Safeguarding Coordinator at World Vision

Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Oct, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Child Protection, Safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, Policy Implementation, Training Development, Incident Management, Collaboration, Communication, Relationship Building, Capacity Building, Cultural Sensitivity, Investigation, Advocacy, Leadership, Networking

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership in Safeguarding Actively build a culture of safeguarding, where staff are informed and empowered to discuss key issues, report, and take action on safeguarding violations, making World Vision a safe place for all Lead thinking on safeguarding risks and protection issues across the programme, including appropriate prevention, programming, and response methodology Ensure safeguarding is properly resourced across the office and programme; advocate to Senior Leadership Team for increased resources as needed Be able to present to the Senior Leadership Team on safeguarding compliance gaps, incident trends, and emerging risk Influence, network and collaborate with national level government, NGOs, donor agencies, UN Agencies, Clusters, Working Groups, and other safeguarding peers Advise programme/project designs, including grants, on matters related to safeguarding Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy Implementation Develop a contextualized Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy that meets or exceeds the WVI Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy, which is culturally sensitive and legally sound Promote and roll out the Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy to all staff and affiliates, including the obligation for all WV staff to immediately report known or suspected child or adult beneficiary safeguarding violations within 24 hours for a Level 2 or Level 3 incident Guide development of safeguarding incident preparedness plans (SIPPs), including referral plans for child and adult victims of sexual and other abuse, and plans to report incidents to local police and other duty bearers or regulators Advise P&C, Communications, Sponsorship, Marketing, Procurement, Integrated Programming, and other relevant teams on their safeguarding responsibilities in alignment with the Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy (ie. Criminal background checks, visitor preparations, prevention of harm in communications, minimum requirements for contractors, complaints mechanisms, reviewing correspondence, etc.) If your office has an exemption to police background checks, ensure it is up-to-date Complete the annual safeguarding self-assessment (i.e. Safeguarding Update Report) by leading a working group to generate responses and updating leadership on a regular basis Develop a safeguarding action plan in collaboration with your working group, based on results and feedback from the Safeguarding Update Report process, in order to continually improve your safeguarding system; hold staff accountable to completing the action plan with regular check-in’s during the year Safeguarding Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Lead, develop, and coordinate a safeguarding capacity building strategy for WV staff and affiliates Develop and coordinate a one-time training for all staff, child monitors, interns, volunteers, and Board/Advisory Council members on the new Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy (if partners are using WV’s new safeguarding policy, they need to receive this training as well) Update child protection orientation materials (used for the purpose of making WV a Child-Safe Organization) to reflect the new Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy (i.e. Safeguarding orientation materials) Ensure all new staff, child monitors, interns, volunteers, and Board/Advisory Council members receive safeguarding orientation upon hire (ensure all new partner employees and volunteers receive safeguarding orientation upon hire – either on WV’s safeguarding policy or their own) Equip and ensure P&C, Sponsorship, Communications/Marketing, Procurement, and Child Protection departments have in-depth safeguarding training/courses/coaching for their staff that targets their specific safeguarding responsibilities (in addition to safeguarding orientation, e.g. Communications – consent and photo gathering requirements) Ensure all staff, child monitors, and volunteers are receiving refresher training in safeguarding at least once every two years Update/develop training for contractors, and visitors on WV’s Safeguarding Behaviour Protocols Ensure contractors and visitors are aware of, acknowledge in writing and adhere to WV’s Safeguarding Behaviour Protocols Ensure partners are safe for children and adult beneficiaries by using the Safeguarding Unit’s Partner Assessment Tool to assess and strengthen a partner’s safeguarding systems Ensure WV staff are aware of and trained on the local Child Protection/Safeguarding Incident Preparedness Plan Oversee the development and roll-out of child-friendly, parent-friendly, and adult-beneficiary-accessible materials for staff and communities to use to be informed and empowered on safeguarding issues, including WV’s Safeguarding Behaviour Protocols (ie. Poster or leaflets on behaviour protocols) Jointly with MEAL team/s, ensure that accessible complaints and response mechanisms are in all communities where WV works, in line with the Programme Accountability Framework (PAF), which aim to help children and adults report harm, abuse, exploitation or other breaches of Behaviour Protocols by WV staff, volunteers, visitors, consultants or WV affiliates. Safeguarding Incident Management Create (with SLT approval) and lead Safeguarding Incident Management Team Coordinate and support response to Level 1 child protection community-level incidents according to local Child Protection/Safeguarding Incident Preparedness Plan Manage the response of Level 2 and Level 3 safeguarding incidents including investigations and reports, with accountability to the Global Centre’s WVI Integrated Safeguarding Unit, according to global protocols and local Child Protection/Safeguarding Incident Preparedness Plan with support from Regional Safeguarding Focal Point Coordinate agreed incident response actions including safeguarding investigations with support from P&C, Security, Communications, Legal, Regional Safeguarding Focal Point, and the Global Centre’s WVI Integrated Safeguarding Unit Provide safeguarding incident updates, reports, and documentation on Ethics Point within deadlines (target

Responsibilities

The Safeguarding Coordinator will lead the strategic implementation of safeguarding policies and practices, ensuring a culture of safeguarding within the organization. They will also manage incident responses and collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance safeguarding measures.