Safeguarding Assistant - PLANE at Save The Children

Ref No: 220004H7
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Team / Programme: PLANE
Reports to: Program Manager
Staff reporting to this post: None.
Matrix Report: Safeguarding Coordinator
Grade: 5
Post Type: Development

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Role Purpose

• The overall aim of the role is to support the country programme (humanitarian and development) in promoting and building a ‘Safe Organisation’ and zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of child and adult beneficiaries through awareness raising and beneficiary sensitisation focusing on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) by staff and representatives as well as facilitating confidential reporting of safeguarding and PSEA concerns/incidents through appropriate channels.

Scope of Role

• Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all children, who have contact with the organisation, are safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from child abuse and sexual exploitation.
• This commitment is implemented through the organisation’s Safeguarding Framework which incorporates the Child Safeguarding Policy; Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) Policy; Anti-Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Policy; and SCI Code of Conduct.
• It applies equally to all beneficiaries irrespective of their age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, marital status or religion; and is achieved through ensuring that all staff, partners and other representatives are aware of the problem of child abuse and sexual exploitation, the risks to children and their responsibility to ensure children are not harmed or put at risk during programme implementation activities.

Key Areas of Accountability:

• Coordinate safeguarding capacity building and mobilize project staff, partners, volunteers and other stakeholders to undergo annual training in Safeguarding and PSEA through formal and informal refresher sessions, discussion of case studies, quizzes etc.
• Develop and prepare materials for all Safeguarding related trainings
• Assist in organizing and facilitation safeguarding induction for newly recruited project staff, volunteers, beneficiaries, stakeholders and partners.
• Conduct safeguarding risk assessment of all sectors, projects and partners in collaboration with respective leads and Safeguarding Focal Points in the humanitarian response.
• Compile partners’ activity documents, analyze partners risk assessment result and support on identified gap.
• Conduct safeguarding proposal risk assessment, design mitigation plan and draft SG financial activity plan.
• Compile monthly safeguarding training data/activity report with coordination of focal points and forward to the Country Office.
• Assist sectors on reviewing of proposals on safeguarding lenses for to ensure safe program is implemented and coordinate with the MEAL area (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning), the evaluation processes for the compliance of indicators of safe programming.
• Ensures staff are trained in the use of DATIX and support CS investigation processes as necessary.
• Organize learning forum on safeguarding practices at different level – schools and CFS, TLS etc.
• Provide technical guidance on safeguarding to partners, volunteers, SCI representatives and other key stakeholders including consultants.
• Maintain clear records of number of staff, partners, volunteers, contractors, vendors, consultants and other parties trained in safeguarding

Experience and Skills
Administrative & General Skills:
Essential:

• Graduate or Master's Degree in Gender, Child Protection, Human Rights, Humanitarian Action, Anthropology, Development, Conflict or any related Degree
• Substantial experience of safeguarding, child protection, PSEA, SGBV or MEAL issues and practice, within humanitarian or insecure settings, including leading or participating in investigations.
• Direct or indirect experience of child protection practice, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
• Knowledge of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Nigeria Child Rights Acts, VAPP Act, child protection and GBV policies and practice as well as current issues in relation to safeguarding of beneficiaries in the Nigeria context.
• Good data management, data analysis, computer literacy and excellent documentation and report writing skills in English are a must.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information as well as facilitate training to a wide and diverse audience.

Desirable:

• Ability to foster and maintain strategic alliances across multiple stakeholders;
• Willingness to travel to and work in hard-to-reach areas; Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Experience of assisting in the development of local procedures, SOPs, manuals and guidance on safeguarding, PSEA and Safe Programming.
• Experience on facilitation and coordination of training and workshop.
• Experience in conducting assessment, monitoring and report writing.
• Practical experience in the participation of children on the intervention of program activities.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Pidgin.

Skills and Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Competencies and Values:

• Respect, integrity, diversity, commitment to excellence, adaptability, able to perform under stress, innovation, building relationships, communicating effectively, coaching and mentoring, facilitating change, developing teams, initiating action, strategic decision making, planning and organizing, leading through vision and mission and a personal commitment to children’s development and protection.

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.