Gender and Protection Assistant (INT11861)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like saving lives, governance and peace building, education, land rights and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values please click here

The Role:

Key Responsibilities

Technical

• Deliver and manage community-based gender and protection activities
• Conduct and support ongoing protection analysis, context monitoring, and gender analysis to inform program design and implementation.
• Community Engagement: Organize and facilitate community dialogues, awareness sessions, and training on topics like:
• Implement projects focused on women's economic empowerment, political participation, literacy, or leadership.
• Conduct safety audits or protection risk assessments to identify and mitigate risks to women and girls within project sites and activities.
• Contribute to the development of advocacy materials and messages that highlight gender-based issues and promote policy change.
• Risk Mitigation (Safe Programming): Ensure that Oxfam's programs across all sectors (like WASH, Food Security) are implemented safely and ethically, meaning they do not expose beneficiaries to further harm or risk. This includes preparing and ensuring the implementation of protection risk assessments, mitigation methods, and action plans.
• Ensure all protection referral information, including data from Cash for Protection initiatives, is managed according to organizational SOPs and data security standards.
• Prepare and submit project reports on activities, challenges, and outcomes to the relevant Project Manager and/or Gender and Protection Coordinator.
• Provide support to ensure that gender and protection considerations are effectively integrated and applied across all project activities and with partners.
• Lead and implement capacity-building initiatives, including designing and delivering tailored training on gender, and protection, for Oxfam staff, partners, community volunteers, and local protection structures
• Promote Gender Justice: Actively adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values, especially the promotion of gender justice, feminist principles and women's rights.
• Actively represent Oxfam in relevant external coordination forums and working groups at the local/county level, such as the Sub national Protection Cluster and GBV AoR Sub-Cluster.
• Work with local partners, local government offices, and civil society organizations to coordinate activities and build strategic alliances.
• Cross-Sectoral Coordination: Coordinate with other sectoral teams (e.g., WASH, Livelihoods) to ensure the integration of protection and gender issues into their programming.
• Coordinate activities with Oxfam and consortium sector leads to ensure integration of protection in program activities
• Support and coordinate with MEAL Officers for baseline surveys, post-distribution, and other monitoring processes
• Submit monthly reports to track the beneficiary numbers regarding information dissemination and where applicable, referral activities
• Provides written feedback about protection incidents, issues, and aid-related community- conflicts

Management

• Manage a team of Protection Assistants, volunteers, and Community protection structures
• Supervise the establishment of the protection plans per location
• Ensure procurement of protection supplied follows Oxfam procurement procedures
• Ensure all protection information applies protection information management standards
• Review and evaluate Protection Assistants’ performance and proactively plan capacity training needed
• Integrate Oxfam gender and safeguarding principles to guide any management plans

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

• At least 3 years’ experience in Gender and Protection field, working with Humanitarian or Development Agencies
• Degree in Law, Social Sciences, International Relations, or Social work
• Good spoken and written English and Arabic language abilities
• Advanced IT skills

Desirable

Prior experience in community-based protection and conflict management

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate 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, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

What we are looking for: Gender and Protection Officer

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.

About us

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.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.