Save the Children Job Circular 2024
Senior
Manager - Safeguarding
Application Deadline: 17
Feb 2024
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Vacancy:
1
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Location:
Dhaka
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Salary:
Negotiable
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Experience:
At least 7 years
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Published:
8 Feb 2024
Requirements
Education
Master’s
Degree in any subjects preferably in Social Science/Psychology
/English/Business studies.
Experience
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At
least 7 years
Additional
Requirements
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At
least 7 years of experience, particularly in the area of staff and child
safeguarding / HR preferably in reputed INGOs and development agencies
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The
person should also have worked in a managerial capacity / supervisory role for
at least 3 years.
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Experience
in training and partners’ capacity building.
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Demonstrated
ability to safeguard children
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Master’s
Degree, preferably in PR/Communications/Media or related field.
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Must
be able to understand and demonstrate Save the Children’s vision, mission and
values and of the Child and staff safeguarding policy.
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Must
be able to work with community people, volunteers, partner organization staff
and local child safeguarding support systems in a culture-sensitive way.
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A
Flexible approach to work with a willingness to assist with the provision of
Child Safeguarding policy when there are staff and technical capacity
shortfalls.
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Excellent
in report writing
Responsibilities
& Context
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Save
the Children invites applications for the above-mentioned position. We are
committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual
orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, age, or
beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better
represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups
to apply.
The
Opportunity
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Child
and Adult (staff/ adult beneficiaries) safeguarding is a business-critical
issue for Save the Children. As such SC has made different policies to ensure
safeguarding of all. SC’s mission and the people it serves are of paramount
importance and the representatives of the organization must have a safe working
environment to effectively function. It is mandatory and implies to all of its
representatives, including the partners and volunteers. Following the global
standard, in order to make sure that we, including our other representatives,
“Do No Harm” to children, adult beneficiaries and staffs. However, given the
huge operational activities and geographical coverage, it is a necessity for a
dedicated staff for the Country Office to ensure that the system is followed
everywhere in a consistent manner and any violations and concerns are managed
on time and as per SCI policies and procedures.
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Working
with the key stakeholders, the Safeguarding Lead is expected to play a key role
in facilitating the development and implementation of an all-inclusive
Safeguarding framework for Save the Children in Bangladesh, including the large
operation is running in Cox’s Bazar. The position holder will act as the
Country office Focal person for Child Safeguarding and Adult Safeguarding for
Bangladesh Country Office to maintain the safeguarding framework (Awareness, Prevention,
Reporting and Responding). S/he will map out the child and adult safeguarding
infrastructure to understand the local/country context and identify
location-based entities that can provide support/ referrals in the case of an
incident. S/he will develop strategy with an emphasis on setting boundaries in
relation to SCI direct and indirect responsibilities towards staff, partners,
any other representative, communities, external parties; considering local
customs and practices. S/he will undertake Safeguarding investigations,
sometimes in challenging environments and to rigorous timescales and standards,
in coordination with the HR Director and the International Child Safeguarding
Director/Regional HR Director –Asia. S/he will work actively with partnership
team to build the capacity of partners’ staff on Child and Adult safeguarding.
S/he will also manage the safeguarding reporting management system (DATIX) for
documentation and closure of the cases.
Employment
Status: Full Time
Job
Location: Dhaka
Apply
Procedure: Hard Copy
Please
apply using a cover letter and an up-to-date CV as a single document. Please
also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations
For
a detailed job description and to apply online, please visit:
https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/6055
Only
short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview
`Save
the Children promotes diversity in its workforce.`
We
need to keep children safe, so our selection process 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.
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