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• Actively participate in the development
  and implementation of a gender equality and social inclusion in the
  emergency response operations in refugee settlements in West Nile
  (northern Uganda) to effectively include gender considerations in all
  project activities
• Work closely with partners to implement
  and mainstream gender & protection in the emergency response programs
• Work with partners and stakeholders to
  prevent, respond to, and resolve the abuse, neglect and violence
  experienced by children and women in the refugee settlements
• Implement strategies that strengthen the
  capacity of implementing partners and local stakeholders to develop
  systems and mechanisms that provide meaningful protection for all children
  and women in the longer term
• Implement Oxfam emergency gender and
  protection principles and standards in the emergency response operations
  in West Nile
• Participate in the design, adaptation,
  implementation and maintenance of gender and protection monitoring
  procedures and information systems and ensure that emergency response
  staffs are trained for their data collection and monitoring duties
• Develop monitoring milestones to track the
  progress and ensure engendered emergency response is delivered to the
  beneficiaries
• Implement and if necessary further develop
  referral mechanisms for managing protection concerns at camp and host
  community level as well as with local government
• Provide psychosocial services to
  traumatized children and women in West Nile refugee settlements
• Build relationships and work with other
  advocacy & rights groups, NGOs, and relevant government sector offices
  at district, region and national level
• Work with emergency response teams in
  developing and supervising emergency program activities in relation to
  protection, and regularly monitor and evaluate their progress
• Actively participate in monitoring,
  review, RTE process
• Maintain awareness of the operating
  context and ensure that programs adhere to Do No Harm principles, remain
  conflict sensitive and non-biased, and develop strategies to address gender
  and disability discrimination
• Represent Oxfam’s gender & protection
  issues, identifying opportunities to advocate Oxfam’s position on the
  rights of the children and women through exchange of information,
  negotiation and lobbying
• Prepare high quality and timely reports
  and submit to the response team leaders within agreed deadlines
• Present regular written reports on
  progress against objectives as required by the Line Manger and ensure that
  a final report is completed on completion of the contract
• To be familiar with and abide by NGO code
  of conduct and SPHERE minimum standards
• Comply with all relevant Oxfam policies
  and procedures with respect to gender, child protection, health and
  safety, code of conduct, anti-Corruption, equal opportunities and other
  relevant policies

• The ideal candidate for the Oxfam Gender
  and Protection Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development
  Studies, Social Sciences, Social Work or relevant field
• Two to three years of management
  experience in an INGO environment, including experience in directing and
  implementing programs for children & women in emergency
• Good understanding of the Uganda, South
  Sudan and regional political context
• Specific experience in setting up and
  running community based gender and protection programming
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  gender and protection issues and sufficient field experience in similar
  settings to design and implement innovative, appropriate solutions with a
  focus on program delivery and capacity building in complex emergency
  situations
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate
  options and to think and plan strategically
• Ability to prepare draft reports against
  expected results and indicators with minimal supervision
• Demonstrable commitment to humanitarian
  principles and accountability frameworks, especially in working with very
  vulnerable populations
• Ability and commitment to work effectively
  with people of diverse backgrounds and under difficult and challenging
  environments
• Flexibility and a sense of humour ability
  to work, live and thrive under challenging circumstances
• Good team player who is able and willing
  to learn from others as well as live and work in a communal setting
• Excellent interpersonal communication and
  presentation skills
• Show commitment to and understanding of
  Oxfam’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
• Proven analytical skills and ability to
  think strategically, including the ability to think beyond the local
  programme context and to act within a regional framework

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