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Job Title:   Gender Justice and Women Rights Graduate Trainee (Fresh Graduate Jobs)

Organisation: Oxfam

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Women’s Rights Coordinator

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 Graduate trainee will specifically be assigned to  the Project on Strengthening Capacities on Effective Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Care Work Interventions in Uganda. S/he will focus on supporting the “Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Policy Help Desk.” The “Help Desk” is an initiative through which information on Care Policy can be provided to interested parties. The purpose of the desk is to ensure that available and researched information reaches a broad audience of those who pro-actively seek it. The Graduate Trainee will work alongside the GJ&WR team and receive on the job training on aspects of the GJWR programme.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• With support from the line manager, coordinate the processes to collect, review and respond to client feedback through the help desk.
• Compile and regularly update information on WEE and Care.
• To contribute to Gender Justice and Women’s Rights (GJ&WR) Theme planning and programme implementation.
• Document and share key results on assigned activities in monthly project review meetings and targets in the programme.
• Provide Support to the WEE and care help desk and any other duties assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a University Degree in a relevant field of study particularly Gender Studies or Development Studies with course units undertaken in Gender.
• Fair Knowledge of women economic empowerment and care
• Previous internship experiences
• Good Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Computer and IT skills
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Sound understanding of the national political economy and global context with theoretical understanding on social change process is desirable.

Organisational Values:

• Equality: We believe everyone has the rights to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
• Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
• Solidarity: We join hands, support and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our action and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 3^rd September 2023

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