The Role

Oxfam International Secretariat is looking for Gender and Climate Justice Knowledge Coordinator to scale for impact Oxfam’s work on Gender and Climate Justice, including the coordination and facilitation of a confederation-wide working group to help drive Oxfam's commitment to the intersection of Gender and Climate Justice by enabling effective ways of working, communication and network building.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate Oxfam’s Gender Climate Justice Working Group (GJCJ WG), supporting and connecting affiliates, country, and regional offices’ work on gender and climate justice. Supporting purpose-driven learning process and spaces to co-create.
• Consolidate the Gender Climate Justice Working Group objectives, annual work plan and ways of working, ensuring both the overall group and its individuals workstreams are functioning well and individually/collectively advancing Oxfam’s commitments.
• Consolidate the Gender Climate Justice Working Group network and foster strong engagement among members, ensuring cross collaboration, integration, and north/south balance within the group.
• Identifies cutting-edge themes for knowledge development, learning and application within Oxfam, based on demands from WG members, and other internal and external stakeholders such as Collaboration with feminist and WRO, climate and care, etc.
• Create leverage on gender within the different areas of work.
• Develop and implement strategies to further strengthen Oxfam’s work on gender and climate justice and its intersections with other areas, tracking and advising on current and emerging global trends and opportunities.
• Develop and communicate knowledge and learning processes and products of the Working group, and update relevant information in relevant communication channels (workplace, compass, etc).
• Drive confederation-wide synergies, ensuring cross-collaboration and liaise with key internal stakeholders to integrate gender and climate justice in programming and advocacy.
• Drive innovation in feminist methodologies and community learning approaches and application.

Please see the job description for further details.

Who we're looking for

• Experience on gender justice, feminist approaches and climate justice issues, with demonstrable expertise on the climate and gender intersection/ nexus and of related networks and actors at global and/ or regional levels.
• Demonstrable expertise on intersectional and decolonial feminist perspectives on climate justice.
• Proven experience in utilizing digital platforms to support online communities.
• Experience in organizing, facilitating and managing events and workshops.
• Ability to digest and present complex issues in a way that makes thethem accessible to different target audiences.
• Results oriented with strong project and information management skills, including the ability to hold complex spaces and to coordinate and facilitate diverse groups.
•  Strong people and communication skills, with the ability to work across boundaries and to lead and motivate others.
• Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of feminist and decolonial ways of working.
• Innovative, creative and solutions focused, with the ability to achieve agreed outcomes with limited direct authority.
• Good understanding of related Oxfam Microsoft Office Tools (Teams, Workplace, Compass).
• Fluent or with a strong working knowledge (written and spoken) of English with knowledge of Spanish,
• French and/ or Arabic a distinct advantage.

Essential Characteristics

• Self-Awareness
• Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
• Enabling
• Relationship building
• Mutual accountability
• Essential Knowledge and Experience

What we offer

This role will give you an opportunity to act as a key contributor to Oxfam's work on Gender and Climate Justice. At Oxfam, we believe that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career. Oxfam is committed to providing a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment

How to apply

Please click on the "apply" button to start the application process. Please upload an up-to-date CV and a covering letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be shortlisted- usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.

About us

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

That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 21 organizations (affiliates) plus the Oxfam International Secretariat, working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in around 90 countries.

The Oxfam International Secretariat is currently headquartered in Nairobi, with offices in Oxford, Washington DC, New York, Brussels, Geneva, and a liaison office with the Africa Union in Addis Ababa.

All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality. 

Our commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Please note that Oxfam International participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Processes within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. Under this scheme, if you have been employed by another member of the scheme, we will request information from that organization on any misconduct history in accordance with the terms of the scheme. For scheme details please click here

Oxfam International is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity and inclusion within the workplace.