Protection Officer – Garowe, Somalia

Protection Officer

Date: 08-Nov-2022

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The Country Office in Somalia/Somaliland is currently recruiting a: Protecation Officer

Fulltime / 40 hours a week

Contract length: 6 Month with possibility of extension

Location: Garowe , Puntland with frequently travel to field

Job Purpose

The Protection Officer is responsible for implementing project activities including capacity building training for community committees, community protection Committees and women groups, carry out service mapping of target villages, disseminate protection information, feed into gender and protection analyses, and contribute to strengthening the protection capacity of Puntland population affected by the drought. The protection Officers are responsible for implementing planned project activities in a timely and effective manner, identifying risks faced by crisis affected communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program implementation

• Ensure the delivery of protection activities in Nugal, Bari and Mudug regions of Puntland, this including: protection capacity building trainings, services mapping, dissemination of protection information and support to gender and protection analyses.
• Work closely with community committees, local authorities, organize and conduct community consultation meetings and orientation sessions in coordination with Oxfam teams and other partners.
• Prepare training manuals and carry out trainings for community committees, Protection committees, women forums, on service mapping, protection information management/self-referrals, basic protection concepts, Gender based violence, protection risk identification and mitigation
• Organize and facilitate capacity building training for authorities e.g. District and Regional administrations other regional coordinators on IDPs rights, Do No Harm and protection basics.
• Establish close relationship with protection agencies operating to facilitate referral pathways and strengthen field level coordination
• Monitor protection issues affecting IDPs and host population in areas of operation
• Support the Periodic updates and monitoring of protection trend analysis
• Prepare clear TOR for community protection Committees activities and flow up regularly
• Monitor and guide community protection Committees on daily and weekly bases to ensure community protection committees are assisting individuals having protection needs in their community.
• With support of the senior protection officer, protection matrix manager, develop and update relevant information, education and communication tools leaflets, brochures, posters etc.
• Facilitate meetings with authorities/communities’ and Oxfam to enable drought affected communities to discuss protection needs with authorities and capacitate communities to claim their rights and entitlements.
• Carry out Periodic surveys and FGDs to measure protection knowledge and progress, satisfaction with and access to service providers
• Represent Oxfam in community meetings involving local leaders engaging protection actors in the field.
• Feed into protection trend monitoring (two pager bi-monthly update of protection issues to be presented to Protection Working Group)
• Produce regular reports weekly, monthly and submit to the senior gender protection officer and Garowe Programme Manager as well contribute to donor site reports.

Mainstreaming gender protection

• Support other teams (WASH, EFSL) to carry out risk analysis before implementing project activities, monitor the risk register and update regularly any significant risks identified during project implementation.
• Undertake regular field visits with the WASH and EFSVL teams to identify and address, along with the sectoral teams, potential protection concerns arising from Oxfam’s humanitarian response
• Ensure the sex and gender segregation of all beneficiary data for protection activities, reports, and support teams to be more gender protection sensitive for program implication.
• Support EFSL, WASH and MEAL team in the field to integrate protection questions in different assessment
• In close collaboration with the Senior Protection Officer, support gender mainstreaming in humanitarian response and support Oxfam team and partners to properly implement Oxfam gender standards in all work, any other work-related duties assigned by line manager.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES and PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• University degree in a relevant discipline law, political science, social science, psychology, or any other relevant educational profile.
• Demonstrate experience minimum 2 years with INGOs/UN/ LNGO, in the field of protection, experience in working with communities, local authorities and other government agencies.
• Good understanding of protection concerns including GBV issues in displacement, human rights, and international humanitarian law.
• Familiarity with community-based protection approach and experience of community mobilisation activities
• Able to build strong networks with communities, local civil society and local authorities and experience of building knowledge and capacity of these groups on protection issues
• Previous experience in gender and protection mainstreaming in project management and related tasks.
• Experience in organizing and facilitating Protection trainings
• Experience in undertaking monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning in protection program implementation.
• Experience of undertaking needs assessments in communities.
• Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding flexibly, with speed and accurately to queries and issues
• Excellent report writing skills
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English.
• Proven analytical and decision-making skills
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, safeguarding principles, and gender
• Excellent computer knowledge and skill of using Microsoft word, PowerPoint and excel
• Commitment to Oxfam’s principles and values of accountability, inclusiveness, and empowerment. This includes demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.Ability and willingness to live and work in remote with limited facilities field locations under basic conditions
• The position will be based in Garowe but It is expected that the staff will be willing to travel to field for at least 80% of the program duration.

Application Procedure:

Please send your application to Please apply the position by clicking Apply Deadline on 21.11.2022 and include your motivation letter and cv quoting “Application of Protection Officers” as the subject heading. Application Deadline on 21th of November 2022,However, Applications will be shortlisted as we receive them, and interviews will be carried out if necessary, before the end date. Therefore, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and before the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Female candidates are highly encouraged

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization. Therefore, people of all gender identities, sexes, sexual orientations, races, colors, religions, cultures, abilities, etc. are eligible for this position.

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