Job ID
44630
Job Title
Protection Officer
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Der Al Zour
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
- Lead protection components at the hub level during project planning phases (including contributions
to proposals, budgets, log frames development), in coordination with the Protection Advisor.
- Ensure safe programming risks are assessed during project design and develop mitigation strategies
accordingly
- Conduct regular field visits to perform gendered protection analyses and gather data on protection
needs and risks using standardized tools
- Train Oxfam’s programme staff, Field Support Personnel, and local partners in safe identification,
reporting and referral of protection cases, with the support of the Protection Advisor.
- Select and train community-based protection focal points and structures, supporting them in
implementing community-led initiatives.
- Organize and facilitate awareness-raising sessions for communities and training for civil society on key
protection issues.
- Conduct Individual Protection Assessments and lead the selection of cases eligible for
protection/emergency cash assistance, ensuring principled delivery.
- Flag and respond to immediate protection or programming risks identified during field visits,
coordinating with the Area Manager and Protection Advisor.
- Represent Oxfam in relevant external protection coordination forums, including sub-regional cluster
meetings.
- Maintain strong coordination with other Oxfam programs, local partners, and protection sector actors
to ensure integrated responses.
- Contribute to donor reports, protection analysis, and internal reporting, including monitoring activities
and learning documentation.
- Collaborate with MEAL Officers on baseline surveys, post-distribution monitoring, and other
evaluations to ensure data-driven programming.
- Analyse program data to identify protection trends and inform response strategies.
- Support the development and maintenance of a referral system, ensuring documentation in the
standard referral matrix and adherence to confidentiality and safety principles.
- Contribute to Oxfam’s influencing and policy work by highlighting protection concerns affecting
- Uphold Oxfam’s principles and values , including gender justice and safeguarding policies.
- Any other duties that may be reasonably required.
- Lead protection components at the hub level during project planning phases (including contributions
to proposals, budgets, log frames development), in coordination with the Protection Advisor.
- Ensure safe programming risks are assessed during project design and develop mitigation strategies
accordingly
- Conduct regular field visits to perform gendered protection analyses and gather data on protection
needs and risks using standardized tools
- Train Oxfam’s programme staff, Field Support Personnel, and local partners in safe identification,
reporting and referral of protection cases, with the support of the Protection Advisor.
- Select and train community-based protection focal points and structures, supporting them in
implementing community-led initiatives.
- Organize and facilitate awareness-raising sessions for communities and training for civil society on key
protection issues.
- Conduct Individual Protection Assessments and lead the selection of cases eligible for
protection/emergency cash assistance, ensuring principled delivery.
- Flag and respond to immediate protection or programming risks identified during field visits,
coordinating with the Area Manager and Protection Advisor.
- Represent Oxfam in relevant external protection coordination forums, including sub-regional cluster
meetings.
- Maintain strong coordination with other Oxfam programs, local partners, and protection sector actors
to ensure integrated responses.
- Contribute to donor reports, protection analysis, and internal reporting, including monitoring activities
and learning documentation.
- Collaborate with MEAL Officers on baseline surveys, post-distribution monitoring, and other
evaluations to ensure data-driven programming.
- Analyse program data to identify protection trends and inform response strategies.
- Support the development and maintenance of a referral system, ensuring documentation in the
standard referral matrix and adherence to confidentiality and safety principles.
- Contribute to Oxfam’s influencing and policy work by highlighting protection concerns affecting
- Uphold Oxfam’s principles and values , including gender justice and safeguarding policies.
- Any other duties that may be reasonably required.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL
- Self-Awareness
- Enabling
- Influencing
- Humility
- Relationship building
In addition:
- Relevant degree in Law, International Law, Social Science, Psychology ,Political Science, or related field
with good knowledge of International Human Rights Law.
- Minimum Three years of relevant experience in roles focused on protection, human rights, social work,
vulnerable populations in conflict, post-conflict, etc or a related role within the non-profit sector (as
Child Protection Officer, Human Rights Officer, Protection Case Officer, Community Protection Officer,
Protection and Safeguarding etc) experience in NGO, or 5 years if not accompanied with the relevant
education degree.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating workshop, training sessions and building the capacity of local
teams and community members on protection principles, safeguarding, and complaint mechanisms.
- Knowledge of the context in the areas covered by the hub
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts, particularly handling protection work
- Demonstrated ability to lead, building capacity, motivate a diverse team, ensuring effective
performance management and fostering a collaborative working environment.
- Experience working in remote, insecure locations, demonstrating resilience and a proactive, solution
- focused approach to overcoming logistical challenges.
- Possesses initiative, patience, tact, and able to work with minimum supervision
- Experience in engaging with various stakeholders, including local authorities, community committees
(formal and informal) and local NGOs
- Strong inter-personal skills to work across teams and departments in the hub and CO.
- Proficiency in using office software (e.g., MS Office, Power BI, Survey CTO, KOBO).
- Fluent Arabic and English, both written and spoken is essential.
Desirable
- Experience in managing sensitive data and ensuring confidentiality in protection programming.
- Prior experience implementing protection programs with international humanitarian organizations
operating in Syria.
- Demonstrated skills in report writing, data visualization
- Self-Awareness
- Enabling
- Influencing
- Humility
- Relationship building
In addition:
- Relevant degree in Law, International Law, Social Science, Psychology ,Political Science, or related field
with good knowledge of International Human Rights Law.
- Minimum Three years of relevant experience in roles focused on protection, human rights, social work,
vulnerable populations in conflict, post-conflict, etc or a related role within the non-profit sector (as
Child Protection Officer, Human Rights Officer, Protection Case Officer, Community Protection Officer,
Protection and Safeguarding etc) experience in NGO, or 5 years if not accompanied with the relevant
education degree.
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating workshop, training sessions and building the capacity of local
teams and community members on protection principles, safeguarding, and complaint mechanisms.
- Knowledge of the context in the areas covered by the hub
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts, particularly handling protection work
- Demonstrated ability to lead, building capacity, motivate a diverse team, ensuring effective
performance management and fostering a collaborative working environment.
- Experience working in remote, insecure locations, demonstrating resilience and a proactive, solution
- focused approach to overcoming logistical challenges.
- Possesses initiative, patience, tact, and able to work with minimum supervision
- Experience in engaging with various stakeholders, including local authorities, community committees
(formal and informal) and local NGOs
- Strong inter-personal skills to work across teams and departments in the hub and CO.
- Proficiency in using office software (e.g., MS Office, Power BI, Survey CTO, KOBO).
- Fluent Arabic and English, both written and spoken is essential.
Desirable
- Experience in managing sensitive data and ensuring confidentiality in protection programming.
- Prior experience implementing protection programs with international humanitarian organizations
operating in Syria.
- Demonstrated skills in report writing, data visualization
Salary and Benefits
as per Oxfam salary scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
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Posted On
Sep 29, 2025
Expiry Date
Oct 13, 2025
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