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Tax & Gender Equality Advisor
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ActionAid International
Remote (global)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £40,273 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 11/07/2025
- Location: Remote (global)
Role Overview:
ActionAid International has been coordinating the Tax and Education Alliance (Tax Ed Alliance) with key partners from the tax justice, human rights and education movements since January 2021, with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education funded Education Out Loud Programme managed by Oxfam Denmark and funding from Open Society Foundations. The Tax Ed Alliance is working at national, regional and global levels to advocate for a sustainable, progressive and gender responsive increase in domestic financing of public education systems.
The Tax and Gender Equality Policy Advisor will support national and transnational research and analysis, strategic advocacy, and social accountability efforts for gender equality and social inclusion in education financing, with a particular focus on the gendered impacts of tax policies and systems. The Advisor will be working with the Economic Justice team at ActionAid's Global Secretariat. They will work closely with colleagues in focal countries (especially Nepal, Senegal and Zambia - and with links to related work in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana) and with the key Tax Ed Alliance Partners (Centre for Economic and Social Rights, Education International, Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Global Campaign for Education and Tax Justice Network and related allies and regional partners)
Qualifications
• Relevant degree or post-graduate qualification or equivalent job-related experience that will provide the candidate the necessary knowledge, skill, and abilities.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in government or a non-governmental organisation, experience working in an international organization.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of tax justice and gender equality and social inclusion issues.
• Understanding of tax incidence analysis.
• Experience of collaboration with diverse partners across multiple locations.
• Some knowledge and experience for advocacy and campaigning
• Good understanding of the impacts of economic policy on communities living in poverty in Africa and Asia.
• Fluency in English
ActionAid International has been coordinating the Tax and Education Alliance (Tax Ed Alliance) with key partners from the tax justice, human rights and education movements since January 2021, with a grant from the Global Partnership for Education funded Education Out Loud Programme managed by Oxfam Denmark and funding from Open Society Foundations. The Tax Ed Alliance is working at national, regional and global levels to advocate for a sustainable, progressive and gender responsive increase in domestic financing of public education systems.
The Tax and Gender Equality Policy Advisor will support national and transnational research and analysis, strategic advocacy, and social accountability efforts for gender equality and social inclusion in education financing, with a particular focus on the gendered impacts of tax policies and systems. The Advisor will be working with the Economic Justice team at ActionAid's Global Secretariat. They will work closely with colleagues in focal countries (especially Nepal, Senegal and Zambia - and with links to related work in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana) and with the key Tax Ed Alliance Partners (Centre for Economic and Social Rights, Education International, Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Global Campaign for Education and Tax Justice Network and related allies and regional partners)
Qualifications
• Relevant degree or post-graduate qualification or equivalent job-related experience that will provide the candidate the necessary knowledge, skill, and abilities.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in government or a non-governmental organisation, experience working in an international organization.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of tax justice and gender equality and social inclusion issues.
• Understanding of tax incidence analysis.
• Experience of collaboration with diverse partners across multiple locations.
• Some knowledge and experience for advocacy and campaigning
• Good understanding of the impacts of economic policy on communities living in poverty in Africa and Asia.
• Fluency in English
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