Safe Guarding Officer
The Position:
Reporting to the Head
of Finance and Administration the Safeguarding Officer will provide a
high-quality, responsive service to project participants faced with welfare
and safeguarding issues, in accordance with statutory responsibilities,
and make referrals to appropriate agencies when required. The role holder will
be the first point of contact to provide an advisory service for staff when
dealing with safeguarding issues.
The role is a fixed term contract
as per the project life cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure
compliance with the safeguarding policy and standard operating procedures
(SOPs) for handling safeguarding cases and related issues within the
Project.
- Coordinate
KCBF-YAW processes and approaches to prevent and address safeguarding
incidences.
- Provide
safeguarding training and awareness to all Project staff, project
participants, and the KCB Foundation Board.
- Maintain
accurate, confidential, and up-to-date documentation on all cases of
safeguarding and report where required.
- Respond
appropriately to disclosures or concerns which relate to the safety and
well-being of the project participants as per set guidelines.
- To
provide information and advice on the well-being and protection of project
participants within the project
- To
be the first point of contact to receive information from anyone who has
concerns relating to the welfare of project participants and to record and
report appropriately.
- To
clarify information received, ensuring that this is referred on promptly
to the Safeguarding Committee to enable an assessment to be undertaken,
and advice offered.
- Implement
the safeguarding framework for project participants that includes
Prevention (training, communication, beneficiary screening process, and
risk evaluation); Support and Care (Coordinating resources to support and
care for the project participants), and Response (strengthening and
harmonizing current policies and procedures to be aligned to KCBF and MCF).
- Enforcing
operationalization of youth protection guidelines across all Project
implementing partners as contemplated in the sub-award agreements.
- Coordinate
remedial interventions on all safeguarding allegations with relevant
support systems (investigators, clinical experts, etc).
- Monitor
implementation of mechanisms to support people living with disability
(PLWDs) within the YAW Project and other KCBF projects; Enforce compliance
to diversity and inclusion requirements for the Project.
The Person
For the above position,
the successful applicant should have the following:
- A
Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, or any other related field, gained from a
recognized institution.
- A
recognized professional qualification in Child Protection, GBV, social
work, youth work, and community work.
- A
minimum of 4 years’ experience in Welfare and safeguarding, with at least,
4 years’ experience in Risk Management, Wellness, Health, and Safety and 3
years’ experience in Project Management.
- Relationship
management skills.
- Knowledge
of International Safeguarding Standards.
- Knowledge
of Safeguarding Legislation.
- Data
and Records Management.
- Attention
to Detail.
- Computer
Literacy.
How to Apply
The above position is
demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration
package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate
your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our
Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.
Deadline :2023-01-12
00:00:00
Qualified candidates with
disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.