Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 21 Apr 2014
At Oxfam Intermón, we are people who believe in justice and solidarity, and work to change the world. We are acting in a comprehensive way in around fifty countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia, working on more than 500 development and humanitarian action projects, we promote fair trade and social awareness and mobilization campaigns. The Gender & Protection Advisor will ensure mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues in relation to humanitarian response, in accordance with Oxfam standards. The advisor will then be responsible for the capacity building of staff to ensure that Gender & Protection programme standards are implemented and monitored
Key Responsibilities
Context A political crisis within the Government of South Sudan which began on 15th December 2013 has spilled over into armed conflict based on ethnic divisions. The result of this has been significant movement as people have fled their homes within the capital, Juba, and other areas affected by fighting. The major newly reported concentrations of displaced people are in Central Equatoria, Lakes, Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity states. In particular over 75,000 people from Jonglei have been displaced to Minkaman and surrounding areas in Awerial County, Lakes State. The most optimistic predictions suggest that the crisis will continue for some time and that it is unlikely that people will be able/willing to return to their homes in the near future. Oxfam is already based and working in several existing humanitarian programmes in the Country and currently starting a humanitarian response emergency to the on-going crisis in Awarial and Jonglei. Responsibilities of the position
Under the direction of The Emergency Manager, the Gender & Protection Officer will carry on the following main task areas:
Mentoring and coaching programme teams in line with Oxfam Minimum Standards for Gender in Emergencies, protection mainstreaming, Sphere standards, and humanitarian gender markers, to ensure gender and protection is mainstreamed in project design.
Building the team’s capacity to implement protection and gender minimum standards in all stages of the response cycle.
Providing clear strategic gender and protection analysis within the operating environment for programming and advocacy, providing potential scenarios, recommendations and mitigating measures.
Developing protection and gender strategies for the Oxfam humanitarian response and leading its implementation.
Coordinating with Oxfam’s country coordinators and contributing to Oxfam country strategies for gender and protection.
Requirements
Three years experience working on gender and protection issues in humanitarian contexts, including experience of field-level management of complex humanitarian response programmes; and all phases of the project/programme cycle.
Proven experience of successful capacity-building of humanitarian field staff and partners.
Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English.
Ability to work in multi-cultural team.
Commitment to the Oxfam principles.
Working Condition
Contract of employment: 6 months. Anual Gross Salary: 32.829,46 euros. Social benefits: Medical, life and accident insurance provided. Holidays: 27 working days per year 2014. Working place: Awerial, with availability to visit the projects. Starting date: As soon as possible.
How to apply:
If interested, please send your application to the follow address: humanitarianstaff@intermonoxfam.org with the subject title Gender & Protection Advisor South Sudan and the post reference 01/ 14-15 The closing date for applications is the 21.04.2014. Oxfam Intermón reserves the right to change this date, if considered necessary. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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