and Women’s Rights issues, including Violence against Women
• Demonstrated understanding of the gender aspects in development, humanitarian and campaign programmes, with an ability to support mainstreaming in these areas
• Ability and willingness to learn
• Ability to travel extensively in all areas of the country & the region as required
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to be open and willing to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of the development programme.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Commitment to Feminist Principles.

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 24^th May 2023

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