Gender Justice Technical & Partnerships Coordinator (INT11700)

Location: Malawi – Lilongwe

Workplace Type: On-site

Hours: 40

Salary: As Per Oxfam’s Pay Scale

Job Family: Programme

Division: International

Grade: C2

Job Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date: 6 August 2026

Country: Malawi

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

Do you have a Master’sd egree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences or related discipline?

Do you have 5 years of relevant experience in gender justice programming, feminist programme design, women’s rights, and partner-led implementation?

Do you have proven experience in multi-country or regional systems, partner coordination, technical advisory roles, and programme integration?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for Gender Justice Technical & Partnerships Coordinator

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Technical Support to Gender Justice Programming (25%)

The role provides high-level technical leadership to partners and programme teams, ensuring that gender-transformative and feminist approaches are effectively designed, integrated, and delivered.

• Provide technical support across gender justice, women’s rights, feminist leadership, gender-based inequality, social norms transformation, and rights-based programming
• Strengthen application of feminist and rights-based methodologies across programme implementation.
• Provide guidance on gender analysis, intersectionality, and structural inequality.
• Ensure gender justice is effectively integrated across broader thematic areas including climate and economic justice, humanitarian action, and governance

1. Partner Engagement, Relationship Management & Localisation (20%)

The role serves as the primary operational and technical interface with partners on gender justice.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with partner organisations, women-led movements, and civil society actors.
• Support partners in programme implementation, technical design, problem-solving, learning, and strategic adaptation
• Facilitate communication and alignment between partners and Oxfam systems.
• Strengthen partner capacity in feminist programming, safeguarding, accountability, and compliance.

1. Programme Delivery, Restricted Project Support & Technical Coordination (15%)

The role contributes directly to effective programme implementation and project management.

• Support implementation of restricted projects and thematic portfolios.
• Ensure gender justice components are technically strong and strategically delivered.
• Track programme progress, deliverables, and implementation quality.
• Ensure project delivery aligns with donor commitments, technical standards, feminist principles, and organisational priorities

1. Evidence Generation, Feminist Analysis, Learning & Knowledge Development (15%)

The role strengthens the integration of feminist analysis and evidence into programme and influencing systems.

• Contribute to research. learning agendas, outcome documentation, gender analysis, and feminist evidence generation
• Support robust feminist analytical frameworks that inform programming and policy.
• Ensure programme evidence is systematically captured and applied.
• Strengthen learning loops between implementation, influencing, and strategic planning

1. Donor Reporting, Compliance & Accountability Support (10%)

The role strengthens donor confidence and programme integrity.

• Support preparation of donor reports, updates, and technical documentation.
• Ensure gender-related outcomes, evidence, and strategic insights are clearly reflected.
• Support compliance with donor requirements, Oxfam standards, Safeguarding frameworks
• Strengthen quality of technical reporting across restricted portfoilos

1. Integration Across Thematic Areas, Influencing & Strategic Positioning (10%)

The role ensures gender justice is fully integrated across Oxfam’s broader programme and influencing architecture.

• Work closely with thematic teams to strengthen gender integration across all programming.
• Promote cross-thematic collaboration and coherence.
• Ensure feminist analysis informs Climate justice, Economic justice, Humanitarian action, and Governance
• Support translation of programme insights into advocacy priorities, policy recommendations, and strategic positioning

1. Internal Coordination, Knowledge Sharing & Cross-Cluster Learning (5%)

The role strengthens organisational coherence and technical consistency.

• Share knowledge, technical learning, and innovation across countries and teams.
• Support internal coordination on gender justice priorities.
• Strengthen methodological consistency and programme coherence.
• Support wider organisational capacity strengthening.

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 also be / have:

Essential

• Master’sdegree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences or related discipline.
• 5 years of relevant experience in gender justice programming, feminist programme design, women’s rights, and partner-led implementation.
• Strong technical expertise and ability to integrate programme design with influencing and policy work.
• Proven experience in multi-country or regional systems, partner coordination, technical advisory roles, and programme integration.
• Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with internal and external individuals and organisations
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Desirable

• Portuguese language capability
• Southern Africa regional experience
• Experience with restricted donor programming
• Knowledge of policy influencing systems
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly, at times at short notice, locally and regionally.

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Advanced technical specialist and partner-facing role
• Primary gender justice technical focal point across multiple countries
• Significant responsibility for programme quality, partner support, and thematic integration
• Supports programme delivery, evidence generation, and influencing systems
• Functions without direct line management but with strong coordination and influence responsibilities
• Requires feminist expertise, systems thinking, and political judgement
• Operates across complex, partner-led, and multi-sector environments

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

Documents

• TRADUZIDO – Gender Justice Technical and Partnerships Coordinator JD 2026.en.pt-PT.pdf (0.72 MB)
• Gender Justice Technical and Partnerships Coordinator JD 2026.pdf (0.72 MB)

To apply for this job please visit jobs.oxfam.org.uk.