Social Protection Advisor, Oxfam International

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Who We Are

For over 50 years, Oxfam has been working in the Horn, East, and Central Africa (HECA) region, focusing its programs in the following countries: Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Sudan, and Uganda. We have a strong network of country teams who deliver our work and augmented by regional and global capacity on fundraising, advocacy and learning advisory support.

From humanitarian response to our work on helping crisis-affected people rebuild their lives, we aim to support activities that will achieve change at scale at all levels. Raising the voices of the communities we work with is critical to influencing a sustainable shift in local, national, regional, and global policies and practices of both state and private sectors.

Our vision is to contribute to a transformed and stable Horn, East and Central Africa region, where people exercise their right to challenge power and have dignity and security to drive transformative change in their lived experiences.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Programmes (HECA), the Social Protection Advisor will lead social protection programmes in the region and support countries in developing and implementing social protection programmes. Specifically, she/he will transition regional and country social protection to Oxfam in Africa (OiA) programmes; lead strategic positioning, technical support and guidance to country offices in areas of social assistance, cash plus initiatives, and contributory social protection interventions; coordinate strengthening of government social systems, lead the design and implementation of multi-country social protection analysis, evidence generation and dissemination; and mobilize resources for social protection.

The person

We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual with the following:

  • Excellent political judgment and strategic thinking,
  • At least a Masters’ level degree in Social Sciences and related fields.
  • Five years demonstrated experience of Social Protection programming and implementation.
  • Proven analytical and conceptual thinking, high level research, project management knowledge and skills and experience using participatory tools and methodologies for assessment, programme identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Proven management experience at a strategic level in a complex, dispersed organization with evidence of leading, facilitating and integrating Social Protection across a wide network, providing clarity and focus, strategic planning and decision making and the delivery of agreed results.
  • Excellent knowledge of African political Social Protection issues.
  • Politically astute, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills and personal gravitas to gain respect and build and maintain strong, credible relationships, with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Please see the job description for further details

Our offer

At Oxfam, we believe that every aspect of our work can lead to a positive outcome. If you have the same opinion, together with the ability to meet the challenges involved, this role offers scope for immense personal fulfilment – as well as outstanding opportunities to develop your career.

Oxfam is committed to providing a competitive compensation package based on a 36-hour work week.

Application: https://recruitment.oxfam.org/VacancyDetails.aspx?FromSearch=True&MenuID=6Dqy3cKIDOg=&VacancyID=787

 

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