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Location:Zimbabwe - Harare
Workplace Type:On-site
Hours:40
Salary:As Per Oxfam's Pay Scale
Job Family:Programme
Division:International
Grade:C2
Job Type:Fixed Term
Closing Date:13 August 2026
Country:Zimbabwe

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

Do you have a Master’s degree in Social Work, Human Rights, Development Studies, Social Sciences or related discipline?

Do you have 5 years of relevant experience in protection, safeguarding, humanitarian programming, including experience working with partners?

Do you have proven experience in multi-country or regional systems, protection mainstreaming, partner support and technical coordination?

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

Oxfam is looking for Protection Coordinator

The role provides technical leadership to ensure that protection is integrated across all humanitarian programming, strengthening safe and inclusive approaches.

· Provide strategic technical guidance on protection mainstreaming, safe programming, inclusion, safeguarding integration, and accountability to affected populations

· Ensure protection principles are embedded across WASH, Food security, Livelihoods, Emergency response, and Recovery programming

· Strengthen identification, analysis, and mitigation of protection risks, gender-based vulnerabilities, exclusion risks, and safeguarding concerns

The role strengthens programme safety, compliance, and ethical integrity.

· Ensure strong integration of: safeguarding, protection standard, community accountability systems, and ethical programming

· Support programmes and partners to comply with international protection frameworks, donor standards, and organisational safeguarding systems

· Strengthen accountability to affected populations (AAP).

The role serves as a primary technical interface with partners on protection systems.

· Provide structured technical accompaniment and support to partners.

· Strengthen partner capacity in protection mainstreaming, safeguarding, safe programming, inclusion, and accountability systems

· Promote localisation and equitable partnership models.

The role strengthens technical quality during programme development and implementation.

· Provide technical input into concept notes, proposals, programme frameworks, and emergency response plans

· Ensure protection considerations are embedded from programme inception.

· Strengthen programme design quality across humanitarian portfolios.

The role strengthens Oxfam’s preparedness and response systems through a protection lens.

· Support preparedness planning, emergency assessments, response planning, and contingency systems

· Ensure protection considerations are central during rapid-onset and protracted emergencies.

· Provide technical support during humanitarian responses.

The role strengthens programme quality through evidence and learning.

· Support integration of protection indicators within MEAL systems, research agendas, accountability frameworks

· Contribute to monitoring, evaluations, technical learning, and programme reviews

· Document lessons learned, innovation, and best practice.

The role supports broader organisational coherence and technical integration.

· Facilitate technical learning and protection knowledge sharing across countries, partners, and humanitarian portfolios

· Strengthen consistency of protection approaches across the Cluster.

· Promote cross-functional collaboration with Gender Justice, WASH, FES, PQK, and Safeguarding systems

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

Essential

Master’sdegree in Social Work, Human Rights, Development Studies, Social Sciences or related discipline.
5 years of relevant experience in protection, safeguarding, humanitarian programming, including experience working with partners.
Proven experience in multi-country or regional systems, protection mainstreaming, partner support and technical coordination.
Strong technical expertise and ability to integrate programme design with influencing and policy work.
Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.
A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams

Desirable

Portuguese language capability
Southern Africa regional experience
Experience with emergency preparedness and response
Knowledge of policy influencing systems
Ability and willingness to travel regularly, at times at short notice, locally and regionally.

Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English and ideally Portuguese

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.

values are recruited to work for us.

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 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.

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Zimbabwe - Harare

13 Brigadier Atif Road, Manzil, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe

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