Sightsavers recrute 01 Safeguarding Advisor
Overview
Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities. We are looking for an experienced Safeguarding Advisor to provide informed and proactive support to the wider Safeguarding team.
Title: Safeguarding Advisor
Location: Liberia, Nigeria (Abuja), Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire
Contract: Two Year Fixed Term Contract – Renewable
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
Responsibilities
The Safeguarding Advisor position is vital to effective safeguarding at Sightsavers, as the demands on safeguarding as a function continue to grow. Key duties will involve:
- designing safeguarding elements for bids and identifying safeguarding risks
- acting as the safeguarding lead on new consortiums and projects where Sightsavers acts as the lead
- creating and facilitating safeguarding training
- capacity building on safeguarding
- identifying safeguarding risks
This is an involved role so please read the full job description for further details.
Skills and Experience
We are looking for an individual who is
- experienced working in an international development or humanitarian setting, particularly in Africa.
- experienced in running training and an understanding of the increased risks faced by children and adults with disabilities
- experienced in safeguarding investigation or investigation management
- able to bring a contextual understanding of working on safeguarding and child protection in Africa and provide
- support to our Designated Safeguarding Leads in Africa
- fluent in English and able to deliver effective training
- able to help design and run safeguarding training and action plans with our partners.
- able to travel internationally for a few short trips per year
Benefits
Sightsavers offers a supportive and inclusive work environment. Specific benefits and local terms and conditions apply to each location and these will be shared in advance of interviews.
Next Steps
We anticipate that remote panel first interviews will take place on Monday 5 February and the assessment process will include a presentation related to the job role. Second interviews will take place in person in the relevant Sightsavers Country Office location. Due to project deadlines, we are keen to fill this role as quickly as possible so applications will be considered as soon as they are received.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Sightsavers does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
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