JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 5899
Job Title: Safeguarding Officer
Application deadline: 30.10.2021
Duty Station: NES- Derek
Job Requirements:
Required:
- At least two years’ working experience in similar full time role in child safeguarding, or in child protection, case management, PSEA or SGBV with non-profit organizations, with at least one year in INGO.
- Proven writing and numerical skills and experience in writing/editing briefing documents
- Proven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information
- Experience in working with vulnerable communities and children in CAMP and/or community
- Experience in designing and delivering training or workshops; proven ability to deliver online training in an engaging manner.
- Good Computer skills working with MS Office Packages especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Outlook;
- Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English and Arabic, with experience in working with multicultural teams and experience of internal comms and/or behaviour change campaigns
- Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance;
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, as well as of the organization’s aims, values and principles.
- Ability to take a proactive approach to problem solving, to recommend and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Willingness and ability to travel to other field offices of in NES, camps and community, partner and training institute.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the organization sectors
- Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in Kurdish, with experience in working with multicultural teams.
- Experience with complaint handling mechanisms
- Knowledge and experience of handling sensitive investigations
- Knowledge of international humanitarian systems, institutions and donors.
Job Description:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Policies and internal control mechanisms
- Ensure all staff and incentive workers has access to relevant safeguarding policies (CSG, PSEA, Anti-harassment etc.) and their updates, provide interpretations as necessary
- In collaboration with HR Admin Officers, ensure all NES Offices’ staff and incentive workers have signed copies of safeguarding policies in their employee folders
- Support efforts to improve awareness and engagement on safeguarding issues among North East Syria Offices (staff and incentive workers) and partner staff through developing communications products and strategies in collaboration with CSG team.
- Ensure orgnaization premises, offices and facilities, especially under Derek Field Offices, have safeguarding visibility displayed.
- Support sector leads and managers on cascading safeguarding requirements to their area of work
- Work collaboratively with sector leads and partner key staff in the assigned field offices to improve safeguarding risk management.
- Coordinate and ensure safeguarding committee meetings are taking place regularly, minutes of meetings are archived and shared with required parties.
- Support Safeguarding Coordinator to prepare and distribute safeguarding related reports of North East Syria Office by providing data and information in the assigned areas.
- Identify potential tools and systems in order to develop a more effective way of working for safeguarding within our operation.
Safeguarding related capacity strengthening and inductions
- Ensure all North East Offices’ staff members and incentive workers receive necessary safeguarding inductions/trainings as per established guidelines
- Keep track of mandatory trainings tracker of North Ease Syria Office and suggest conducting of safeguarding trainings when there are new staff or staff with refresher training needs
- Coordinate organizing of safeguarding trainings, keep attendance reports and share with HR for their archiving, especially for Derek Office as well as for other offices when assigned by line manager.
- Ensure specific training needs of North East Syria Office in regards to safeguarding is responded in a timely manner (e.g. trainings to service providers, TPM companies etc. for the assigned Filed Offices)
- Keep safeguarding training materials relevant, up to date and interactive covering different audiences i.e. staff members, incentive workers, partner staff including camps and communities
- Support main office, regional office or different countries in the region with their safeguarding training needs as necessary.
- Actively identify safeguarding related capacity strengthening needs of North East Syria Office staff and address them accordingly
- In close collaboration with sector leads, develop sector specific safe programming materials and trainings
- Support ‘lessons learnt’ process for humanitarian safeguarding
Safeguarding related capacity strengthening of partners
- Participate into partnership assessment process and provide input to Partnership Assessment Tool (PAT)s of any new or existing partners, especially for Derek Field Office.
- In close collaboration with partnerships, ensure timely implementation of capacity building actions related to safeguarding indicated in PATs
- In close collaboration with partnerships, ensure compliance to global Safeguarding in Partnerships Core Standards
- In close collaboration with partnerships, ensure all partners have safeguarding focal points appointed
- Provide partner safeguarding focal points with necessary inductions, main materials related to safeguarding and one to one coaching as necessary
- Design and deliver safeguarding capacity building initiatives (trainings etc.) as per specific partner needs
- Link relevant and eligible partner staff with safeguarding capacity building initiatives that are happening at organization end
- In close collaboration with sector leads, identify sector specific safeguarding development needs for partner programme staff and design together ways to address these needs
External capacity building and coordination
- Be an active member of working groups related to safeguarding and represent the organization safeguarding team as required
- Design and deliver safeguarding capacity building initiatives (trainings etc.) as per specific external party needs
- In close collaboration with cluster coordinators and relevant programme staff, actively promote safeguarding in relevant fora
- Support regional office and other country offices with their safeguarding related gaps/needs as requested
Reporting and safeguarding investigations
- Ensure relevant reporting channels (such as DATIX, whistleblowing etc.) are known, functional and accessible for all North East Syria Office staff
- Actively promote reporting responsibility amongst the organization and partner staff
- Act as a focal point for PSEA and Harassment for all North East Syria Offices for receiving safeguarding related suspicions, concerns or complaints
- Ensure partner organizations are well informed about reporting and investigation procedures of the organization, provide support and guidance as necessary
- Ensure timely registration of assigned incidents reported on DATIX, acquire further details and register them in DATIX for use of relevant parties accordingly in collaboration with and under the guidance of Safeguarding Coordinator.
- Lead assigned safeguarding investigations from beginning to end
- Provide guidance and support to partner safeguarding focal points when they are dealing with investigations; with taking investigation decisions, planning of investigations, methodologies and tools to use, proper recommendations and their strict implementation.
- Support Safeguarding Coordinator in timely preparation of initial member reports and provision of initial case related information DATIX (for the assigned cases)
- Ensure proper recording of investigation details to DATIX for assigned investigations
- Ensure investigation recommendations and follow-up actions are being implemented by assigned departments/individuals.
- Support Safeguarding Coordinator to respond to any inquiries related to closed cases from management, donors, members or charity commission as necessary and requested by management
Other
- Identify data protection related safeguarding risks to our programming/ways of working and ensure there are mitigation measures are in place
- Provide a significant degree of flexibility in out of office hours support as and when required.
- Lead on any projects as delegated by Safeguarding Coordinator
- Any other reasonable safeguarding related duties as delegated by or at absence of Safeguarding Coordinator
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How to Apply:
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.
INGO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
The application period closes on 30-10-2021
Applicants may submit their CVs with their address; telephone number and contact information to jobs.nesyr.derek@gmail.com – Subject of the email must clearly state “Safeguarding Officer”
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