Protection Advisor

protection advisor

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term, 1 year, renewable

JOB FAMILY:  Programme/Technical

ONE OXFAM GRADE:   C2      

DEPARTMENT:

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                         

TEAM: Programme

SALARY:  As per Scale

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

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.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

TEAM PURPOSE: The Oxfam team in Lebanon implements integrated humanitarian, development and policy interventions in line with Oxfam’s country strategy for Lebanon as relevant to the Bekaa and North Lebanon areas, including protection & governance; cash safety net/social protection and economic development/livelihoods; WASH/water governance with a focus on partnerships.

JOB PURPOSE: The Protection Advisor provides timely and high-quality protection and safe programming technical support to Oxfam and partner teams in Lebanon. S/he promotes programme learning and continuous improvement of programme quality and effectiveness, strengthened accountability, and supports the policy team in ensuring that evidence from programmes underpin effective advocacy and campaigns.

JOB REPORTS TO

Program Quality Coordinator  

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

Technical sign-off but no budget responsibility

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

Beirut (with travel to Bekaa and North Lebanon)

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Program Coordinators, WASH Advisor, Food and Economic Security Advisor, and WASH/protection/cash Project Managers, Senior Project Officers, Protection Officers, Protection Assistants, Research and Policy Advisor, Economic Justice Advisor, as well as other project managers from other pillars of our work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Technical Advice and Support

• Provide specialist protection and safe programming advice to support the implementation of Oxfam’s humanitarian program in WASH, protection, and livelihoods. This includes providing protection advice on coherence, standardizing approaches, good partnerships, and programme quality.
• Support the humanitarian team and partners in developing and applying appropriate monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) tools in relation to Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Lebanon.
• Support the Programe Coordinators in team and partner risk analysis related to programme activities before and during implementation and advise on amending activities and approaches where necessary.
• Support the programme team in donor reporting, and technical review specifically on protection activities and adopted approaches.
• Support the development and implementation of national programme evaluations, learning events and specific programme-related research activities.
• Support the humanitarian programme team and partners in mainstreaming gender throughout Oxfam Lebanon’s humanitarian work.
• Support in identifying capacity building needs and opportunities for Oxfam staff and local partner organizations (in protection), and lead on training partners and staff on protection principles and Safe programming approaches.
• Support other programme teams such as Economic Justice and Governance to ensure that safe programming approaches are adopted across our projects and programmes
• Provide ongoing protection analysis for the Lebanon programme, including aspects of conflict analysis, gender, and risk management.
• Maintain an up to date understanding of the protection sector and main protection issues in Lebanon and ensure that programme teams have access to relevant, up to date information, including identifying overlaps and collaboration with other sectors.

Programme Design and Strategy

• Support the Program Quality Coordinator on programme design and proposal development for protection programming.
• Lead the development of a comprehensive protection approach for Oxfam in Lebanon, which includes elements of safe programming, specific protection activities and advocacy and policy efforts (in collaboration with the policy team), working towards a transition into longer-term programmes with a strong partnership approach that include the following elements a) meeting humanitarian needs; b) building resilience; and c) certain components of active citizenship/governance.
• Support the Program Coordinators in identifying new protection partners for Oxfam in Lebanon.
• Participate in country planning, strategy development and reviews.

Representation & Influencing

• Represent Oxfam externally in protection-related UN/ I()NGO fora, with a view to enhancing coordination, and adopting complementary approaches including active participation in relevant coordination and planning mechanisms and supporting field staff in field-level protection coordination;
• Lead on or join field visits by donors, Oxfam staff and other visitors.
• Support the policy team in advocacy and campaigning on protection issues including analysis, surveys, assessments, and support to development of policy products as required.
• Support the Program Coordinators and the policy team in integrating programmes and policy, to ensure that programmes are working towards achieving same aims and leveraging impact in line with Oxfam’s country strategy Lebanon.

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Behavioural competencies: Influencing, relationship building, strategic thinking and judgment, vision setting, self-awareness.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Mutual accountability
• Decisiveness
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment
• Relationship Building

In addition:

• Experience working in Lebanon and/or on the Syria crisis.
• At least 3 years of involvement in protection programming and/or in providing technical advice to protection programmes.
• Proven experience in carrying out analysis and providing strategic advice to protection staff and/or partner teams.
• Strong conceptual and practical understanding of protection standards, key sectoral issues, and processes.
• Experience and understanding of community-based protection at the field level, including the constraints, sensitivities and risks associated with such work.
• Ability to represent Oxfam in country in sector meetings and with other NGOs/INGOs, donors, and local authorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including ability to fluently articulate key protection issues verbally and in writing.
• Excellent Arabic and English language Skills are essential.
• Demonstrable understanding of the gender dynamics of protection work and ability to implement protection activities with a strong emphasis on the gendered aspects of conflict, violence, and abuse.
• Commitment to gender equity, diversity, and equal opportunities.
• Experience in capacity building of staff and partners, and the professional development of protection staff.
• Ability to travel to project areas in Beirut, North Lebanon and the Bekaa

Desirable

• Experience working with partners.
• Experience mainstreaming protection into other sectors such as WASH and EFSVL.
• Understanding of advocacy and campaigning work.
• Experience in participatory research.
• Conflict analysis skills.

SAFER RECRUITMENT: 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 promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. 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. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.