Regional Technical Officer – Child Safeguarding

RESPONSIBILITIES

Child Safeguarding Systems and Processes

• • Maintains up-to-date standard operating procedures to implement the CSPP, including compliance with needed standard operating procedures at each agency level.
  • Ensures that the CSPP are full implemented at agency levels.

Case Management

• • Engages with particularly complex or sensitive cases from his/her assigned region as needed to support the agencies.

Support and Capacity Building

• • Supports Child Safeguarding Officers at the agency level through capacity-building. consultation, debriefs and dissemination of best practices.
  • Provides appropriate training on the CSPP needed by internal stakeholders.
  • Provides onboarding training on the CSPP to all Child Safeguarding Officers, as well as other forms of technical training to carry out their roles.
  • Facilitates community of practice for Child Safeguarding Officers in the region.
  • Support ongoing identification of local services and programs and establish referral pathway to mitigate risk, respond to child safeguarding concerns, fill gaps, and strengthen capacity.

Reporting and Assessment

• • Monitor, analyze and follow-up on incident reporting tracker and train staff on incident report writing.
  • Establish clear recommendations related to reported child safeguarding concerns and oversee development of a time-bound plan of action and lines of accountability.
  • Oversee assessment of child protection risks and gaps in services observed through reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Three to five years of experience in child safeguarding, preferably overseeing multiple locations.
• Bachelor’s Degree in the social sciences, preferably in Social Work, Psychology, or related field.
• Languages: Must be fluent in spoken and written English and Spanish.
• Knowledge and understanding of child safeguarding systems and practices, and the ability to identify needed changes and improvements.
• Proven documentation skills that reflect an ability to convey events with accuracy, sufficient detail, timeliness, and objectivity.
• Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate incidents and provide constructive advice and guidance, while maintaining confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally, with a proven ability and willingness to use assertiveness with staff across various levels of authority in interest of keeping children safe.
• Proven experience with staff presentations and facilitating training and working sessions.
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Strictly observe confidentiality and strong ethics with respect to all beneficiary information/financial and other organizational data.
• Comply with and ensure adherence to the agency’s policies, safety and security protocols and child safeguarding norms and guidelines by self as well all stakeholders both internal and external.
• Promote diversity and inclusion, value other cultures, and demonstrate respect while relating with all organizational constituents irrespective of their race, color, faiths, gender, sexual orientation, age, caste, disabilities, experiences, beliefs, and ethnicity.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.