Safeguarding Officer
Job Description
Title: Safeguarding Officer
Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: --
Location: Dhaka
Salary: Negotiable
Experience:
∎ At least 3 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO
Published: 8 Aug 2024
Education:
∎ Post-graduation degree in any discipline from a reputed university.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated presentation and communication skills both in Bangla and English
∎ Excellent facilitation and mentoring skills with different groups of audiences
∎ Good computer skill specially in MS office package
∎ Must be a person who is self-motivated and possess personal integrity, flexible attitude, transparency, proactive stance and respect for gender, diversity and organisation culture
∎ Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise and deal with competing demands to deliver results in time
∎ Good team building spirit, non-judgemental with excellent inter-personal skills (particularly active listening) and capacity to understand people from all walks of life
∎ Allure cooperation from other teams and should be able to draw confidence from others
∎ Ability to establish good relationship and rapport with stakeholders and partners; and maintain network outside the organisation.
∎ Minimum 03 years’ job experience; with adequate expertise in relevant areas.
∎ Skills and Competencies:
∎ Demonstrated presentation and communication skills both in Bangla and English
∎ Excellent facilitation and mentoring skills with different groups of audiences
∎ Good computer skill specially in MS office package
∎ Must be a person who is self-motivated and possess personal integrity, flexible attitude, transparency, proactive stance and respect for gender, diversity and organisation culture
∎ Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise and deal with competing demands to deliver results in time
∎ Good team building spirit, non-judgemental with excellent inter-personal skills (particularly active listening) and capacity to understand people from all walks of life
∎ Allure cooperation from other teams and should be able to draw confidence from others
∎ Ability to establish good relationship and rapport with stakeholders and partners; and maintain network outside the organisation.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Understand and internalise the suite of safeguarding policies and procedures in WaterAid
∎ Raise awareness of safeguarding via the provision of information, including through induction, briefings and training
∎ Contextualise the training materials for better understanding of staff including programme/ project based focal's, partners, other representatives and community people
∎ Promote awareness among the staff through refreshers training at regular interval
∎ Promote a culture to stimulate senior leaders to follow, practice as well as keep safeguarding in their regular discussion agenda
∎ Facilitate undertaking safeguarding awareness raising interventions and implementation among staff, partners and representatives
∎ Undertake appropriate measures that the safeguarding is adhered, also concerns and incidents are reported following the set protocol
∎ Perform as the focal point to receive information, concern, feedback; and to record and act on responding promptly
∎ Act as a confidential point of support, advice and guidance for any member of staff or partners with concerns
∎ Contribute to learning across the network of SFPs in country and globally
∎ Induct overseas/external visitors on safeguarding, as needed
∎ Job Purpose
∎ Safeguarding is a core component in WaterAid (WA) to adhere, hence the incumbent will play a pivotal role in championing safeguarding and providing relevant information in the organisation. S/he will ensure that organisational safeguarding principles are appropriately implemented following the relevant policy-procedures and keeping the WA management updated on the directives to adhere. S/he will be responsible for facilitating safeguarding awareness interventions across the organization and facilitate down streaming towards community level through respective focals in WA and partners. S/he will also promote related activities and arrangements within the WA office and its partners, ensuring that these are in line with WA policies and operational plan. As a whole, s/he will support the senior leader to promote execution of safeguarding principles, identify safeguarding risks, develop action plans, monitor progress and report on safeguarding concerns.
∎ Key Responsibilities
∎ 1. Awareness building and advisory support
∎ Understand and internalise the suite of safeguarding policies and procedures in WaterAid
∎ Raise awareness of safeguarding via the provision of information, including through induction, briefings and training
∎ Contextualise the training materials for better understanding of staff including programme/ project based focal's, partners, other representatives and community people
∎ Promote awareness among the staff through refreshers training at regular interval
∎ Promote a culture to stimulate senior leaders to follow, practice as well as keep safeguarding in their regular discussion agenda
∎ Facilitate undertaking safeguarding awareness raising interventions and implementation among staff, partners and representatives
∎ Undertake appropriate measures that the safeguarding is adhered, also concerns and incidents are reported following the set protocol
∎ Perform as the focal point to receive information, concern, feedback; and to record and act on responding promptly
∎ Act as a confidential point of support, advice and guidance for any member of staff or partners with concerns
∎ Contribute to learning across the network of SFPs in country and globally
∎ Induct overseas/external visitors on safeguarding, as needed
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary package with admissible benefits that include provident fund, gratuity, festival bonus, life insurance for self, combined health insurance for self, spouse and children, cell phone allowances etc. as per policy provision.
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Dhaka
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Company Information:
∎ WaterAid Bangladesh
∎ House 97/B, Road 25, Block-A, Banani, Dhaka-1213
Address::
∎ House 97/B, Road 25, Block-A, Banani, Dhaka-1213
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Application Deadline: 19 Aug 2024
Category: NGO/Development
