Safeguarding Coordinator – Ukraine (INT10268) At Oxfam GB

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

In March 2022, Oxfam launched its response to the influx of refugees and other people forced to flee from Ukraine and Poland. A Programme Management Unit (PMU) was established to provide leadership, oversee, support and provide technical assistance to the response in the affected countries. The PMU is led by the Organizational Lead and includes dedicated advocacy and influencing capacity; business support functions, and a programme quality team with technical support on gender in emergencies, protection, cash and voucher programming, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL), and safeguarding. Oxfam is supporting a partner-led humanitarian response for the assistance and protection of refugees and other vulnerable people from Ukraine and the communities, organisations and authorities that are hosting and supporting them in neighbouring countries

The Role:

TEAM PURPOSE:

To help define, develop and deliver a strategic and high-quality programme management support to the Ukraine Country Programme on Safeguarding and influencing policies and practices including our own, based on learning from the programme.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Safeguarding Coordinator will lead the safeguarding planning and implementation in Ukraine, supporting significant capacity building and awareness raising internally and with partners. The immediate focus will be on safeguarding planning and implementation with partners. This will primarily involve supporting partners and training Safeguarding Focal Points within partner organizations to adapt and meet Oxfam’s 10 Safeguarding Core Standards. The role will monitor the overall safeguarding work with partners as well as support on Oxfam’s accountability to its partners. Capturing key lessons and best practices from their monitoring responsibilities, this role will consist of some knowledge management activities for internal and external learning purposes. Additionally, this work will include delivering safeguarding trainings, promoting safe programming, advocating and providing technical input for safeguarding within budgets and MEAL plans, building capacity on safeguarding as needed, and support on safeguarding investigations and case management.

Please see the attached job description for the full responsibilities that the Safeguarding Coordinator will undertake and the required skills and competencies.

Location: Ukraine

Job Type: Fixed Term, 12 Months

What we are looking for:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

Essential

• Self-Awareness
• Decisiveness
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Technical Experience

• Deep understanding of safeguarding and safe programming, as well as related fields such as protection, gender, culture, and feminist principles
• Clear understanding of best practice in ethics management and accountability
• At least four years of professional experience in capacity building and supporting (coaching, mentoring, oversight) partners on safeguarding
• Demonstrated experience adapting organization-specific safeguarding content including training, policy, awareness raising and communications tools for use by organization partners
• Experience or strong understanding of survivor-centered case management and investigations of safeguarding incidents
• Experience in knowledge management and learning to ensure findings in safeguarding influence practice in real-time

Partnership and People Support

• Demonstrated experience building strong and equitable relationships with partner organizations
• Experience in a training, facilitation or support role delivering content to diverse audiences on safeguarding or related subjects
• Management or coordination experience with communities of practice, ideally experience supporting a COP or network of Safeguarding Focal Points
• Ability to provide technical solutions to implementing partners, remotely and on-site, for how to best apply safeguarding standards, best practices, and tools in the current emergency context
• Strong experience developing accountability mechanisms, including community-based complaint mechanisms

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in humanitarian aid or development

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe 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.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.