SAFEGUARDING ADVISOR

Oxfam is looking to recruit a safeguarding specialist to the Oxfam DRC country team as the current safeguarding advisor is moving to a Regional safeguarding role within Oxfam. There will be opportunity for hand over as part of the induction process from the exiting DRC advisor.

Are you a safeguarding specialist who wants to work in the Oxfam DRC country team to build on the current safeguarding strategy?

Do you want to work in a country team that is committed to preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment and child abuse and to contribute to providing a safe working environment for all who come into contact with Oxfam?

Do you want to join a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty?

If the answer is yes, then would like to hear from you.

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for Programme Manager who will have to take following responsibilities:

• Advise senior managers and other technical teams on SG related issues and processes
• Design and deliver training in line with safeguarding shared service materials on awareness raising and other capacity building activities for staff, volunteers, partners and others across Oxfam in DRC.
• Provide support and guidance to staff/others on safeguarding policies and procedures, including reporting mechanisms and the safeguarding case management
• Support and coordinate a network of Safeguarding Focal Points, and work alongside the Safeguarding Focal Points in developing training, awareness raising measures, reporting mechanisms and other safeguarding procedures for staff, community volunteers and representatives and partners.
• Sensitively receive complaints and refer all of them within 24 hours to the Safeguarding Team at Oxfam GB
• Support Oxfam GB’s Safeguarding Team with Safeguarding Investigations, including Country based partner organizations’ investigations, if required to do so
• Support the Country Team in developing an understanding of the information needs of Oxfam staff, counterparts, beneficiaries in relation to
• Support and work alongside the relevant Technical Teams e.g. Gender, Protection, Human Resources and the Safeguarding Team at Oxfam GB and Safeguarding Advisor at Oxfam in Africa (OiA) to create and maintain information on local referral pathways for survivors (to include medical, psychosocial, legal, security).
• Facilitate access to first line support for survivors and witnesses, including referral to medical, psychosocial, legal and security services, in consultation with the Safeguarding Team at OGB.
• Work with technical teams (such as MEAL, Protection, GBV) to engage the community and Partners on the design of accessible community based Safeguarding reporting mechanisms and raise awareness of these reporting mechanisms in the community.
• Support Oxfam GB Safeguarding Advisors to conduct safeguarding risk assessments and mitigation planning-in country
• Support Program Teams to mitigate Safeguarding risks in program activities (including reviewing programme risk assessments) and ensuring a safer programming approach is implemented in Oxfam’s programmatic work.
• In collaboration with Human Resources, promote amongst employees (including managers) best Safeguarding practice, awareness of Safeguarding policies and procedures including safer recruitment, as well as reporting
• Support Country Director, Oxfam GB Safeguarding Team and OiA Safeguarding Advisors
  • to implement and update the Safeguarding strategy, safeguarding policies, and report back to Country Leadership Team on progress.
• Report Safeguarding initiatives carried out, such as training and awareness-raising to the Country Director and Oxfam GB Safeguarding Team
• Initiate set-up and manage PSEA group convening relevant focal points in INGOs operating in DRC

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:

• Experience of working with children and adults who have witnessed or experienced exploitation and abuse and working to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse
• A clear understanding of sexual harassment, exploitation and (child) abuse risk factors (such as gender and power inequalities)
• Demonstrable experience in working with survivors of sexual violence
• Skilled in identifying and mitigating risks
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills
• Excellent written and spoken French & English
• Strong IT skills
• Excellent communication skills, especially active listening
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and influence using a variety of different styles, taking into account cultural differences
• Commitment to upholding and modelling Oxfam’s values, demonstrating integrity, diplomacy, professionalism, reliability and resilience at all
• 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
• Ability to think analytically, draw logical conclusions and evidence points
• High degree of organisational ability, working well under pressure and to
• Strong and clear communicator and public speaker, capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences, building a sense of passion and engagement
• Excellent self-awareness and understanding of the need for self-care
• Able to work professionally and with a high degree of confidentiality at all times

We offer:**

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Location: Kinshasa, DRC

Hours: 45

Salary: TBA

Job Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date: 15th August 2023

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 organization.

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 organization 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 organizations 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.

How to apply

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile. . If you think you are the candidate we are looking for, please download full description and submit your application online at : www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs using reference number INT9774.

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Submit your application online at : https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/safeguarding-advisor-int9774/19743/description/