Protection Officer (Gender‑Sensitive Community Protection)

About the role

Oxfam is seeking Protection Officers to lead gender‑sensitive, community‑level protection activities. The role involves monitoring protection issues, disseminating information, managing referrals, and supporting vulnerable groups while adhering to Oxfam’s safeguarding and data‑protection standards.

Key responsibilities

• Implement community‑level protection activities, including monitoring and information dissemination.
• Coordinate referrals and provide support to vulnerable groups.
• Engage with communities to promote gender‑sensitive protection practices.
• Collaborate with MEAL teams for data collection, reporting, and protection analysis.
• Ensure compliance with Oxfam’s policies, safeguarding, confidentiality, and Do No Harm principles.

Required profile

• 2–3 years of experience in protection, community‑based protection, referrals, or humanitarian programming.
• Demonstrated ability to work in complex field environments with adaptability and initiative.
• Alignment with Oxfam’s feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion.

Required skills

• Data collection and reporting.
• Service mapping and protection analysis.
• Coordination with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) teams.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and flexible working options.
• Generous pension scheme, annual leave, and additional leave allowances.
• Company sick pay, life assurance, and other employee benefits.
• Extensive learning and development opportunities, including in‑house courses, e‑learning, coaching, and mentoring.