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Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organizations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA

Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues                                                                     

Job details

DIVISION: Operations

TEAM: Programme  

LOCATION: Addis Ababa with 50 % frequent travel Oxfam operations areas, Ethiopia

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term contract for one (1) year with possibilities of a contract extension

GRADE: C2 National                        

JOB FAMILY: Programme

SALARY: As per the Oxfam benefit package

HOURS: 37.5 per week

FLEXIBLE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage

TEAM PURPOSE:

The Humanitarian team is responsible for the strategic development, management and intervention of the country Humanitarian program. Supports Oxfam’s impact locally, regionally, continentally and globally through ensuring Humanitarian program alignment to the key strategic objectives and program standards. 

JOB PURPOSE:

The Roving Protection Coordinator is to ensure the proper and effective implementation of all protection-related activities and services of the emergency response for Tigray crises. The aim is to be protecting and promote the safety, dignity and rights of the affected people in the affected areas.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TO

Northern Ethiopia Response Manager  

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST

Protection Officers and Assistants

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

Yes

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Sector design and Strategic Leadership

• Support the humanitarian team on humanitarian programmed design ensuring that protection is included as a sector as well as integrated with the other sectors, depending on needs, opportunities and strategic goals.
• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of the protection strategy and program at the country level, providing technical inputs, suggestions for improvements and recommendations for future actions.
• Ensure quality and timely protection analysis (threats, vulnerabilities, capacities) in current and prospective areas of operations, to inform program and strategies design as well as context analysis
• Conduct an assessment of protection partner capacity and lead on building a potential equal partnership for Protection Program  
• Support the design, planning and implementation of new emergency projects to the Tigray response and beyond ensuring that protection is always included as a sector as well as integrated with the other sectors, depending on opportunities and specific needs
• Promote the participation of the Ethiopian Protection team in all exchange and experience sharing opportunities within the Global protection Team in Oxfam
• Strengthen the capitalization of data and lessons learned from protection-related interventions
• Ensure that all humanitarian staff, mainly the Tigray response team and partners, are trained on humanitarian principles and basic principles of general protection, first psychological aid, data protection
• Contributing to building the capacity on Safe Programming in coordination with the Senior Management, who is responsible for SP

Technical support and leadership

• Build the Protection capacity within the humanitarian response, targeting Oxfam staff and partners, community representatives and sector experts through providing protection training and continuous follow-up and monitoring.
• Design and build capacity on technical tools, guidelines, and SOPs to implement the Protection Program accordingly with the Oxfam Protection Framework as well as the specific country needs and strategic goals
• Ensure, coordinate, and supervise the implementation and the quality of protection activities planned and funded
• Provide input, advise and guide the emergency response team to ensure the quality implementation of the protection activities from the technical point of view.
• Support the program team in donor reporting, specifically on protection activities and adopted approaches;
• Promote age, gender and diversity sensitive approaches into the project activities, as well as social cohesion initiatives.
• Ensure that all data related to the protection activities are disaggregated by sex and age, in order to develop profiles on the different needs and realities of women, girls, boys and men, for reporting and analysis purposes.
• In cooperation with the Program/Project Managers, elaborate and set up specific mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the protection activities,
• Undertake field visits to the project locations as needed to continuously monitor the progress and the quality implementation of the protection project activities.
• In cooperation with the HR team, carry out the identification and selection of the protection staff, as required.
• Support the Project Managers in elaborating and updating the internal monitoring and evaluation tool, the Project Appraisal Tool (PAT), with specific reference to the protection activities.

Representation & influencing

• Represent Oxfam externally inappropriate protection-related UN/ I()NGO for a ( such as protection cluster, GBV sub-cluster) , with a view to enhancing coordination, and adopting complementary approaches including active participation in relevant coordination and planning mechanisms and supporting field staff in field-level protection coordination
• Establish and maintain collaborative relations with relevant donor officers, partners, key stakeholders and other humanitarian actors.
• Support the policy team in advocacy and campaigning on protection issues including analysis, surveys, assessments and support to the development of policy products as required;
• Support the Humanitarian Coordinator and the policy team in integrating programs and policy, to ensure that programs are working towards achieving the same aims and leveraging impact in line with Oxfam’s country strategy Ethiopia.

Job Requirements

Person specification

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE AND EQUALITY

Our Values

• 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 across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.

Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality.
• Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
• Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:

For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here.

1. Self-Awareness
2. Mutual accountability
3. Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Essential - Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies

• Master’s degree (MA or LLM) in Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or related subjects (desirable) and Minimum BA in relevant field (Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, human rights, international humanitarian law or other related fields related to social development and humanitarian work or any other related areas that can bring added value to the job
• Minimum of 7+ years of relevant working experience in protection-related sectors, preferably within an INGO or UN out of which 5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience.
• Strong theoretical, technical and practical background on protection and Strong skills in networking with partners and donor liaison
• Able to gather and critically analyze data, gaps and trends related to Protection issues
• Solid time-management skills, resourcefulness, and attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage efficiently multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks and proven training skills and capacities in developing training
• Demonstrable understanding of the gender dynamics of protection work and ability to implement protection activities with a strong emphasis on the gendered aspects of conflict, violence and abuse.
• Proven ability to work creatively, innovatively and effectively with limited direct supervision.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably co-operate with members of the teams.
• Familiar with and abiding by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, CHS and sphere principles 
• Experience working with partners.
• Understanding of advocacy and campaigning work.

Languages

•  Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic

How to apply  

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile through CLICK HERE or using Oxfam's internal /External application portal  on or before 05 January 2022.

Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.