Protection Team Leader - Roving at Oxfam

Location: Maiduguri with frequent travelling to the field
Job Type: Full time/ 40 hours a week
Duration: 6 months, extendable

Purpose of the position

• To support the development and implementation of Oxfam s humanitarian work by providing specialist advice and support on humanitarian protection.
• This will include implementing mainstreaming protection in the humanitarian response, supporting safe programming and undertaking gender-sensitive community-level protection activities in particular, protection monitoring and information dissemination and referrals guided by Oxfam’s policies and guidelines for managing information and the relevant professional standards in protection work.

Main Tasks
Programme Implementation:

• Ensure the delivery of protection activities and provide technical support to the Protection Officers to undertake their responsibilities in line with their role and responsibility.
• Join field protection officers in monitoring and analysing protection issues affecting populations in area of Oxfam operations.
• Provide specialist protection advice and support to Oxfam’s humanitarian response in North-east Nigeria, including regarding engagement with armed non-state actors and ensuring independence and impartiality in providing services.
• Support the Protection Coordinator in mainstreaming protection across Oxfam’s humanitarian response in North-east Nigeria.
• Provide technical support to WaSH, EFSVL and MEAL teams in integrating protection within their programmatic tools, such as targeting criteria or PDM.
• Prepare for and organize community consultations and community based orientation sessions, in coordination with Oxfam team(s) and other partners.
• Lead and supervise assessment teams during thematic surveys, needs assessment and data collection for protection-related research.
• Monitors protection issues affecting IDPs and host population in areas of operation.
• Support the Protection Coordinator, Programme Managers and Team Leaders to strategize, plan for and ensure appropriate integration and mainstreaming of protection through all programme activities.
• Support the Protection Coordinator and Programme Manager in developing safe programming and conflict-sensitive approaches to the humanitarian response.
• In collaboration with the Protection Coordinator and the Programme Manager, ensure program staff members are fully trained on existing referral systems and relevant SOPs.

Advocacy and Research:

• Support protection-related advocacy researches and surveys in coordination with the Protection Coordinator and the Policy, Media, Advocacy and Campaigns department.
• Support Program Team for preparing written protection updates for Oxfam situation reports.

Coordination

• Develop lines of communication and close collaboration with the PHE, PHP and EFSVL teams and contribute to a coordinated humanitarian response
• Liaise with logistic and procurement to ensure protection activities have the required resources in good time. Complete and keep records of the necessary paperwork
• Represent Oxfam with key protection actors such as ICRC, UNHCR, IOM, OCHA and actively participate in the Protection Cluster and relevant Areas of Responsibility
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) and reporting
• Produce gendered protection updates that will be included in field visit reports
• Organise and prepare protection analysis if and when required
• Contribute in Sitreps, monthly reports, donor reports and proposals.
• Support and coordinate with MEAL Officers and assistants for baseline survey, post-distribution and other monitoring activities.
• Other duties and responsibilities required by the line manager

Job Requirements

• You have an University degree at Masters level in a relevant discipline (law – including international law –, political science, social science, peace and conflict studies, or any other relevant education profile);
• A minimum of 3 years involvement in humanitarian response work, preferably in field-based protection work in conflict or insecure environments.
• Strong conceptual and practical understanding of protection issues and specifically Oxfam’s approach to and role in protection work including advocacy;
• Understanding of the Protection Cluster and other protection coordination mechanisms and the roles and mandates of key protection actors;
• Analytical skills and strategic thinking, including experience developing written analysis and strategies for protection
• Strong understanding of gender-related aspects of protection work. Commitment to gender equity, diversity and equal opportunities
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Experience managing diverse staff/teams including in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of capacity-building and training of colleagues and partners.

What We Offer

• Oxfam Novib is committed to providing you with a competitive, fair, and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors.
• The salary range for this position is set in scale 8 with a salary range between € 2672,- to € 4110, - gross based on 40 hours a week.