Protection (GBV Response) Officer

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Oxfam GB

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 2-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Not specified
  • Deadline: 17/07/2026
  • Location: Ethiopia
GBV / VAWG PSEA/ Safeguarding
About Oxfam
Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s rights 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 the international confederation Oxfam.

OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA
Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues.

JOB PURPOSE:
The Protection (GBV Response) Officer supports the implementation of Women and Girls Friendly Space (WGFS) programming in line with WGFS minimum standards. The officer ensures that the space is safe, accessible, confidential, and responsive to the needs of women and girls, while promoting empowerment, psychosocial well-being, and prevention and response to GBV.

The role also contributes to community-based protection through psychosocial support, supporting and facilitating refugee led women to take ownership of the WGFS facilitation, outreach, and referral services, ensuring programming is participatory, culturally appropriate, and survivor-centred.

Essential Criteria/qualification & Skill/ for long list
  • Bachelor’s degree in the fields of social work, psychology, women and gender studies, child development, sociology and anthropology, and related field
  • Minimum 3 years in protection programming, preferably in WGFS, GBV Response and PSS.
  • Knowledge of IASC and national GBV and MHPSS standards.
  • Proven facilitation and communication skills
  • Ability to work with vulnerable populations and maintain confidentiality
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
  • Good reporting and documentation skills
  • Basic English speaking and writing skills.
  • Fluency in local language
  • Can work under time pressure and hardship locations being at field.
  • Mental health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) intervention experience is a plus.
  • Trained on PM+ and Self-Help Plus (SH+)

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