Senior Protection Officer

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Protection Senior officer

Programmes team

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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

 

 

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.

 

aBOUT oXFAM

Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live without poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

 

OUR TEAMThe Oxfam team in Lebanon implements integrated humanitarian, development and policy interventions in line with Oxfam’s country strategy for Lebanon as relevant to the Bekaa and north Lebanon areas, including protection & governance; cash safety net/social protection and economic development/livelihoods; WASH/water governance, with a focus on partnerships. The humanitarian pillar, in particular, ensures that marginalised women and men, particularly refugees from Syria, are able to have safe access to WASH, attain their rights to life, security, protection and assistance, and that they are enabled to support their own basic needs, develop their livelihoods, all in a manner that respects and maintains their dignity.

 

JoB Purpose To lead in implementing gender-sensitive community-level protection activities in particular, including formation of peer support groups, as well as protection monitoring and information dissemination and referrals guided by international sector and Oxfam’s policies and standards in protection work. The Senior officer contributes to the team through the daily- management and delivery of protection projects, supervisions and strengthening capacity of programme staff and supporting local partner organisations, where appropriate.

 

 

 

Core Details

Location:

Lebanon, Zahle

Contract type:

Fixed term. D1 grade

This role reports to:

Project Manager

Staff reporting to this post:

Protection officers

Annual budget for the post:

No budget responsibility

Key relationships/interactions:

PM, Protection advisor, HPC, Protection team, WASH team, WASH advisor, Protection Research and Policy Advisor,

Screening checks:

All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.

 

key Responsibilities

Technical

• Provide written feedback and contribute to ensuring a strong analysis about protection incidents, issues and community conflicts and produce written reports on protection environment and threats for target communities.
• Support design, planning and implementation of programme-based protection researches and surveys in coordination with the Protection advisor and the Policy team
• Prepare, participate in and monitor partners in protection monitoring activities, ensuring that agreed approaches and tools are used properly, and that data is recorded correctly and in line with requirements.
• Ensure involvement of and coordination between partners and the Protection Research and Policy Advisor in all protection monitoring activities
• Provide technical support to the broader area programme team for safe programming and protection mainstreaming, through capacity development and support in the design of activities.
• Contribute to identifying areas for partner’s capacity building needs on protection topics among the team together and share with the relevant managers;

Coordination and representation

• Follow-up with external stakeholders (INGOs, national organisations, local institutions, UN, etc.) about coordination in aid delivery in areas of operations, requests for community sessions and other forms of liaison with beneficiaries, and about brochures and other information materials for distribution
• Represent Oxfam externally through participation in relevant protection coordination fora (such as protection WG) and other relevant inter-agency coordination groups, as well as with local authorities.
• Coordinate activities with other programme teams in the areas of operations, ensuring joint planning and sharing of information as appropriate

Management and project implementation

• Prepare, implement and accompany all field activities, with particular focus on community mobilisation and formation and capacity development of community groups and mobilisers
• Manage and join field protection officers and assistants in field activities: community mobilisation, delivery of information about services and entitlements, training and capacity development of community members on technical knowledge, local –level advocacy and monitoring protection issues affecting target population.
• Contribute to project design and proposal development, as well as to donor reports, protection analysis reports, monitoring activities and other internal reporting.
• Work with local partners, through counterparts in the organisations, to provide technical support for project delivery, and to maximise mutual learning and contribution to project design and implementation.
• Support and coordinate with project manager, Protection advisor and MEAL team for the design and implementation of all MEAL activities: baseline survey, learning, project indicators monitoring, and other relevant monitoring activities, and ensure learning is captured and programme activities are adapted accordingly

Other

• 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

 

skills, experience and knowledge

Essential

• Bachelor degree in political science, law, social studies or similar relevant field.
• At least 3 years of experience working in protection programmes, including SGBV or child protection in humanitarian context
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate both internally and externally, strong English and Arabic skills.
• Previous experience in working in partnership with national organisations
• Demonstrable capacity of working alone, with limited supervision
• Demonstrable experience in community mobilisation, as well as with local authorities and civil society engagement
• Demonstrable experience in using participatory research and assessment methodologies
• Demonstrable experience in using participatory learning and training methodologies
• Good understanding and knowledge in application of do no harm, conflict sensitivity principles, Sphere standards, Protection mainstreaming principles and ICRC standards and ethics for protection work
• Commitment to a rights-based approach, gender equality and protection
• Proven analytical skills
• Ability to work in multi-cultural team
• Willingness to work in insecure environments and a high level of adaptability and initiative

 

Desirable

• Master degree in social science, political science or similar relevant field.
• 2 years of experience in project management in all its aspects (design, planning, delivery, budget monitoring and Monitoring, evaluation and learning)
• Understanding of WASH programs and implementation
• Understanding of advocacy and policy work.

 

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 undertake Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adherence of relevant policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible

 

Organisational Values

• 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
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

 Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct here.