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

Do you have a Bachelor (BA) or MA degree from a recognized university in gender studies, sociology, political science, or any other related areas that can bring added value to the job?

Do you have relevant experience of 5+ years managing gender and protection in projects/programs related to WASH and Emergency Food Security?

Do you have proven work experience in a humanitarian context, mainly in the region? This will be an asset, and preferably in an international NGO, out of which 5 years should be at the level of senior or middle project management.

The Role:

The Senior Gender and Protection Officer is responsible for leading the design, planning, implementation, and management of gender and protection programs across all operation areas of the Oxfam Gambella Response program.

This Senior Gender and Protection Officer position will work under the technical supervision of the Gender Program Manager at the CO level and line management of the Area Program Manager to implement the gender and protection program within the Gambella Refugee Response with regular field visits in all refugee camps and host community sites where Oxfam operates.

What we are looking for: 

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Support the program team in providing technical inputs in project and strategy design, advocacy strategy development, campaigning, and influencing paper preparation.
• Enhance the capacity of WASH, Promoting Refugee and Local Led Organizations within the Gambella Refugee Response, and protection partners 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 special needs are identified and analysed.
• Ensure gender and protection integration in humanitarian programs of implementing and conducting periodic safety audits in multi-sectoral humanitarian actors' responses in the refugee camps.
• Provide ongoing feedback to the supervisor on progress, lessons learnt, achievements and gaps, issues, and problems.
• Document success stories and work with WASH on Gender and Protection on storytelling of their experiences as women participating in the beneficiary of safe WaSH and self-protection.
• 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.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff, including flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life insurance, and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam, we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of learning & development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the-job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

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 that might work for you.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and cover letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. 

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.