Save the Children Global Safeguarding Director Jobs in Kenya
Role Purpose:
Save the Children has agreed an ambitious new strategy for 2022-24, which requires us to work in some of the world’s toughest and most complex operating environments.
Safeguarding is a cornerstone of our work, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that we do no harm to the marginalized children and communities that we serve. This responsibility lies with all of SCI’s 17,000 employees, our volunteers, and our 1000+ partnership organisations.
We are looking for our next Global Safeguarding Director – a strategic and operational leader specializing in safeguarding awareness, prevention, reporting and response. The ideal candidate will be accountable for implementing the 2022-24 Safeguarding Strategy and formulating a robust onward strategy to prevent and mitigate safeguarding risk within SCI and its programmes (direct and indirect implementation).
The Global Safeguarding Director will be responsible for cultivating a robust safeguarding culture and establishing effective prevention and response protocols to address safeguarding across SCI, and indirectly across the Save the Children movement. The role holder will provide vital support to Save the Children International’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Trustees, and Member organizations.
The role will ensure high quality delivery and efficient operation of the Global Safeguarding team, through strong leadership and management of nine staff (five Regional Safeguarding Directors plus four technical experts in HQ Safeguarding roles); in addition to providing strategic, technical, and pastoral support to a wider network of Regional Safeguarding Specialists and in-country safeguarding staff.
The role holder will also work closely cross-functionally to activate and embed safeguarding across the whole organisation and align and collaborate across incident reporting functions including counter-fraud and safety and security.
The role holder will require expert stakeholder engagement skills, including elements of high-level advocacy and influencing. The position will also require agile and inspirational leadership, especially amidst complexity and crisis, in order to manage day to day safeguarding risk, maintain compliance and accountability to communities and key stakeholders, and continue to grow the safeguarding capacity within SCI and its partners.
Experience and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Substantial experience of successfully leading global initiatives on Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Child Safeguarding, PSEA, Human Rights or similar at a senior level
How to Apply
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