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Vacancy Announcement
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Job title: | National Safeguarding Officer |
Work Location: | Kailahun, with oversight to other operational sites |
Department: | Human Resources Department |
Reports to: | National Safeguarding Manager |
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Line Management: | No |
Application Status: | External Advert |
Organisation Profile | |
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
Our Work In Sierra Leone: Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals. |
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Position Overview | |
A safeguarding officer is the designated person within PIH with primary responsibility for managing and reporting concerns about staff, partners and beneficiaries including contractors, community members and for putting into place procedures to safeguard adult, young people and children in the organization.
The Safeguarding Officer will work closely with the safeguarding Manager and HR Team, supporting the effective operation of the safeguarding services on a day to day basis in PIH and will work to create and promote a safe and healthy working environment and culture that prevents and condemns sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment, bully and addresses the misuse of power in all its forms within or outside the organization. S/he will report to the National Safeguarding Manager and work closely with the HR Team in Kono.
He/she will be the first point of contact for staff members for all Safeguarding concerns in Kono and other project location. He/she will be supported by and accountable to the National safeguarding manager in leading and managing safeguarding practice within the organization and ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all staff, partners, beneficiaries including contractors and community members. He/she will coordinate referrals of safe guarding concern to the safe guarding manager and HR Director, attending coordination meetings, developing reports for relevant meetings and keeping careful records of actions.
He/she will work with the Safeguarding manager in developing and delivering training to staff, partners and beneficiaries including contractors and community members and updating relevant policies, procedures and guidance where necessary. |
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities: | |
The Safeguarding Officer, reporting to the Safeguarding Manager, is responsible for the implementation of safeguarding activities; safeguarding risk management; and promoting safe practice in line with PIH Safeguarding Policy and recommendations. The position liaises with the Safeguarding Manager and relevant partner organizations including beneficiaries and community member to provide them with required resources, capacity building support and training. This position will be based in Kono.
The role and responsibilities of the Safeguarding Officer are detailed below:
Support the Safeguarding Manager in implementation of PIH’s PSEAH policy standards and code conduct:
Training, coordination and management
Project Management
Risk Management
Implement survivor centered support services including strengthening referral networks
Note: Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time.The need for flexibility is required and the job holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
These duties may be amended from time to time by the line manager in consultation with the post holder. |
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Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment | |
At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. | |
Education and Work Experience Requirements | |
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic team member with a minimum 3 years’ experience of working on Safeguarding/Child Protection. Strong demonstrable experience working to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse as well as identifying and mitigating risks.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Social Science / Gender and Development/ Law /Sociology/community Psychology or equivalent degree in other relevant fields with relevant skill and proven expertise in Safeguarding/Child Protection in recent roles in development sector. • Good computer and Microsoft skills • Technical Competencies/Skills and Knowledge • The ability to maintain strict confidentiality of highly sensitive information. • Demonstrable experience in safeguarding/Child Protection and Gender • Demonstrable interest in working to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse • Demonstrable interest in working with young people and communities. • Ability to work with conflict and emotionally distressing matters • Proven track record or working with complex issues of a difficult and sensitive nature • Ability to deliver core training through different levels within and outside the organization • Show a commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices. • Ensure that all information is secured, used and maintained in line with internal and external standards including ensuring that confidential information is processed in line with the HR policy. • Excellent administrative and organizational skills • Ability to meet all deadlines • Excellent communication, negotiating, mediating and interpersonal skills, in particular, an ability to relate well to young people, parents/careers, colleagues and professionals • Ability to work in a crisis situation • A practical understanding of safeguarding and how to create safe environments • Experience working in an international development setting and an understanding of the safeguarding risks faced by our project participants and partners (desirable, not essential) Behavioral Competencies • Demonstrable interest and commitment in working to prevent SEAH and in working with survivors of safeguarding incidents. • Empathy for the challenges survivors face in reporting and the pressures an investigation places on all stakeholders, including the alleged perpetrator and management. • The ability to demonstrate integrity throughout the decision making process. • The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships and to work in an inclusive and collaborative manner with internal and external stakeholders. • Exemplary interpersonal relationship skills; ability to collaborate with a staff of diverse backgrounds and cultures • Strong interest for social justice. • Willingness to live in a rural area and travel within the District regularly
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Social Justice | |
We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all. | |
Method of application | |
Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment. In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees. This position will be running until a suitable candidate is identified. |
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