Islamic Relief Worldwide is actively recruiting for the position Safeguarding Officer to be based from its office in Birmingham, UK.
The Safeguarding Officer holds a multifaceted role, ensuring the organization’s commitment to values such as fairness, humanity, honesty, and respect is upheld. Key responsibilities encompass policy development, offering technical guidance, training, and effective case management. They would play a crucial part in policy compliance and review, ensuring adherence to sectoral standards, and contributing to the development of safeguarding infrastructure and processes.
This would include receiving and processing safeguarding concerns and complaints, maintaining effective record-keeping, and facilitating the investigation and case management procedures.
Additionally, the Officer will play a crucial role in supporting the Safeguarding Team with activities such as safeguarding training, data analysis, reporting, and the creation of resources.
The successful candidate must have or be:
- Possession of a relevant degree suitable for the broad scope of the role.
- Good knowledge and experience of Safeguarding, PSEAH, and Child Safeguarding.
- Background in an INGO setting or equivalent.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams, country offices, and external partners.
- Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Strong organisational skills, diligence and reliability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality work.
- Proven ability and experience in analysing data to derive sound conclusions and recommendations.
- Experience in managing relationships and navigating challenging situations.
- Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability in their work
For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.
If you are talented, reliable, service minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.
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PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place in mid-late April 2024.
Pre-employment Checks:
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:
- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- criminal records check
- receipt of satisfactory references
Please note, for UK based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer