Tax & Gender Equality Advisor

Job Description

Position:  Tax & Gender Equality Advisor

Location:  Global Secretariat hubs in Johannesburg, Nairobi, or any hosting ActionAid country office

Contract duration: 12 months Fixed term contract

Entry Salary:  Grade D, starting from £40,273.00 GBP Gross salary per annum

Closing date: 11 July 2025 

The Role:

Do you enjoy working at national, regional and global levels advocating for a sustainable, progressive and gender responsive increase in domestic financing of public education systems? Then this might be the role for you.

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).

Who we're looking for:

You should also have a strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.

Please see further information in the job description.

What we offer:

ActionAid is committed to providing a welcoming, supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done, encourage close collaboration and sharing power, and where safeguarding standards and feminist leadership are exemplified everywhere. At ActionAid, you can look forward to a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment, including;

• A workplace that embraces feminist principles 


• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption pay 


• 3 days wellbeing leave

How to apply: 

Please click on the "apply” button to start the application process: 

Applications close on 11 July 2025 at 23.59 GMT. Please upload an up-to-date curriculum vitae, a covering letter clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile .

Please check your application and make sure you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification. In addition, your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria. If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please do not apply as we only consider candidates if they meet the essential criteria listed on the job description. We will only consider candidates who have the right to work in the specified locations.

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

ActionAid International will not consider unsolicited candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

About us: 

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