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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 right 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 organisations 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 behaviour 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 organisation.

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 organisation 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.

 TEAM PURPOSE: The Humanitarian team is responsible for the strategic development, management, and intervention of the country's 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 Senior Gender and Protection Officer is responsible for leading the design, planning, implementation and management of gender and protection activities across all operation areas of Oxfam in Somali Region, Hunger Crisis Response program with regular field visits in all IDP sites and host community where Oxfam operates.

This position will also provide technical support to the wider team to mainstream Gender and protection across Oxfam, Partner as well as institutionally and will support projects as required.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TO

Area Manager

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST

 Gender and protection Officer/ Assistant  

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Technical Support

• Lead the implementation of gender and protection activities of all projects

• Support program team in providing technical inputs in the project and strategy design, advocacy strategy development, campaigning and influencing paper preparation

• Actively participate in concept note preparation, proposals development from gender lenses and make sure protection and gender-specific indicators, tools and methodologies are in place during the onset of the project

• Lead programmatic assessments including gender and protection analysis, and protection monitoring to ensure continuous improvement mainstreaming of finding on program strategy, design and advocacy.

• Enhance the capacity of staff and stakeholders towards mainstreaming Gender, Protection and Safeguarding.

• Carry out regular focus group discussions and individual interviews ensuring that issues of women, men, girls, boys, and people with different needs are identified and addressed.

• Work closely with program and MEAL team to ensure gender, protection and other cross-cutting issues are properly assessed and integrated into programming for a timely response.

• Ensures a gender-sensitive approach is taken to programming and integrated into protection assessments and activities.

• Make sure Oxfam Somali Region response programs ensure the needs, priorities, safety and dignity of women, men, boys and girls through periodic tracking, documentation of progress and learnings.

• Ensure Gender and protection integration in humanitarian Programmes by implementing and conducting periodic safety audits in multi-sectoral humanitarian actors' response in the Afar intervention area.

• Provide ongoing feedback to supervisor on progress, lessons learned, achievements and gaps, issues and problems.

• Document success stories, work with integrated emergency team on Gender and Protection on the storytelling of their experiences as women participating in the beneficiary of the program.

• Ensure that issues of SGBV and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are explored in sensitive ways and that services and follow-up are provided in keeping with Oxfam guidelines.

• Represent work being done in gender transformation and women’s social and political empowerment under the Program in relevant internal and external forums.

• Provide support to other sectors as needed to deliver the program and mainstreaming activities

• Integrate gender and protection into MEAL plans to develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework and gender and protection-specific indicators for the program.

• Oversee the implementation of all Protection and gender integration, including program quality and budget management

• Undertake regular on-site visits to monitor the quality of activity implementation and provide technical advice to staff as necessary.

• Support donors, stakeholders, and other internal reporting requirements by providing accurate and timely input on gender and protection activities.

• Develop protocols and guidelines for gender and protection activities and mainstreaming and train/coach partner staff to understand and implement, including strong integration and cooperation with emergency response team.

• Carry out implementation review, experience sharing, consultation events, prepare case stories, and document best practices specific to gender and protection activities for learning and knowledge management.

2. Capacity Building

• Participate in the staff recruitment process, new staff onboarding and induction process, capacity building, and performance appraisal Work with the national gender and protection team to identify capacity gaps/needs of beneficiaries and partners and develop appropriate strategies and training tools to address them.

• Organize training plans across all proposals to improve the capacity of partner staff, partners, and persons of concern.

• Conduct capacity assessment of staff, stakeholders, and beneficiaries, plan and lead capacity-building initiatives, training, technical and in-kind

3. Networking and Influencing

• Work closely with stakeholders (other partners and UN agencies) to make sure coordinated planning, implementation, and monitoring of projects/programs implementation areas.

• Establish and maintain active relationships with Humanitarian organizations on gender equality and women’s issues to strengthen key alliances and partnerships, enhance collaboration, and share and influence agenda and priority setting.

• Represent Oxfam within the relevant technical cluster and coordination mechanisms (Protection cluster, Regional, zonal & woreda sectoral coordination meetings/GO/NGO Forums, review sessions, and with donor etc.

• Work closely with partners in Somali Region to ensure proper referral mechanisms are in place and advocate for the inclusion of gender and protection issues into their programming

• Become a member of Regional, Zonal, and woreda level gender and protection working groups and provide technical and coordination support to implement joint activities and events.

• Establish and maintain good working relations with UN Agencies, NGOs, and INGOs.

4. Oxfam General

• Actively participate in Performance Management including objective setting, performance review, upward feedback, and personal development plans.

• Ensure the implementation of Oxfam’s operational policies, procedures, and guidelines, especially gender equity, in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.

• Participating in appropriate staff meetings, planning sessions, and ongoing liaising as needed.

• Undertake additional responsibilities related to respective functions

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights

• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety, and staff health and wellbeing principles.

5. Management

• Work closely with the Somali Hunger crisis Response Area Manager, Country Gender Program Manager, protection and gender and other teams to ensure the successful implementation of the gender and protection activities in line with the objectives laid out in the donor-approved proposals

• Assist in program quality and project strengthening activities, e.g. field visits, data collection, project quality meetings, focus group discussions, interviews and observations to obtain information about protection challenges, threats, and needs faced by displacement-affected populations

• Prepares written gender and protection updates for Oxfam situation reports.

• Coordinates activities with emergency response teams to ensure integration of protection throughout program activities.
  

Job Requirements

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 action 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:1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to cultural differences and gender equality. 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work. 3. 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:

Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organizational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work 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-Awareness2 Mutual accountability3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential ·       Degree in political sciences, law, sociology, anthropology or any other related field .A good understanding of fundamental human rights humanitarian laws and humanitarian principles At least 4 years of experience in humanitarian protection ·       Understanding and knowledge of protection, including gender-based violence issues, community-based protection, and gender inequalities.·   Knowledge of local government structure and INGOs, UN, and NGOs in the programme areas·   Experience in implementation of humanitarian project activities·   Good organizational skills (ability to develop work plans, organize their work, prioritize tasks, and a basic understanding of project quality and spending).·   Proven analytical skills with proven skills in preparing written reports and articulating protection issues·   Capable of representing Oxfam and developing solid and effective working relationships with other partners and local government·       Ability to work in a multi-cultural team.·       Demonstrated capacity for social and communication skills and ability to work with others and as part of a team.·       Very good interpersonal skills, particularly in networking, and working with communities, local civil society, and local authorities. 

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 using Oxfam's application portal THIS LINK