Protection Lead – National Only

About the role

The Protection Lead provides strategic leadership, technical oversight and quality assurance for Oxfam Syria’s protection portfolio, ensuring evidence‑based, principled and context‑responsive programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct ongoing protection analysis, identify risks and coping capacities, and integrate findings into programme design.
• Lead Oxfam Syria’s protection strategy, advocacy and partnership approaches across humanitarian, recovery and transition phases.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with government institutions, civil society and national partners.
• Provide technical design support for donor proposals, including logical frameworks, theories of change and indicators.
• Support field teams with tools, SOPs, referral pathways and guidance documents, and review programme designs for protection outcomes.
• Commission learning reviews and evaluations, ensuring lessons improve programme quality.
• Represent Oxfam in UN, INGO and NGO coordination mechanisms to strengthen protection coordination and influence policy.

Required profile

• Demonstrated commitment to Oxfam values, feminist principles and safeguarding policies.
• Strong judgment, listening skills and ability to work under challenging circumstances.
• Experience mentoring and building capacity of protection staff and partners.

Required skills

• Protection analysis and risk management.
• Strategic partnership development with government and civil society.
• Technical design of protection components for donor proposals.
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning in protection programmes.
• Safe programming and risk analysis.