Gender and Protection Officer

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• Location:South Sudan - Rumbek
• Workplace Type:On-site
• Hours:40 Hours
• Salary:competitive
• Job Family:Programme
• Division:International
• Grade:D
• Job Type:Fixed Term
• Closing Date:11 June 2026
• Country:South Sudan

External Advert (This recruitment is on rolling basis)

 

Oxfam is an international non-governmental organisation with a mission of working with others to alleviate poverty, suffering and distress.

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 eleven area offices in ten states (Upper Nile, , Jonglei, Lakes And Central Equatoria,

Oxfam {affiliate/} is looking for <job title> {intro to role, brief summary of key responsibilities and accountabilities}>

• 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.

• Works with local partners, local government offices, and civil society organizations to conduct safe programming and protection against sexual exploitation and abuse capacity-building events

• Represent Oxfam in Protection Working Groups and other local Protection forums and GBV working group meetings on behalf of the Programme

• Coordinates activities with Oxfam and consortium sector leads to ensure integration of protection in program activities

• Supports and coordinates with MEAL Officers for baseline surveys, post-distribution, and other monitoring

• Submits 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

• Manage a team of Protection Assistants, volunteers, and Community protection structures

• Supervise the implantation 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

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and valuesas well as the promotion ofgender justiceand women's rights

• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles

 

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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 which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as <insert any relevant flexible working options such as part-time, job share, hybrid, etc.>

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.  

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.

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:

 

 

To do that:

• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.

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South Sudan - Rumbek

Oxfam Rumbek Field Office, Mabor-ngap Area - Airport Road, Rumbek, South Sudan

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