***Due to the urgency to fill this role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Kindly note that the position might be filled before the vacancy announcement is closed; therefore, early applications are encouraged.***
The Opportunity – Safeguarding Advisor
Post location: oPt CO
Contract Duration and Level of Effort: 1 year
ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all individuals, adults and children, have contact with our organization are protected to the maximum possible extent from all forms of harassment, abuse, and exploitation. This commitment is demonstrated by our extensive Safeguarding Policies. Our approach to safeguarding (SG) applies equally to all individuals irrespective of their gender, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, marital status, or religion.
The Country Safeguarding Advisor leads the Country Office safeguarding efforts to implement safe programs and deliver safe services. The post holder will be responsible for embedding safeguarding practices in all areas of Country Office operations and among relevant stakeholders by providing technical guidance, capacity building, and mentoring to staff and partners. This will support the Country Office’s goal of ensuring our programs are designed and implemented with attention to all aspects of safeguarding, including child safeguarding and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
There is a close working relationship with all units across the Country Office including the Country Program Operations, Monitoring/Evaluation/Accountability/Learning (MEAL), Partnerships, Awards, Human Resources, and Safety and Security.
The Safeguarding Advisor will support the safeguarding investigation process and assist with safeguarding case management using the SCI case management system (DATIX). The Safeguarding Advisor will also have a key role in partner networking.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Risk and Compliance Director
Staff reporting to this post: Gaza Safeguarding Coordinator
Role Dimensions: oPt CO is a high complexity country, multi-member interest, with an annual budget of around $40+m, and 100+ staff. Currently the program is experiencing a growth in funding and complexity due to the war in Gaza.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Support in leading Safeguarding operations in oPt Country Office
- provides monitoring and updates to the SMT/CD.
- Support function and program leads in developing SG risk assessments.
- Provide technical support and direction for mitigation planning, and provides technical advice
- to SMT to support decision making.
- Support compliance with SG policies in the Country Office.
- Provide technical support to the HR unit to advance safe recruitment and safe partnership practices and develop processes and procedures as needed.
- Analyze trends in country office safeguarding performance and report to SMT, including recommendations for improvement.
- Lead SG areas of analysis in new business development, program/budget design, program kick- off meetings, project annual review meetings, and management meetings.
- Support all functions in the implementation of Safer Programming and refine risk assessment tools; and
- Form, lead and coach the team of Safeguarding Focal Points to ensure standardized approaches are taken, best practices are documented and disseminated, and safeguarding expertise is built across the Country Office.
Deliver internal and external SG awareness, training, and communication campaigns.
- Deliver regular awareness-raising among beneficiaries, including children, partners, staff, volunteers and all other stakeholders about the SCI SG policies and Code of Conduct.
- Provide continuous outreach reminding all stakeholders of SG violation reporting procedures.
- Manage and track all mandatory SG trainings and ensure the Learning Management System is updated every month to provide evidence of the training.
- Develop and adapt SG training, guidance, and communication materials to fit cultural, contextual, and Country Office operations, including supporting capacity building of SCI partners.
- Support translation of material into local language, pictorial images and /or other child friendly material.
- Ensure each partner has safeguarding information displayed in their offices and at program locations; and
- Support all sectors and units to understand their safe programming responsibilities, refine risk assessment tools, build capacity of thematic programme, and support teams to carry out risk assessment in relation to safer programming.
Reporting
- Work with Monitoring/Evaluation/Accountability/Learning (MEAL) team to develop tools to measure and evaluate the impact of the SG activities and mitigations.
- Develop and support Country Office specific SG referral mechanism and accountability lines.
- Ensure that SG reporting procedures will disseminate and understood by all stakeholders.
- Responsible for monthly reporting SG including conducting trend analysis and recommending areas for improvement.
Investigations & Case Management
- Serve as supporting investigator on all SG investigations.
- Support the management, tracking, and updating of SG cases in the SCI case management system (DATIX); and
- Develop SG survivor response plan.
Global and Regional Safeguarding Support
- Build and maintain relationships with partners and other organizations active in the humanitarian and development sectors to promote the continuous development of SG best practice.
- Build and lead an oPt-wide community of practice in the sub-area of safeguarding (as part of a larger Risk and Compliance community of practice) to help support safe working environments and present SCI as a leader in the sector.
- Work closely with SCI safeguarding global and regional team members to exchange technical experience and provide remote advice, guidance, and support to other country offices on different safeguarding aspects as requested
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in development related field, gender studies, or in an unrelated field with three to five years of related experience.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- +5 years of experience in programming related to Safeguarding (SG)
- Experience in training delivery and staff coaching.
- Excellent verbal communication, report writing and presentation skills in English and Arabic language.
- Successful experience including working across your own organization or with a partner organization to deliver major operational change and delivering results to high standards.
- Experience of building personal internal and external networks;
- Ability to take complex concepts and present them in a simple and easy to understand format.
- An understanding of how to communicate at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to propose a culture of compliance and support adherence to policies and practices among a range of programs/functional units and among staff at all levels; and
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
Desirable
- Experience within an INGO or similar other organization working with vulnerable communities and children or with similar experience within Save the Children.
- Experience of working within challenging environments.
- Willingness to travel to challenging environments.
- Experience on humanitarian response programs; and
- Experience with incident management software and/or databases.
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions.
Save the Children promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment, women and people with different abilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Organisation
Save the Children works in development and humanitarian contexts with children and partners to help families, communities, and governments identify and use innovations to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected.
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
How to apply
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at Safeguarding Advisor.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
