Jobs at Oxfam International in Uganda - Program Officer

Job Title: Gender  and  HIV Program  Officer

Oxfam International is recruiting qualified candidates  for the vacant position above .
The Role
•    As Gender  &  HIV   program  officer ,  you will  be  responsible  for  delivery of the  Violence Against  Women  project  and will manage  four partiners .
•    You will  ensure timely  reporting  by the partiners and disbursement  of grants including  organizing  ongoing capacity  building support  to the  partiners.
•    Conduct  quarterly  monitoring  visits to  partiners and field programs  to mentor and support  them in  delivering gender sensitive projects . Your role will  involve  supporting partiners  to  develop  fundable  project proposals  for the prevention of  VAW and HIV and AIDS
•    You will be a member of  the emergency  response team .


Qualifications
•    Qualification in women studies , Gender and  Development , Social Sciences  or Humanities  and at least  3 years  experiences in similar position addressing  gender  equity issues , and a sound  understanding  of the importance  of gender in development  programs , campaigns and humanitarian response  work are essential  as well as demonstrated  training and facilitation skills  and proven experience working  with and  managing partiner organizations.
•    You should have  a  personal  commitment  to gender equality  and experience in  gendor work  and/or  violence against women  as well as demonstrate  understanding of  current  national processes towards ending  gendor-ased  violence in Uganda  and related policies  & practices .
•    You  should have an  interest and  skills in  building  the capacity  of your teams  and of partiner organizations .
•    You are also able to travel  frequently to remote areas and spend periods  of time outside  the base office of Kampala .


How to apply
If you are  the ideal  national candidate for any of the  above roles , please submit   your application  and CV in English  detailing  your experience  for the post and include  the daytime  telephone  contacts  to kampalajobs@oxfam.org.uk. The  subject of your  email should  be the title  of the job  you are applying for .

Deadline: 10/ 05 /2013