Job Description

Career with BRAC Sierra Leone

With over 100,000 employees reaching an estimated 135 million people, BRAC is the world’s largest non-governmental organization.

BRAC is a development success story, spreading anti poverty solutions born in Bangladesh to 9 other developing countries in Asia and Africa, making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.

With a holistic approach that uses a wide array of tools including microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services and more, BRAC invests in communities’ own human and material resources, catalysing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. Of the world’s top development and humanitarian relief organizations, BRAC is one of the few based in the global South. BRAC International is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill up the following position:

Position:  Manager, Safeguarding 

Duty Station: Country Office (with occasional visits to provincial field offices)

Purpose:

The position holder will lead BRAC Sierra Leone’s safeguarding team and uphold our responsibilities to the vulnerable adults and children participating in our programmes, create a safe working environment for our staff and associated personnel, and help to ensure all those involved in our work uphold the highest ethical standards and are safeguarded against any form of harassment, exploitation and abuse.

This role will lead safeguarding activities for all programmes in the country, with a key focus on the Accelerating Impact for Young Women in Africa (AIM) project. Responsibilities include: implement the Safeguarding and sub-set of policies and procedures across the organisation; act as the reporting avenue for safeguarding concerns/violations; lead the process of ensuring safeguarding risk management is done and safeguarding indicators are mainstreamed in the programme design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and partnerships; lead the case management process ensuring timely reporting of incidents to donors, BI Head Office and BI affiliates, ensure confidential investigations are done in a timely fashion following a risk assessment of cases, ensure disciplinary actions are implemented and documented by HR, provide survivor support, and lead the mapping of referral services in the country for all programmes, prioritizing the AIM project.

The incumbent shall represent BRAC Sierra Leone in Safeguarding networks within Sierra Leone and other relevant external forums, conduct needs assessment and training for country office capacity development and prepare high-quality communications and reports for various mediums such as the organisational Annual Report, reports for the AIM project, and others as needed.

Major Responsibility

• Lead the implementation of the 06 Safeguarding and sub-set of policies by training the country leads of programmes/departments, AIM project leads and build up a pool of trainers to ensure 100% staff, partners, volunteers, consultants and service providers receive training and refreshers on the safeguarding policies, prioritizing AIM project staff and partners;
• Ensure the country management and programme leads champion safeguarding;
• Act as the primary reporting avenue for safeguarding related concerns/violations and be the key resource for survivors, ensuring their safety, security and providing survivor support services in line with a survivor-centered approach;
• Conduct safeguarding risk assessment and integrate safeguarding measures in programmes; and operations with support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding units;
• Lead case management of safeguarding violations ensuring that BRAC Sierra Leone meets its donor obligations to report safeguarding violations without delay;
• Develop capacity of staff to conduct sensitive investigations and produce high quality investigation reports, maintaining confidential investigation case files;
• Ensure organizational reporting and response mechanisms are functional, practical and community-friendly;
• Lead the process of identifying, mapping and regularly updating local support services available to survivors across the country in all the regions where programmes operate, prioritizing the AIM project;
• Maintain the online safeguarding case management system, reviewing incidents submitted and ensure timely follow-up actions;
• Lead the annual safeguarding budgeting process for BRAC Sierra Leone, monitoring expenditure and follow up actions with support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding units;
• Prepare quarterly reports of reported cases for reporting to BI management;
• Review monitoring and audit review findings and address gap areas;
• Create impactful presentations for senior management on reported cases and trend analysis;
• Participate in program design meetings and kick-off workshops to facilitate inclusion of risks, planning and strategy with regard to safeguarding;
• Represent BRAC Sierra Leone at external meetings (i.e., Safeguarding cluster/network groups)

Supervise the officers/interns who will be working in the Safeguarding unit, providing them effective supervision and mentoring so that they have a positive learning experience.

KPIs

• Authentic data and information
• Capture and document the best practices of BRAC Sierra Leone
• Systematic coordination among multiple stakeholders across programmes
• Effective communication, networking and alliance building
• Timely support to country in need

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies

• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills with regards to safeguarding
• Experience of implementing safeguarding policies and practices
• Ability to build trust among stakeholders to report safeguarding violations
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity
• Knowledge of international standards of safeguarding and ability to implement best practices
• Experience of conducting complex and sensitive safeguarding investigations and preparing investigation reports and guiding other teams to do so
• Ability to work strategically and practically with multiple stakeholders
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills
• Experience of designing and delivering training and capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences
• Clear communication and public speaking skills
• Capable of working both individually and as part of a team
• Excellent relationship management skills and ability to communicate in all forms (written, verbal, negotiation, presentation skills)
• Ability to prioritize and deal with competing demands to deliver results
• Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Development Studies, International Development, Anthropology, Economics or any relevant discipline
• Certification in Safeguarding Case Management or Investigation Skills training on Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH) preferrable but not essential

Experience (Including sector/industry):

• At least 7 years of experience in the development or humanitarian sector
• At least 3 years of experience working in the areas of safeguarding, protection, gender or GBV in any reputed organization

If you feel you are the right match for the above mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to send a letter of interest indicating the title of position applied for in Subject field with an updated CV recruitment.sierraleone@brac.net OR by hand to our Head Office 43 Freetown Road, Lumley.

Only complete applications will be accepted and short listed candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 23rd February 2022

Women are strongly encouraged to apply

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