Fixed Term - 3 months extendable, unaccompanied Salary: £20,018 - £26,837 net per annum pro rata to the contract length (Net = take home pay. Oxfam GB will meet the tax and social security liabilities of post holder in addition to net salary) plus Hard To Work Allowance - £3000 p.a. net, pro rata to the contract length (whilst in Cote d'Ivoire )
Background The political and economic crisis in Cote d’Ivoire (CdI) since the elections in November 2010 has led to a humanitarian crisis: widespread violence, displacement (in several towns in Western CDI, including Duekoue, Guiglo and Blolequin) and killings.
UNHCR estimates that up to a million people may be internally displaced within CdI. The worst affected areas are the capital Abidjan and the Moyen Cavally region in the west of the country, where the humanitarian and security situation is very poor. There has also been an outflow of around 100,000 refugees into eastern Liberia and a limited flow towards Ghana (less than 10,000 refugees have been reported). The fighting has considerably reduced since then, and parts of the country are slowly returning to normal. There are signs of a willingness to return by some refugees (approx. 20,000 people are reported to have returned from Nimba, Liberia) and IDPs and considerable returns are expected in the next weeks and months. However, the situation in CdI is still highly volatile, reports of looting and reprisal killings are continuing both in Abidjan and parts of western CdI.
Oxfam GB decided to respond to the crisis. The project will intervene in the different axis of Duekoue – Guiglo- Bloliquin – Toulepleu. The target may be 150,000 beneficiaries. The Oxfam intervention will include Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; emergency food security and livelihoods based on cash transfer. Oxfam will be operational.
Oxfam has an office in Man and is willing to open an office in Guiglo and Abidjan.
Purpose To lead and coordinate protection information collection, analysis, and basic protection activities within the Cote d’Ivoire response.
Key Responsibilities 1. Collection of protection information for programme development and implementation; to support advocacy, campaigning and media work as well- community-based information about refugees and IDPs experiences, the threats they face, impacts, coping strategies, future intentions, and expectations of duty bearers and the humanitarian community is invaluable for policy and advocacy work, and for media and campaigning teams and highly valued by external targets. Advocacy work is one of the key methods Oxfam uses to take the voice and experience of crisis-affected people directly to policy and decision-makers. 2. Supporting safe programming (do no harm) – by better understanding the protection needs of the refugees and host communities, Oxfam’s humanitarian response will more effectively meet their needs and ensure that the humanitarian response does not inadvertently ‘do harm’ to refugees and host communities. This involves working with WASH and EFSL teams to share information and integrate protection into each sector as appropriate. Given the history of sexual exploitation and sexual violence, and targeted attacks and forced recruitment of young men and boys in the region, there will be a strong gender focus on this within the post, and the post-holder can also promote key humanitarian principles and the Code of Conduct. 3. Provision of accurate information to beneficiaries of the Oxfam humanitarian response and those affected by it: host communities, return communities). In a fast-moving situation people make decisions based on the information available to them, however much information is inaccurate, incomplete, biased, out of date or simply not available. As a minimum all Oxfam staff should be able to correctly respond to questions from beneficiaries about basic about issues such as the location of the nearest medical clinic and how to register for assistance.
Tasks: • Collect protection information at community level through Oxfam and partner staff, and interviews and FGDs in line with Oxfam approach and international standards for data collection. • Provide regular protection information to Oxfam team leaders and management team with recommendations for programme adaptation as required. Flag up protection issues and work alongside WASH and EFSL staff to integrate appropriate protection actions and perspectives into the humanitarian response. • Provide regular protection analysis to advocacy team and Oxfam media leads and campaigners (via policy lead). Provide information to the protection cluster and other protection actors as appropriate. • Assess information gaps and needs of refugees, host communities and return communities • Systematically collect information about those providing services to refugees, host communities and return communities, and how beneficiaries can access such services.
• Coordinate with other service providers to ensure complementary efforts • Work with EFSL and WASH staff to ensure field staff have regular updates about basic services available to refugees, host communities and return communities so they can respond to queries. • Work with Programme Management and EFSL and WASH team leaders to establish whether teams have capacity to proactively (as opposed to reactively) deliver such information to beneficiaries. • Participate in the Protection Cluster and contribute to development of protection approach in Western Ivory Cost. • If required by line management the post-holder may be tasked with scoping out potential for stand-alone programming by developing a protection strategy including identifying where Oxfam can add most value to the humanitarian response on protection, resources required to deliver and donor funding potential as required by line manager.
Skills and Competence: • Understanding of key protection standards including Refugee Law, International Humanitarian Law and relevant parts of Human Rights Law. • Experience of working at a community-level in insecure environments and an understanding of the security issues and other demands of this type of environment. • Proven ability to negotiate for civilian protection and influence a range of UN, civil and military actors. Ability to liaise with other humanitarian actors including service providers and referral systems. • Ability to develop good working relations within a diverse team, and understanding of protection issues as they relate to other sectors, esp. WASH and EFSL. • Ability to work at a community level, including collection of protection information in a safe and appropriate manner and handing of such information in line with international standards (ICRC Protection Standards) • An ability to ensure that gender is incorporated into all activities and processes. • Good knowledge of written and spoken English and French. • Good understanding of Oxfam’s approach to protection. • Experience of mainstreaming protection and/or implementing protection activities in a non-mandated organisation
How to apply To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: INT4591. Closing Date: 5 June 2011
Background The political and economic crisis in Cote d’Ivoire (CdI) since the elections in November 2010 has led to a humanitarian crisis: widespread violence, displacement (in several towns in Western CDI, including Duekoue, Guiglo and Blolequin) and killings.
UNHCR estimates that up to a million people may be internally displaced within CdI. The worst affected areas are the capital Abidjan and the Moyen Cavally region in the west of the country, where the humanitarian and security situation is very poor. There has also been an outflow of around 100,000 refugees into eastern Liberia and a limited flow towards Ghana (less than 10,000 refugees have been reported). The fighting has considerably reduced since then, and parts of the country are slowly returning to normal. There are signs of a willingness to return by some refugees (approx. 20,000 people are reported to have returned from Nimba, Liberia) and IDPs and considerable returns are expected in the next weeks and months. However, the situation in CdI is still highly volatile, reports of looting and reprisal killings are continuing both in Abidjan and parts of western CdI.
Oxfam GB decided to respond to the crisis. The project will intervene in the different axis of Duekoue – Guiglo- Bloliquin – Toulepleu. The target may be 150,000 beneficiaries. The Oxfam intervention will include Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; emergency food security and livelihoods based on cash transfer. Oxfam will be operational.
Oxfam has an office in Man and is willing to open an office in Guiglo and Abidjan.
Purpose To lead and coordinate protection information collection, analysis, and basic protection activities within the Cote d’Ivoire response.
Key Responsibilities 1. Collection of protection information for programme development and implementation; to support advocacy, campaigning and media work as well- community-based information about refugees and IDPs experiences, the threats they face, impacts, coping strategies, future intentions, and expectations of duty bearers and the humanitarian community is invaluable for policy and advocacy work, and for media and campaigning teams and highly valued by external targets. Advocacy work is one of the key methods Oxfam uses to take the voice and experience of crisis-affected people directly to policy and decision-makers. 2. Supporting safe programming (do no harm) – by better understanding the protection needs of the refugees and host communities, Oxfam’s humanitarian response will more effectively meet their needs and ensure that the humanitarian response does not inadvertently ‘do harm’ to refugees and host communities. This involves working with WASH and EFSL teams to share information and integrate protection into each sector as appropriate. Given the history of sexual exploitation and sexual violence, and targeted attacks and forced recruitment of young men and boys in the region, there will be a strong gender focus on this within the post, and the post-holder can also promote key humanitarian principles and the Code of Conduct. 3. Provision of accurate information to beneficiaries of the Oxfam humanitarian response and those affected by it: host communities, return communities). In a fast-moving situation people make decisions based on the information available to them, however much information is inaccurate, incomplete, biased, out of date or simply not available. As a minimum all Oxfam staff should be able to correctly respond to questions from beneficiaries about basic about issues such as the location of the nearest medical clinic and how to register for assistance.
Tasks: • Collect protection information at community level through Oxfam and partner staff, and interviews and FGDs in line with Oxfam approach and international standards for data collection. • Provide regular protection information to Oxfam team leaders and management team with recommendations for programme adaptation as required. Flag up protection issues and work alongside WASH and EFSL staff to integrate appropriate protection actions and perspectives into the humanitarian response. • Provide regular protection analysis to advocacy team and Oxfam media leads and campaigners (via policy lead). Provide information to the protection cluster and other protection actors as appropriate. • Assess information gaps and needs of refugees, host communities and return communities • Systematically collect information about those providing services to refugees, host communities and return communities, and how beneficiaries can access such services.
• Coordinate with other service providers to ensure complementary efforts • Work with EFSL and WASH staff to ensure field staff have regular updates about basic services available to refugees, host communities and return communities so they can respond to queries. • Work with Programme Management and EFSL and WASH team leaders to establish whether teams have capacity to proactively (as opposed to reactively) deliver such information to beneficiaries. • Participate in the Protection Cluster and contribute to development of protection approach in Western Ivory Cost. • If required by line management the post-holder may be tasked with scoping out potential for stand-alone programming by developing a protection strategy including identifying where Oxfam can add most value to the humanitarian response on protection, resources required to deliver and donor funding potential as required by line manager.
Skills and Competence: • Understanding of key protection standards including Refugee Law, International Humanitarian Law and relevant parts of Human Rights Law. • Experience of working at a community-level in insecure environments and an understanding of the security issues and other demands of this type of environment. • Proven ability to negotiate for civilian protection and influence a range of UN, civil and military actors. Ability to liaise with other humanitarian actors including service providers and referral systems. • Ability to develop good working relations within a diverse team, and understanding of protection issues as they relate to other sectors, esp. WASH and EFSL. • Ability to work at a community level, including collection of protection information in a safe and appropriate manner and handing of such information in line with international standards (ICRC Protection Standards) • An ability to ensure that gender is incorporated into all activities and processes. • Good knowledge of written and spoken English and French. • Good understanding of Oxfam’s approach to protection. • Experience of mainstreaming protection and/or implementing protection activities in a non-mandated organisation
How to apply To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: INT4591. Closing Date: 5 June 2011