Gender & Protection Officer Job at Oxfam - Career Opportunity in Uganda
Vacancy title:Gender & Protection Officer
Jobs at:
Oxfam
Deadline of this Job:
Open
Duty Station:
lamwo, Uganda
JOB DETAILS:
Oxfam is a worldwide organisation that employs works in more than 90 countries. We seek to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam‘s global strategic goals include contributing to achieving more profound and lasting change in the lives of people living with poverty and injustice. We‘re creating a world- wide influencing network to unite the power of local organizations, who share a common vision for change. Adequately resourced, local organizations are best- positioned to influence and actively participate in the fight against the injustice of poverty.
In line with this, Oxfam in Uganda brings together the joint skillsets of its staff and partners (humanitarian, long/term development, and advocacy) to achieve change at the national level. We do this by building networks, platforms and coalitions with like-minded Civil society actors who campaign with us and lobby duty bearers to bring about change. Oxfam in Uganda also supports and engages in Oxfam's global campaigns, guaranteeing that Uganda is present on the world's most pressing issues. We have recently launched our inequality report and campaign, which considers the dimensions of poverty and drivers of inequality in Uganda. This is aimed attending inequality in Uganda. We are committed to providing thought leadership on important development issues in the country.
To help contribute to these commitments, we are looking for qualified professionals for the following roles:
Post: Gender & Protection Officer (Based in lamwo)
The Gender and Protection Officer will be responsible for the following; promoting identification and integration of the gender and protection elements in the humanitarian program; enhancing protection and gender mainstreaming technical capacity of Oxfam and Partner staff as well as government and community structures; supporting and managing implementation of the Oxfam humanitarian response programme in Uganda. The role supports resource mobilization, specifically for the Emergency Response programme focus areas and ensuring that the promotion of gender and women's rights is at the heart of Oxfam in Uganda's program work in the field.
Job application procedure
Please visit http://www.oxfam.org/uganda for more details regarding the jobs and how to apply.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.
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