OXFAM KEDV in Turkiye
Contract type: National fixed term for 6 months contract with possibility of extension (for Turkish nationality or those who have work permit)
Reporting to: Protection Team Leader
Staff reporting to this post: Protection Assistant(s)
Budget Responsibility: No direct budget holder responsibility but contribute to budget planning and monitoring
Locations: Gaziantep or Hatay or Kahramanmaraş
*This is a Rapid Recruitment - we would undertake shortlisting and interviews as applications come in and may appoint before a closing date.
Shaping a stronger Oxfam KEDV for people living in poverty
Oxfam KEDV Purpose
To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering.
Oxfam is a global community who believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
Team Purpose
To work with Programme team and Oxfam KEDV’s partners to design and oversee Oxfam KEDV Protection program in Gaziantep, Hatay or Kahramanmaras provinces.
Job Purpose
The Job holder will support the implementation of Oxfam KEDV humanitarian and emergency programs. The role will combine management and coordination with partners in the field in implementation including monitoring and evaluation of programme activities, as well as support to protection research and advocacy activities on protection issues. In addition, the officer will be responsible for the team through daily management, activities, and budget planning, monitoring and evaluation activities, donor reporting and will assist in responding to capacity building needs in collaboration with other protection programme staff.
Dimensions
- Delegated authority to supervise junior staff and/or volunteers and delegated projects/activities.
- Problems vary and include a combination of routine and some complex.
- Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work.
- Required to make sound judgements regularly within agreed processes using a good understanding of the team and the facilities of the team.
- Communication is largely with internal staff, (including internationally) also with some external contacts and target audiences to support operational work.
- Analysis and communication of some complex information at a simple level is required to a wide audience to promote and influence
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
Programme Implementation and Programme Quality
- Contribute to ongoing protection analysis including aspects of conflict analysis and risk management and participate in various multi-sectoral assessments.
- Provide written feedback about protection incidents, issues, and aid-related community-conflicts, including those affecting vulnerable groups specifically.
- Prepare for all field activities, with focus on community mobilisation and formation of peer-to-peer support groups, including community consultations and orientation sessions about laws, rights, entitlements, and basic and specialist services in areas of operation, including those targeting women and people with disabilities (PWDs).
- Maintain regular contact with people of concern in target areas including women and men, IDPs, refugee representatives, community groups members, as well as with the wider women and men community members, with attention to vulnerable groups, and ensure mentoring of community focal points and community groups members when relevant, providing regular accompaniment to their activities.
- Participate in defining the methods of community participation that ensure the greatest possible participation of vulnerable groups of women and men including those living with disabilities and ensure correct implementation throughout all activities as appropriate.
- Support activities under Oxfam KEDV’s research and advocacy efforts in relation to protection (Protection Monitoring).
- Deliver capacity development activities for community structures as relevant (focal points, protection committees, and peer group members) in coordination with partners and other stakeholders.
- Identify capacity building needs and opportunities for Oxfam KEDV staff and partner team members.
- Provide high-quality support and technical assistance to the WASH, and FES teams to integrate protection considerations in the implementation.
Coordination and representation
- Follow-up with external stakeholders (INGOs, national organisations, local institutions, UN, etc.) about coordination in aid delivery in areas of operations, requests for community sessions and other forms of liaison with affected population and contribute to setting grounds for cooperation and identifying new possible collaborations and partnerships.
- Represent Oxfam KEDV externally through participation in relevant protection coordination (such as protection WG) and other relevant inter-agency coordination groups, as well as with local authorities.
People Management
- Manage and join field Protection Assistants in field activities: aid delivery, community mobilisation, delivery of information about rights and available services, conduct local–level advocacy and monitoring of protection issues affecting the target population, and more specifically women and girls, including those living with disabilities.
- Provide technical support to Project Assistants and when needed to partner’s staff before and during activity implementation - on safe programming, with the support of the Protection Team leader.
Working with Partners
- Work with local partners, through counterparts in the organisations, to provide technical support for project delivery, and to maximise mutual learning and contribution to project design and implementation.
- Under the leadership of the Protection Team Leader, participate in monitoring the impact of activities, and the learning and the development of community focal points and groups (when relevant), and provide feedback accordingly.
MEAL and Research
- Support and coordinate with MEAL Officers for baseline surveys, post-distribution monitoring, and other monitoring activities, and ensure learning is captured and gender considerations are factored into the tools.
- Contribute to project design and proposal development, as well as to donor reports, protection analysis reports, monitoring activities and other internal reporting.
- Support and contribute to the design and planning of programme-based research, while adopting a gender lens.
Other:
- Other task as required by line manager.
Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge
SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:
Essential:
- Relevant work experience of 2 to 3 years in protection in a programming capacity.
- Understanding of key thematic issues for Oxfam KEDV: GBV in conflict, displacement, and refugee issues.
- Experience working in rapid and difficult emergency contexts.
- Demonstrable experience in community mobilisation, as well as with local authorities and civil society engagement.
- Demonstrable experience in using participatory research and assessment methodologies.
- Good understanding of protection including community-based protection and community mobilization, with basic knowledge of human rights, refugee rights, international humanitarian law, and first-hand experience with refugee issues.
- Good knowledge of multi-sectorial intervention approaches.
- Good understanding and knowledge in application of do no harm, conflict sensitivity principles and ICRC standards and ethics for protection work.
- Good levels of spoken and written English and Turkish languages.
- Commitment to a rights-based approach, gender equality and protection
- Able to live and work in remote and logistically challenging operations and in a multi-cultural environment; with a high level of self-reliance, adaptability and initiative
- Ability to advise and get support remotely.
- Proven analytical skills.
- Understanding of monitoring processes, learning, adaptation, and evaluation
- Ability to work in multi-cultural team and in insecure environments and a high level of adaptability and initiative.
- Familiarity of the area of intervention.
- Previous experience working with communities and stakeholders in the designated area of operation.
Desirable
- Degree in political science, international relations, sociology, anthropology, or any other related field and/or relevant work experience.
- Good understanding of gender issues in WASH, FES, protection and GBV prevention and response
- Understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes, learning, and adaptation
- Knowledge of Arabic would be an asset.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a cover letter to ik@kedv.org.tr and indicate the name of the position in the subject line.