Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 18 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About the role
• The International remit of this role focuses on building global capacity to respond to safeguarding issues and incidents, rolling out best practice, sharing learning across Hubs, delivering training and supporting working groups to respond to incidents and mitigate risks. You will act as the lead contact for safeguarding and security queries across the agency and will regularly review our safeguarding policy and practices to ensure they are fit for purpose. This role will ensure safeguarding and incident management is deeply embedded in the work we do internally, and externally in the communities we work alongside.
• You will be part of a new project in Zambia, which will focus on implementing a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Project in Chadiza, Kasenengwa, and Mambwe in Eastern province. The Project Targets to put out of school adolescent girls’ needs and rights at the centre of all project activities. This target group has been selected because they are consistently left out of traditional adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) programming, are difficult to reach, and often have the greatest need.
• Your involvement in this project will ensure Restless Development embeds a safeguarding culture throughout project delivery, building capacity to respond to incidents and ensuring the safety of staff, volunteers and community members is prioritised. In addition you will focus on building capacity to respond to safeguarding issues and incidents, rolling out best practice, sharing learning, delivering training and supporting working groups to respond to incidents and mitigate risks. If you are a dynamic, inspired and innovative individual with a background in safeguarding/safety we encourage you to apply for the role of Safeguarding and Safety Manager.

Skills and experience:
Essential
• Commitment to Restless Development’s values and mission.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and ability to apply/adapt this in different settings.
• Experience of writing, delivering and overseeing safeguarding training.
• Ability to review and develop policies and procedures to ensure best practice in this area is embedded.
• The ability to be able to respond calmly and logically to challenging situations
• Strong communicator who can influence and challenge colleagues to consider new ways of working.
Desirable
• Relevant experience in supporting safeguarding in a similar position ideally in an International Development setting.
• Understanding of risk and how to respond and mitigate it in local and international settings.
• Understanding of how to manage the safety of people working in diverse and often rural communities.
• Experience of volunteer management
• Proven track record of working collaboratively with different teams on complex matters.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

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• Restless Development is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Restless Development will ensure that no applicant or staff member receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, marital status, social status, caste, race, ethnic origin, religious belief, age, HIV status, disability, or any other factor that cannot be shown to be relevant to performance
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