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.

The Role

Oxfam has been working in South Sudan since 1983. Our Programmatic Strategy concentrates on saving lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through a full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy. Oxfam currently operates via six area field offices in South Sudan. (It also works in partnership with several national organisations and community groups.

DIMENSIONS

• Manages people, assets, budgets, projects or processes.
• Monitors performance of team or external contacts and gives advice / guidance to managers in a specialist area.
• Objectives are set within well-defined limits although some adaptation on day-to-day issues may be required.
• Problems may vary but solutions can be defined from previous experience with judgement being required to choose and apply the most appropriate solution.
• Regular communication is normally with their immediate manager but some posts require a broad range of communication (including negotiation) internally and externally.

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

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