Safeguarding Specialist (Re-Advertisement)

Job Description

Title: Safeguarding Specialist (Re-Advertisement)

Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ A University degree in the social sciences or relevant subject

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Based in Ukhiya with frequent field visit required both Teknaf & Cox`s Bazar, The Safeguarding Specialist will be responsible for delivering high quality, accessible and reliable support, guidance and capacity building across Plan International Bangladesh`s programme in Cox`s Bazar to support the full implementation of the Plan International`s Safeguarding Policy and procedures. This will also include the post holder receiving safeguarding referrals. A central responsibility of the role will be to promote and with the HR Manager to establish a framework to embed Plan Internationals culture and values in all that we do.
∎ Duration of the position is 1 Year (possibility of extension).

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Capacity Building:
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∎ Identify the training needs of staff and stakeholders including partners in relation to keeping children and young people safe.
∎ Develop a capacity development plan and ensure resource allocation and implementation of the plan
∎ Design and deliver capacity building for staff, incentive workers, partners and other stakeholders on Safeguarding of Children and Young People (SGCYP) through formal and refresher sessions, discussion of case studies etc.
∎ Safeguarding risk assessment and monitoring:
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∎ Lead global safeguarding risk assessment for Cox's office, prepare a progress plan based on the findings and ensure follow up
∎ Conduct risk assessment of sectors, projects and partners in collaboration with respective contacts and focal points of the country program.
∎ Compile partners' activity documents, analyse partners risk assessment result and support on identified gap.
∎ Gender Responsive Safeguarding Materials development:
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∎ Under the leadership of the National Safeguarding and GE Advisor develop and prepare materials for all Safeguarding and PSEA related trainings
∎ Develop child and youth-safeguarding messages for various groups of stakeholders and facilitate publication.
∎ Support establishment of Gender Responsive Reporting and referral mechanism:
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∎ Facilitate consultation with children and young people to develop gender responsive reporting mechanism
∎ Establish and support focal points (one male, one female) to understand and perform their roles and responsibilities as per the ToR.
∎ Networking and collaboration:
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∎ Networking and collaboration with other agencies, UN and government functionalities to ensure a strong sectoral mechanism for safeguarding children and young people.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years in capacity building and technical assistance provision to Government, NGOs/CBOs;
∎ Experience in child protection/safeguarding practice; including work and vulnerable children and youth.
∎ Demonstrable interest working on PSEA
∎ Ability to communicate complete and sensitive information to a wide and diverse audience
∎ Strong experience and ability to facilitate training to a diverse audience (in terms of education, language ability etc.)
∎ Willingness to travel to and work in hard-to-reach areas; computer literacy and excellent documentation and report writing skills in English are a must;
∎ Experience to work in emergency response is added value
∎ Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
∎ Experience on assisting on development of local procedure, manual, guidance on child safeguarding.
∎ Experience in conducting assessment, monitoring and report writing.
∎ Good experience in planning, coordinating and implementing work activities
∎ Fluency in written and spoken Bangla and English.
∎ Very good skill in communication, report writing and facilitation
∎ Good team player

Application Deadline: January 28, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.

Category: NGO/Development