Safeguarding Advisor

Save the Children

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.

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.
• Carry out physical risk assessments and oversee visits to ensure all stakeholders are effectively integrating safeguarding 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