Senior Manager GEDSI and Land Governance

Summary of Role and Responsibility

The Senior Manager, GEDSI and Land Governance provides strategic leadership to advance gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and equitable land governance across the organization's programs and influencing agenda. The role strengthens inclusive approaches to land and natural resource governance, tenure security, and land rights—particularly for women, people with disabilities, youth, and other marginalized groups—by shaping policy, program quality, partnerships, and advocacy. The position also provides high-level oversight and technical guidance to selected smaller initiatives, including the Youth Employability Accelerator Program (YEAP), to ensure coherence, quality, and alignment with GEDSI principles and organizational standards. The role ensures GEDSI is systematically integrated into land governance work and that related initiatives contribute to rights-based, inclusive, and transformative outcomes.

Type of Contract

• Location: This Position is based in Dili, Timor-Leste
• Type of Contract: Fixed term, national contract

Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrated strong project and programme management experience, including planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, risk management, and delivery of complex, multi‑year and multi‑donor funded programmes.
• Extensive experience in leadership and senior management, including leading and motivating multi‑disciplinary teams, allies, and internal and external stakeholders in the delivery of programme strategies.
• Demonstrated financial management and donor compliance skills, including budget development, expenditure tracking, forecasting, and financial reporting for multi‑donor funded programmes.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), with a relevant tertiary qualification and/or significant professional experience in managing, advising, or mainstreaming GEDSI programmes.
• Demonstrated advocacy and influencing experience, including engaging a range of stakeholders on GEDSI‑related policy and practice
• Extensive understanding of community development, advocacy, inclusion, gender programming, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), and gender transformative and do no harm approaches, with demonstrated ability to design and implement relevant strategies.
• Experience leading or contributing to successful funding proposals and donor engagement processes.

How to Apply

Applicants can submit and request a detailed position description from Benigna Vicente Martins, by emailing to [email protected]

Applicants shall submit application letters outlining experience related to the role (no longer than 2 pages) and a CV (no longer than 4 pages). No certificates, copies of qualifications, or testimonials are required at this stage of application, and these will not be included in the consideration of candidate suitability.

Applications must be submitted by 14 July 2026, 5pm Timor-Leste time.

It is required that applicants must submit valid Bom comportment from the Ministry of Justice for residence applicants and a police certificate for non-residence applicants if applicants are successful in the recruitment process.

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and is 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. Oxfam is a child-safe organization, and successful applicants will be required to sign the Oxfam International Employee Code of Conduct and submit a Criminal register certificate from their home country or Bom Comportamentu from the Ministry of Justice for Timorese before signing the employment contract with Oxfam.

Only Short-Listed Applicants will be contacted. Oxfam is an equal opportunity employer. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.