Want to use your skills in safeguarding to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?
Join WaterAid as a Global Safeguarding Officer to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you’ll be joining a 2018 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.
As a Global Safeguarding Officer, you will help to ensure our high safeguarding standards are maintained across the WaterAid and actively respond to safeguarding queries and cases providing advice and guidance across the federation and country programmes.
Full time (35hrs) permanent position, based in London, with international travel required and on call responsibilities.
In this role, you will provide safeguarding advice and guidance to federation and country programme staff in the form of case management as well as working to ensure safeguarding visibility across the federation and its associated activities.
You’ll also:
- Plan and conduct safeguarding investigations as a trained investigator
- Maintain case management systems and case files to a high standard
- Assist in building capacity at a partner level, including training, creation of safeguarding resources, and assist with safer programming.
- Continue to build and maintain the Safeguarding Focal Point global network.
- Maintain, update and deliver safeguarding training packages.
- Monitor compliance with global safeguarding and child protection standards in relation to core performance indicators.
- Provide general safeguarding administration tasks and support to the Global Safeguarding Manager.
Person Specification
WaterAid are looking for a dynamic and confident individual who has significant safeguarding experience in either the national or international sector, who can work in fast paced, often complex situations. Experience of working with vulnerable groups would be an advantage.
To be successful, you’ll need:
- Proven track record of working in a safeguarding environment with significant case management experience.
- An undergraduate degree in a relevant subject area such as psychology, social care, crime and policing or equivalent work experience.
- Significant experience in conducting safeguarding investigations and risk-based interviewing.
- Knowledge of both UK and globally relevant safeguarding legislation and guidance.Be able to demonstrate core facilitation and training skills.
- Able to work collaboratively and practically across multi-cultural teams.
- Ability to influence others and make risk-based judgements in complex situations.
To see the full job pack, please see the WaterAid website, here.
Applications will close one minute before midnight on 15 March 2020. Availability for stage one interview is required 26 March 2020. Please note that applicants who progress to stage two will be required to complete a psychological assessment.
Salary £36,000 – £38,000 with excellent benefits
WaterAid benefits include:
- 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working up to 2 days a week
- Season Ticket LoanFree annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
WaterAid is currently located at Durham Street, Vauxhall. However, we will be leaving our current location in the summer of 2020 (likely to be June/July 2020) and moving to 20 Canada Square, Canary Wharf. Therefore the London Office location and contract base, if you are successfully offered the role, will change. This will be discussed at the interview stage with you.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely serious. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.
WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.
