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SAFEGUARDING ADVISOR
OXFAM
DRC - Goma
Full-time
20th October 2025
  • Location:DRC - Goma
  • Workplace Type:On-site
  • Hours:37
  • Salary:TBA
  • Job Family:Programme
  • Division:International
  • Grade:C1
  • Job Type:Fixed Term
  • Closing Date:20 October 2025
  • Country:Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Are you a safeguarding specialist who wants to work in the Oxfam DRC country team to build on the current safeguarding strategy?

Do you want to work in a country team that is committed to preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment and child abuse and to contribute to providing a safe working environment for all who come into contact with Oxfam?

Do you want to join a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Safeguarding Advisor position is a Strategic Role that helps to deliver Oxfam’s Safeguarding Strategy to protect those we work with from sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by Oxfam representatives. He/she will support management in coordinating the implementation of Oxfam’s safeguarding policies and procedures at country-level. He/she will play an essential part in promoting good practice and helping the organization and Country Programme reach the highest safeguarding standards by our staff, volunteers, partners, related personnel, beneficiaries and contractors, as well as for the communities where we work

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:

  • Member of the country senior management team with responsibility for advising senior managers and other technical teams on SG-related issues and processes
  • Initiate set-up and manage PSEA group convening relevant focal points in INGOs operating in DRC, and/or play a key role in engaging with the existing one
  • Design and deliver training in line with safeguarding shared service materials on awareness raising and other capacity building activities for staff, volunteers, and others across Oxfam in DRC.
  • Provide support and guidance to staff/others on safeguarding policies and procedures, including reporting mechanisms and the safeguarding case management process.
  • Support and work alongside Safeguarding Focal Points in developing training, awareness-raising measures, reporting mechanisms and other safeguarding procedures
  • Sensitively receive complaints and refer all of them within 24 hours to the Safeguarding Team at Oxfam GB
  • Support Oxfam GB’s Safeguarding Team with Safeguarding Investigations
  • Support the Country Team in developing an understanding of the information needs of Oxfam staff, counterparts and beneficiaries in relation to safeguarding.
  • Support and work alongside the relevant Technical Teams, e.g. Gender, Protection, Human Resources and the Safeguarding Team at Oxfam GB and the Regional Safeguarding Advisor to create and maintain information on local referral pathways for survivors (to include medical, psychosocial, legal, and security).
  • Facilitate access to first-line support for survivors and witnesses, including referral to medical, psychosocial, legal and security services.
  • Work with technical teams to engage the community and Partners on the design of accessible Safeguarding reporting mechanisms and raise awareness of these reporting mechanisms in the community.
  • Support Oxfam GB Safeguarding Advisors to conduct risk assessments in the country
  • Support Program Teams to mitigate Safeguarding risks in program activities (including reviewing programme risk assessments) and ensure a safer programming approach is implemented in Oxfam’s thematic work.
  • In collaboration with Human Resources, promote amongst employees (including managers) the best Safeguarding practice, awareness of Safeguarding policies and procedures, including safer recruitment, as well as reporting options
  • Support Country Director, Oxfam GB Safeguarding Team and Regional Safeguarding Advisors to shape Oxfam DRC’s Safeguarding strategy, implement safeguarding policies, and report back to Country Leadership Team on progress.
  • Report Safeguarding initiatives carried out, such as training and awareness-raising to the Country Director and Oxfam GB Safeguarding Team

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

 

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.  

This position is an opportunity for an exceptional professional and highly motivated with a strong commitment to Oxfam’s values and beliefs. If you think you are the candidate we are looking for, please download full description and submit your application online at :  www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs using reference number INT11264. 

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.

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.

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DRC - Goma

Quartier Les Volcans, Boulevard Lyn Lusi, N 40, Commune de Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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