Deputy Manager, Safeguarding and Cross-Cutting, Sustainable WASH and Humanitarian Innovation for Loc

Job Description

Title: Deputy Manager, Safeguarding and Cross-Cutting, Sustainable WASH and Humanitarian Innovation for Loc

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 25 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Healthcare/Lifestyle product, Healthcare Startup

• Master's degree in Development Studies, Law, Gender Studies, Social Work, Social Sciences, or related discipline from a reputed university.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Healthcare/Lifestyle product, Healthcare Startup

• Age At least 25 years

• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and PSEAH frameworks, survivor-centred case management, humanitarian standards (CHS, IASC PSEA), and FCDO safeguarding requirements.

• Demonstrated experience in safeguarding capacity assessments, training curriculum development, and capacity strengthening of national and local NGO partners, with a sound understanding of gender equality, disability inclusion, GBV referral pathways, and protection mainstreaming.

• Strong coordination, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse partner organisations and community settings while maintaining high integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.

• Excellent written and spoken English and Bangla communication skills, with proficiency in MS Office and digital documentation tools.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in safeguarding, protection, gender, or related field. Experience in displacement settings and FCDO-funded programmes will be an advantage.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.
The BRAC Pooled Fund initiative, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), is implementing the 8.5-month SHIFT (Sustainable WASH and Humanitarian Innovation for Local Transformation) Consortium project to serve Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities in Cox's Bazar. The project aims to improve access to safe, inclusive, and sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services for these communities. It also strengthens the capacity of local partners to deliver quality, accountable, and sustainable humanitarian services. Led by BRAC in partnership with national and women-led organisations, the consortium promotes locally led humanitarian action through strengthened institutional capacity, leadership, and community engagement.
The Deputy Manager, Safeguarding and Cross-Cutting acts as the consortium's dedicated safeguarding lead, operationalising robust, survivor-centred safeguarding and PSEAH systems across all six SHIFT partners — through capacity development, awareness raising, compliance monitoring, and incident and donor reporting, in close coordination with BRAC's Safeguarding Unit to meet FCDO requirements. The role also embeds gender equality, disability inclusion, AAP, and protection mainstreaming across all consortium programme activities and partner operations.
Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct safeguarding system assessments for consortium partners, identify gaps, develop improvement plans, and strengthen safeguarding and PSEAH systems in line with FCDO and BRAC standards.

• Support partners in developing, reviewing, and operationalising safeguarding and PSEAH policies, Codes of Conduct, safe recruitment procedures, survivor-centred protocols, and SOPs.

• Maintain the consortium safeguarding compliance tracker, monitoring policies, staff training, focal point designation, reporting mechanisms, and overall partner compliance.

• Design and deliver safeguarding and PSEAH induction, refresher, and targeted training for consortium staff, volunteers, frontline workers, and community volunteers, integrating safeguarding into the Objective 2 capacity strengthening programme.

• Develop accessible safeguarding awareness materials, including Rohingya-language resources, and facilitate the Consortium Safeguarding Focal Group to promote learning, coordination, and accountability.

• Establish and oversee safe, confidential, and accessible safeguarding reporting mechanisms across all programme locations, ensuring designated safeguarding focal points are in place within each partner organisation.

• Oversee safeguarding incident management, ensuring timely reporting, confidential investigations, survivor-centred referrals, appropriate escalation to FCDO, and coordination with BRAC's Safeguarding Unit on complex cases.

• Prepare safeguarding inputs for FCDO reports, maintain audit-ready documentation, provide safeguarding performance updates, and support responses to donor audits, investigations, and compliance queries.

• Mainstream safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion, protection, and PSEAH across programme activities, partner operations, and WASH facility design.

• Support the Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CFRM) and work with the MEAL team to integrate safeguarding indicators, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Promote a safe, inclusive, accountable, and survivor-centred programme environment for affected communities and project personnel across the consortium.

• Maintain close coordination with BRAC's Safeguarding Unit, FCDO safeguarding advisers, the PSEAH Network, WASH Sector, and other humanitarian coordination platforms to ensure alignment with evolving safeguarding requirements.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so.

• Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, and others as per policy.