OXFAM KEDV IN TURKIYE
Contract type: National fixed term 6 months contract with possibility of extension (for Turkish nationality or those who have work permit in Turkiye)
Reporting to: Response Lead
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
Budget Responsibility: N/A
Locations: Gaziantep
*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
Oxfam's work is guided by the values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness. It is essential that in all our work we uphold the highest standard of conduct and safeguarding standards for the communities where we work, our staff, volunteers and contractors, partners, and other associates. We have a duty of care to protect anyone who comes into contact with our work, particularly our beneficiaries, from sexual exploitation or abuse. The Country team recognises that abuse and exploitation occur throughout the world and in all societies and includes physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. As children and young people are more vulnerable and at risk this is a priority for the team. Safeguarding (also known internationally as Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse - PSEA) is the work we do to ensure that all allegations of this nature are taken seriously; that there are serious consequences for those who carry out these abuses; and to promote a safe environment in which we are all responsible for challenging abuse and exploitation.
The Country Safeguarding Coordinator will contribute to the development and promotion of a culture which has a zero tolerance in relation to safeguarding and ensure that complainants/survivors are listened to, supported and protected from further harm, and ensure all cases are dealt with in line with Oxfam KEDV’s agreed practice.
Team Purpose
We are looking to equip the Country Programme with a Safeguarding Coordinator that will play an essential part in promoting good practice and help reach the highest safeguarding standards for both our staff and in the communities where we work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.
This post is subject to a range of vetting checks. We expect all those who represent Oxfam KEDV to adhere to our code of conduct; both in their private and professional lives and expect the highest standard of behaviour.
Job Purpose
To help deliver the strategy of Oxfam KEDV and a programme to protect those we work with from sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by Oxfam KEDV representatives.
Dimensions
- Respond to and where appropriate investigate all allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse.
- Provide professional advice to senior managers, and mainly the Country Director, the Country Management Team, as well as Programme Managers of the field locations.
- Influence the development of strategy, and supporting and delivering operational implementation, including supporting Country Safeguarding Plan.
- Ensure country programme has in place quality community feedback and safeguarding mechanisms for beneficiaries.
- Develop solutions to diverse and complex problems within organisational policy.
- Influence managers, staff and volunteers and develop effective networks with external bodies.
- Ensure Safeguarding investigation protocols are performed to a high standard and consistently checked for their relevance and standards.
- Understand the different legal contexts and risks and implement Safeguarding best practice which is legally compliant.
- Ensure consistent practice and commitment to Safeguarding across the different field offices operating in the country.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Provide advice and guidance on sexual exploitation and abuse allegations, ensure safeguarding and protection are included in all risk assessments at all times taking into consideration the potential risks to personal safety for those involved.
- Participate or consult in programme designs and deliver effective strategies, projects, and tools for countering sexual exploitation and abuse across Oxfam KEDV in the country programme. These approaches should include mitigation measures from the assessments and specified in programme budgets.
- Design and deliver safeguarding training, awareness raising and other capacity building activities for Oxfam KEDV staff, volunteers and partner organisations.
- Work with partners and within Oxfam KEDV programming to assess and help design community complaint and feedback mechanisms, in particular for humanitarian programming to ensure that all complaint and feedback mechanisms properly triage and refer cases to the appropriate actors; when possible, these should be in line with local reporting mechanisms
- Carry out high-quality lawful investigations at Oxfam KEDV field offices, taking time to build trust with survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse, so they feel empowered to report.
- Produce high-quality reports to managers at all levels.
- Escalate all safeguarding cases to OGB’s Integrity and Safeguarding team (OR in this case Global safeguarding team?) and support with incident management in line with the One Oxfam Reporting SOPs and Case Management SOPs, ensuring confidentiality is maintained and information shared on a ‘need to know’ basis in line with safeguarding best practice and survivor-centered approaches.
- Develop specific assessments and trainings adapted to the needs of partners and allies in country.
- Improve the effectiveness of sexual exploitation and abuse deterrence, prevention, detection and response in the organisation.
- Research and develop innovative approaches to countering sexual exploitation and abuse.
- Work with colleagues to incorporate best practice into risk and control activities. Coordinate with HR on issues relating to safeguarding, culture, and staff wellbeing
- Contribute to Oxfam’s country risk management processes and follow all Oxfam sexual exploitation and abuse processes and procedures.
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Understanding of safeguarding and safe programming, as well as related fields such as protection,
gender, culture, and feminist principles - Experience of conducting investigations
- Clear understanding of best practice in ethics management and accountability
- Demonstrated experience adapting organisation-specific safeguarding content including training, policy, awareness raising and communications tools for use by organisation partners
- Working in an NGO or UN context
- Skilled in identifying and mitigating risks
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective organisational and interpersonal skills
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Commitment to upholding and modelling Oxfam KEDV’s values, demonstrating integrity, diplomacy, professionalism, reliability and resilience at all times.
- Able to work professionally, and with a high degree of confidentiality, at all times.
- Ability to quickly build personal rapport and trust
- Empathy for the challenges survivors face in reporting and the pressures an investigation places on all stakeholders, including the alleged perpetrator and management.
- Excellent written and spoken in both Turkish and English
Desirable
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective organizational and interpersonal skills
- Experience working in humanitarian aid or development
- Strong and clear communicator and public speaker, capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences, building a sense of passion and engagement.
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.