We present measurements of the azimuthal dependence of charged jet production in central and semi-central md5=af3704114ca547b5a0517604f2f8bf64"> Pb–Pb collisions with respect to the second harmonic event plane, quantified as md5=a502abb3ef571b344332c237a661101d">. Jet finding is performed employing the anti-md5=8bde6446c7e4c21bf5d7e21865c1dbd1" title="Click to view the MathML source">kT algorithm with a resolution parameter md5=f17e38ffc9bf41b4ab05059c2afe8ae2" title="Click to view the MathML source">R=0.2 using charged tracks from the ALICE tracking system. The contribution of the azimuthal anisotropy of the underlying event is taken into account event-by-event. The remaining (statistical) region-to-region fluctuations are removed on an ensemble basis by unfolding the jet spectra for different event plane orientations independently. Significant non-zero md5=a502abb3ef571b344332c237a661101d"> is observed in semi-central collisions (30–50% centrality) for md5=2fa6848d63c95add4d7a510e3f1234bd">. The azimuthal dependence of the charged jet production is similar to the dependence observed for jets comprising both charged and neutral fragments, and compatible with measurements of the md5=944f8b730bcac9bffb264c63b0082d73" title="Click to view the MathML source">v2 of single charged particles at high md5=d326eba5bc19e18321ee2db7aae3cd7f" title="Click to view the MathML source">pT. Good agreement between the data and predictions from JEWEL, an event generator simulating parton shower evolution in the presence of a dense QCD medium, is found in semi-central collisions.