Safeguarding Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Safeguarding Coordinator

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ A master's degree or equivalent experience in a field related to humanitarian assistance and international development, law, political Science, development studies, gender studies, social work etc.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Position Summary: Under the supervision of Deputy County Director Safeguarding Coordinator will be responsible for leading the integration of Relief International safeguarding strategy into the country program. Safeguarding Coordinator will play a key role in protecting RI staffs, vulnerable adults and children from sexual exploitation, harm and abuse. Be part of embedding an organizational culture that is committed to protecting clients from harm.
∎ The Safeguarding Coordinator will also complete an annual risk assessment which maps the internal and external safeguarding risks present in their country, as well as details on legislation, support services etc.
∎ Duty Station: Based in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh (With frequent travel to field offices/Camps as required)
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2022 (With possibility of Extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
∎ RI Values:
∎ We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:
∎ Integrity
∎ Adaptability
∎ Collaboration
∎ Inclusivity
∎ Sustainability

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Receive, report and support safeguarding incidents and concerns:
∎ Receive safeguarding concerns, assess the information to ascertain if immediate assistance is required.
∎ Report the incident to the GSO via the reporting mechanism.
∎ Carry out basic fact-finding/fact-checking with oversight from the Global Safeguarding Manager.
∎ Where appropriate provide support in partnership with the Safeguarding Team during investigations
∎ Map and establish relationships with local support services and agencies to facilitate the referral of incidents
∎ Keeping the Country Director and SMT aware on our progress against the Country Safeguarding Strategy and taking appropriate actions as necessary.
∎ Advocate for and raise awareness of safeguarding:
∎ Raise awareness with clients of the behaviour they should expect from RI staff and partners and how and when to report concerns.
∎ Raise awareness of safeguarding with staff and partners ensuring they understand their role and responsibility in protecting clients;
∎ Facilitate basic safeguarding training with staff and partners
∎ Induct new staff ensuring they are socialized into the safeguarding policies and the safeguarding culture of the organization.
∎ Make use of the official Safeguarding Posters and other materials in all offices and programs
∎ Lead the wider implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures and facilitate the structural embedding of safeguarding across country operations:
∎ Make sure that the Safeguarding Programme is aligned with existing commitments and standards for safeguarding in the humanitarian and development sector and is anchored in the 'do no harm' principle.
∎ Complete an annual country risk profiling exercise - mapping internal and external safeguarding risks.
∎ Lead an annual safeguarding self-audit - assessing how near or far the operation is from fulfilling its safeguarding commitments.
∎ Populate an annual safeguarding action plan. Using the findings of the self-audit to inform the actions to work towards in the following 12 months.
∎ Learning & Development:
∎ Assist in planning and delivering the safeguarding L&D interventions in collaboration with Human Resources department
∎ Cooperate with the Program Managers to implement capacity building of the program staffs on safeguarding initiatives and motivate staff.
∎ Works closely with each strategic lead and associated stakeholders to provide support and progresses the project plan;
∎ Participates in external safeguarding networks to access resources and share best practice; i.e. Interaction PSEA group as the PSEA focal, Bond Safeguarding group, INGO Safeguarding Leads, Peer Safeguarding INGO group; and
∎ Monitors, communicates, and reports on overall progress of the programme from safeguarding point of view and ensuring key stakeholders and senior leaders stay updated and informed.
∎ Safeguarding and Gender Sensitiveness:
∎ Be part of embedding an organizational culture that is committed to protecting clients from harm.
∎ Ensure that the team understands and abide by the organization culture of safeguarding.

Additional Requirements:
∎ This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment.
∎ Knowledge on current legislation, statutory and other guidance with regards to safeguarding, child and adult protection,
∎ Minimum 5 years' experience in protection and safeguarding program design and implementation in fragile context settings
∎ Proven experience responding to and managing sensitive protection / safeguarding matters in a confidential manner
∎ Experience developing protection and safeguarding resource materials, including guidance, tools, and best practices
∎ Experience in providing training to staff on protection and safeguarding
∎ Sound knowledge and understanding of organizational Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) policy
∎ Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
∎ Excellent knowledge on gender and diversity
∎ Fluent spoken and written Bengali and English.
∎ A team builder with excellent people skills; culturally sensitive and has the ability and interest to identify and work with a multicultural team.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2022

Company Information:
∎ 19 Apr 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.


Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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