Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Focal Person at The Today for Tomorrow Initiative (TFT)

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Safeguarding Integration: Mainstream PSEA, safeguarding, and survivor-centered frameworks across all project operational activities and community interventions.
• Capacity Building & Training: Conduct mandatory PSEA orientations and continuous training for project staff, partner staff, health workers, and Community Referral Champions (CRCs) on ethical conduct, non-discrimination, and the organizational Code of Conduct.
• Reporting Pathway Establishment: Establish, promote, and maintain safe, accessible, confidential, and culturally appropriate complaint and feedback mechanisms (CFMs) for community beneficiaries and survivors across all five LGAs.
• Case  Management & Referral Oversight: Facilitate immediate, confidential, and survivor-centered referral protocols for handling received SGBV or safeguarding allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Consent & Confidentiality Enforcement: Monitor field activities to guarantee that informed consent protocols, privacy standards, and data confidentiality principles are upheld during service referrals and outreach.
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Conduct continuous safeguarding risk assessments within target communities to identify potential exposure points for exploitation or abuse and implement protective measures.
• Safeguarding Compliance & Reporting: Serve as the primary liaison for safeguarding compliance, maintain secure documentation on PSEA indicators, and submit monthly oversight reports to project management.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Human Rights, International Development, Gender Studies, Public Health, or Law.
• Work Experience: Minimum of 3 years of specialized experience in safeguarding, PSEA, protection, or survivor-centered SGBV programming in conflict or post-conflict settings.
• Safeguarding Expertise: In-depth technical knowledge of international safeguarding standards, do-no-harm principles, informed consent protocols, and survivor-centered approaches.
• Reporting Mechanisms: Proven experience in establishing and managing community-based Complaint and Feedback Mechanisms (CFMs) and confidential case referral pathways.
• Capacity Building: Experience in facilitating safeguarding training and Code of Conduct orientations for staff, community workers, and partner organizations.
• Key Skills: Exceptional empathy, active listening, discretion, and strict commitment to confidentiality; fluency in English and relevant local languages spoken across the target LGAs in Adamawa State.