| Fonctions | Coordination, Gestion de projet, Technicien spécialiste |
|---|---|
| Activités | Autre |
| Pays | Afrique, Amérique latine, Europe |
| Contrat | Inconnu |
| Date limite | 18/10/2018 |
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.
We are an international confederation of 20 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior 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.
Note : All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
The Role
The Global Humanitarian Team (GHT) is looking for a Protection Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSP) to support the integration of protection into emergency responses including running protection projects where relevant. The main purpose of this flexible resource is to ensure that protection issues are identified and responded to in an appropriate manner in line with global humanitarian and sectoral standards, and to lead on protection issues in humanitarian responses.
To foster an appropriate working culture built on Oxfam’s values, respectful and cognizant of power imbalances internally and between Oxfam, our partners and the communities we serve.
Core details
Location : Roving role deployable to Oxfam Programmes worldwide. HSPs work away from their homebase continuously (apart from annual leave days). Deployments to a particular location vary in length from a few weeks to 6 months duration.
Home-based when not deployed.
Our Package : £27,963 – £37,095 net per annum. (Net = take home pay. Oxfam will meet the tax and social security liabilities of post-holder in addition to net salary)
Oxfam offers a wide range of benefits, including 43 holiday/TOIL, pension, medical cover, insurance, living and accommodation costs during deployments. Please view attachment for more information.
Grade : C1
Contract Type : Open ended
Job Family : Programme
Hours of Work : Full time
This role reports to : Protection Adviser
Staff reporting to this role : None
Annual Budget for the post : None
Essential
- Knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to Oxfam’s values, mission and work ;
- Knowledge and understanding to global justice, social change, women’s rights and gender equality and commitment to delivering humanitarian work through feminist principles ;
- Extensive emergency response experience working in acute contexts (both conflict and natural disasters) including insecure environments ;
- Knowledge and understanding of protection and experience of working on these issues in humanitarian field programmes ;
- Enhanced and demonstrable collaboration and networking skills ;
- Excellent understanding of gender in conflict and disasters including the ability to analyse gender issues in a protection context and incorporate gender into all key responsibilities ;
- Technical knowledge and understanding of protection including relevant international standards (e.g. International Humanitarian Law) ;
- Demonstrable project management skills and experience ;
- A proven capacity for mentoring, facilitation, training, capacity building and coaching ;
- Ability to build positive team dynamics, and motivate and manage a team ;
- A proven capacity to work in diverse teams in different cultural contexts ;
- Ability to negotiate and influence internal and external audiences ;
- An ability for creative problem solving and innovation in complex and /or restrictive working environments ;
- An ability to work independently, as well as motivating others to work in a dynamic and collaborative manner to achieve the overall objectives of the team ;
- Excellent written and spoken English and French.
Desirable
- Understanding of Oxfam’s approach to protection ;
- Experience working in unstable and insecure situations ;
- Expertise in conflict sensitivity, disaster risk-reduction, policy research and/or international advocacy an advantage ;
- An advantage if the candidate is able to communicate fluently in Spanish or Arabic.
How to apply
If this sounds like you and you would like to learn more about this impactful role and are interested in applying, please use the following link: click here
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