The "Care Connect: Action for care workers in the Philippines and Indonesia" project, spearheaded by Oxfam in partnership with six (6) local organizations, is a four-year initiative designed to transform gender dynamics and improve the lives of women and girls in these countries. The project aims to enhance empowerment, socioeconomic well-being, and the enjoyment of rights among women and girls. This initiative addresses the multifaceted challenges of care work, which includes both unpaid and paid domestic care tasks. Despite the critical role of care work in human well-being and economic sustainability, it remains undervalued and poorly compensated, with significant issues such as child labor and gender-based violence being rampant, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. The Care Connect project emphasizes the need to recognize, redistribute, and reduce unpaid care work while ensuring decent work and fair wages for paid care workers. It also promotes representation, social dialogue, and collective organizing and bargaining for DCWs, drawing on the International Labour Organization's "5R framework."
Care Connect's approach is deeply rooted in feminist and gender-transformative principles, aiming to dismantle patriarchal norms and empower women's rights actors and organizations. By integrating human rights, gender, and environmental considerations into its design, the project seeks to address poverty, inequality, and the disproportionate burden of care work on women and girls. The project involves multi- stakeholders, including employers, unions, opinion leaders, and community members, to champion the cause of care workers, specifically domestic workers, barangay health workers, and day care workers. In Indonesia, the project will focus on West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara, while in the Philippines, it will target Mindanao, Luzon, Eastern Visayas, and the National Capital Region for public engagement and advocacy.
To effectively address the challenges related to women’s and girls’ rights, particularly their right to participate in various activities, and to advocate for improvements in the care sector especially domestic, barangay and day care workers (such as policy and program development, changes on wage increases, decent working conditions, social protection, occupational health and safety, and social security for paid care workers), a comprehensive Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Plan is essential to be developed.
With this, Oxfam Pilipinas is seeking a consultant to develop the Care Connect SBC Strategy to transform social norms around paid and unpaid care work.
- Inception Report - A foundational document providing a preliminary desk review, methodology outline, and direction for formative research. Sets parameters for consultations, work plan, and ethical safeguards.
- SBC Formative research on Care Work in the Philippines
a. Consultation Report - Detailed account of national and regional consultations, participant profiles, and key behavioral insights. Includes an executive summary and visual data presentation for accessibility.
b. Formative Research Report - Expanded evidence-based review of past campaigns, behavioral systems, and media messaging. Builds on the inception report to deepen understanding of care work dynamics. - SBC Strategy - Comprehensive roadmap for advocacy and communication interventions, integrating MEAL and HLS approaches. Defines objectives, strategies, channels, and risk mitigation. The document also outlines the first cycle of communication interventions and indicative campaign activities. Provides materials for pre-testing before full rollout.
- Communication Materials Set - Designed outputs (e.g., posters, social media content, toolkits) aligned with the SBC Strategy. Tailored to resonate with diverse stakeholders in the Philippines and will be packaged as knowledge products.
a. Pre-testing Report - Captures feedback from target audiences on clarity, cultural relevance, and resonance of materials. Ensures refinement before implementation.
b. Refined Campaign Materials - Finalized communication products adjusted based on pre-testing results. Ready for deployment in SBC interventions (advocacy and community engagement).
Additional Notes:
The consultant shall ensure proper archiving of all materials, including raw and editable files, in Oxfam Pilipinas’ designated Box storage repository.
With support from the Care Connect Project Team, the consultant shall manage the documentation and submission to the Finance Team of all relevant invoice forms, vouchers, receipts, expense sheets, and supporting documents required for proper billing and reporting.
- Ability to demonstrate collective leadership, program management, sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
- Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming and diversity for all aspects of development work.
- Commitment to Oxfam’s feminist principles and safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam and its partners are as safe as possible.
- Equality - We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
- Empowerment - We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
- Solidarity - We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.
- Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.
- Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions
- Courage - We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes
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 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.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
How to Apply
Applications must include a curriculum vitae, a letter of intent, sample portfolio, and a financial proposal including operational and travel costs, in a single file.
Applicants may also submit their applications to ophrecruitment@oxfam.org.ph. Please use the email subject format: Position Applied For - Surname, First Name.
Offer ended on January 1, 2026
