Global Safeguarding Senior Advisor (Consultant) Job at Girl Effect

Responsibilities:

• Provide regular supervision and mentoring sessions to Girl Effect’s Global Safeguarding Manager [approximately  2 hours a week]
• Provide regular supervision and mentoring sessions to safeguarding officers in Girl Effect country offices (Ethiopia, Tanzania, India, Rwanda). Sessions will generally be provided on a fortnightly or monthly basis depending on the specific requirements of the staff member. [2 hours a week]
• Provide advice to product teams on safeguarding issues (TEGA, cast members, Springsteen, and Big sis). The frequency of contact will be determined by the specific needs and requirements of the individual team. [3-5 hour every week]
• Lead on case management and support other Safeguarding managers with serious safeguarding cases. [1 hour a week may vary depending on case load]
• Provide additional support and advice on safeguarding processes and procedures where requested by the Head of Programmes and/or Leadership. [1 hour a week]
• Participate in global calls and team meetings [2 hours every 2 weeks]
• Support the successful recruitment of Global Head of Safeguarding, working with our HR team
• Provide technical support and guidance to Girl Effects Safeguarding Leads/Managers
• Effective case management of serious safeguarding concerns through leading a case management panel
• Providing technical support and leadership in moving the policy redesign forward
• Maintain a record of all work undertaken to be provided to Girl Effect on request
• Provide a summary of work completed and issues arising during monthly meetings with Senior Director, Gender
• Timesheet to be submitted prior to payment of fees

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. social sciences)
• Experience of managing safeguarding managers and focal points
• Experience of applying for child protection and safeguarding approaches in international development programming
• Experience in leading the development and implementation of organizational safeguarding policies and procedures, in an international development context
• Experience supporting country officers/partners in low and middle-income countries to implement safeguarding measures
• Proven experience in successfully leading a small team, and influencing effectively across other teams (including influencing senior staff/forums)
• Preferably, the experience of women or girl-centered programming
• Preferably, lived or professional experience in low or middle-income contexts

Application Deadline: 10th February 2022.