Job Description

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

The Role:
The Education and Gender Programs Officer is supposed to support the implementation and management of the highest quality, effectiveness and impact of the Education programme and mainstreaming of gender and women’s rights in the other programs. The Programme Officer (PO) will be a key member of the program team and will work closely with other program team members in other areas of interest for Gender Justice thematic area under the overall leadership of the Gender Justice Team Leader and the in-country Program Policy Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

Qualifications and Experience

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will have

A Bachelors Degree in any social science including any of the following, gender, education, development studies, rural development, agriculture, economics, politics, or other relevant field.
5+ years of experience in development work, gender, education, SGBV preferably within a large development or humanitarian organisation.
Knowledge of programme development and delivery approaches, tools, methodologies, and best practices.
Understanding of women’s rights and gender equality issues in the rural communities in Zimbabwe .
Knowledge of programme development and delivery approaches, tools, methodologies, and best practices,
Previous experience in handling donor funded project especially with large grants.
Some experience in policy advocacy and how this contributes to taking programme impact to scale.
Understanding and appreciation of the impact of HIV & AIDS, COVID on the rural communities in Zimbabwe as well as the importance of gender mainstreaming in all programming.
Experience of and thorough understanding of a “Rights Based Approach.”
Proven knowledge of and experience with donor funding environment and good financial and project management skills.
Experience in development and management of a monitoring system of similar program focus.
Excellent listening, communication and writing skills. Fluent in English and Shona.
Strong organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise 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 high level of self-awareness, initiative, sound judgement, personal energy, and flexibility.

Desirable:

Considerable experience and proven success in development and delivery of advocacy strategy and activities, particularly in engaging with government institutions and elected representatives.
Understanding of development issues and knowledge of the role of NGOs in development, humanitarian, and human rights.
Ability to work in multi-national, multi-cultural teams and to develop good working relationships.
Excellent negotiation skills and ability to influence others.
Excellent conceptual and analytical skills, and the ability to think strategically, innovatively, and practically, to impact on the country’s programmatic work.
Organizational awareness and ability to use gather and use critical information to achieve organizational ends.
Humanitarian response experience
Knowledge of Safeguarding Programming
Ability and willingness to travel and to work extra hours as necessary, but with sound work and life balance.