Safeguarding Adviser

ROLE PURPOSE:****

Save the Children is committed to strengthening our Safeguarding work in development & humanitarian settings – with robust mechanisms for prevention, awareness , disruption and response, offering support to survivors, promoting a child- safe , trusted and inclusive environment, and holding those responsible for abuse and harm to account. This includes ensuring that all individuals, adults, and children who have contact with our activities are protected, safeguarding risks identified and mitigated against to reduce the threat of all forms of harassment, abuse, and exploitation. This commitment is demonstrated by putting our safeguarding policies into practice across all of our recruitment, programming, communication, advocacy and campaign work and with our partners, volunteers, suppliers and contractors.

The purpose of this role is to work closely with Save the Children the senior leadership team within the humanitarian reponse team to ensure safeguarding is prioritized and embedded in awareness, prevention, reporting and response, activities across all programing and functions to build a safer, trusted and inclusive organisations, and reduce the risk of abuse and harm to children and adult programme participants and in Save the Children’s operational areas. This includes providing technical support to integrate safeguarding into emergency preparedness , humanitrain strategy, plan, processes and practice.

Our approach to safeguarding applies equally to all people irrespective of their age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual identity, nationality or religion or any other identity.

S/he will collaborate with colleagues across all functions and with other relevant stakeholders to embed safeguarding practices within the operational area by providing technical guidance, capacity building, mentoring to staff, volunteers and partners. The Safeguarding Manager will ensure country-reporting channels are functioning and work with MEAL to establish community based feedback and reporting mechanisms and ensure safeguarding concerns are responded to immediately. S/he will be responsible to manage and escalate safeguarding suspicions and reports within the Poland response. The Safeguarding Manager will provide technical support to assist the team to implement safe activities and deliver safe services and have oversight on the implementation of the country safeguarding annual plan and delivery of safeguarding actions within emergency responses. S/he will lead on safeguarding investigations and case management. The Safeguarding Manager has a key role to ensure colleagues are aware of donor safeguarding requirements as well as Save the Children’s Safeguarding minimum actions. Ensuring a survivor centred approach is understood and applied across the country programme and partners, and functioning survivor support measures are in place is another key responsibility for this role

The Safeguarding Advsior must have a good understanding of the ways in which people experience overlapping- or intersectional -forms of oppression, discrimination and marginalisation based of aspects of their identify and how this impacts on how we prevent and respond to safeguarding violations.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES:

Essential

• 5+ years of experience of child and adult safeguarding, PSEAH, Survivor support, or experience in a similar field such as child/human trafficking, gender equality, social work-children’s services/child protection, SGBV.
• Experience of leading and building the capacity of a team- transferring knowledge and skills to others.
• Experience in managing and responding to Safeguarding reports , including serious incidents including , SEAH of children and adults;
• Experience of supporting victims and survivors and setting up referral pathways.
• Excellent communication skills with proven writing and numerical experience in writing/editing briefing documents, monitoring reports and investigation reports.
• Proven attention for detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills in order to deal tactfully and sensitively with a wide range of people in a large organisation, very often at a distance.
• Good team member skills, including the ability to be part of and organise, support, co-ordinate and develop a small team of focal points ;
• Experience in designing and delivering training or workshops to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to manage stress be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and command of English.
• Commitment to and understanding of child rights, as well as of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
• Ability to take a proactive approach to problem solving, to recommend and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Desirable

• Understanding of IASC principles relation to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, CHS Humanitarian Standards, the CHS PSEAH index and other related protocols and minimum requirements in relation to PSEAH and safeguarding.
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and/or Learning (MEAL) experience.
• Knowledge of Save the Children’s key sectors
• Strong presentation skills.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian systems, institutions and donors.
• Language abilities in Ukranian/Russian.

In the case of a Category 1 and Category 2 response, the candidate must reflect the experience and qualifications of a Grade 2. This must include the following proven behaviour/experience:

• Demonstrate leadership and management skills in a complex international setting.

Previous experience as member of Senior Management Team.

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This Role is offered on the basis of International terms and conditions. Also, interviews will be held on ongoing basis, adverts will be closed once a person is identified.

For non- EU citizens; Visa is to be obtained.

The Organisation

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 realise 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.

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.

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.