Safeguarding Lead – Safeguarding Unit (f/x/m)

The Safeguarding Lead provides expertise, strategic leadership and direction for the continuous development of MSF OCB's safeguarding strategy, policy and culture. The role is responsible for implementing safeguarding strategy, ensuring coordination and oversight of safeguarding efforts across MSF OCB global programmes, and representing MSF externally on safeguarding matters.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and oversee the delivery of the OCB Safeguarding Strategy ensuring it is enhanced, developed, maintained and monitored
• Provide strategic vision to drive systematic integration of safeguarding into all OCB work
• Act as strategic lead for all safeguarding constituents in OCB operations, emphasizing prevention
• Build a culture embodying consistent tone, energy and language on safeguarding
• Drive integration of safeguarding roles and responsibilities throughout OCB with departments and Executive Leadership Team
• Ensure safeguarding standards are maintained across all parts of OCB
• Ensure robust and effective case management process and enhance case management system
• Promote and embed safeguarding policies and procedures across the movement
• Oversee Case Management and Reporting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Enhance and maintain safeguarding standards and Operating Procedures considering learning and necessary changes
• Participate in stakeholder engagement and international sector platforms on safeguarding
• Strengthen safeguarding voice within program design, risk assessment, mitigation and safe programming
• Ensure integration of safe programming and safeguarding risk management throughout project cycle
• Lead coordination of safeguarding positioning and external engagement within the sector
• Represent OCB externally on safeguarding debates
• Engage with IPOB members and Safeguarding network colleagues
• Lead, support and develop the OCB Safeguarding Team
• Manage safeguarding team and unit budget
• Work with HR Director to ensure compliance with safeguarding policies including safe recruitment
• Monitor activity to ensure adequate resources for Safeguarding Unit

Requirements

• Relevant qualification in safeguarding, law, ethics, social work, gender-based violence or a related field, and/or at least five (5) years' experience preventing, detecting and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and other forms of misconduct
• Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH) investigation qualification (e.g. CHS Tier 3, CFE, CFF, CPA, CCEP or equivalent recognised certification)
• Minimum five (5) years' experience in a strategic role within a complex organisation
• Minimum five (5) years' experience working within an international NGO, UN agency or comparable international environment
• Experience leading or conducting safeguarding investigations and managing highly sensitive and confidential matters
• Experience working in multicultural and transversal environments and building trust across all organisational levels
• Experience leading and developing multicultural teams
• Critical thinking, analytical and decision-making skills for the protection of vulnerable people
• People management, team leadership and influencing skills in complex organisational cultures
• Strong cross-cultural communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to synthesise information from multiple sources with strong attention to detail
• Experience drafting strategic documents, policies, standard operating procedures and guidelines
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion
• Strong commitment to creating a safe working environment where people are heard and concerns are addressed
• Integrity, ethical judgement and self-awareness
• Proficiency of English, both written and spoken is mandatory
• Good knowledge of French, Spanish, or Arabic is an asset
• Availability for international travel, including programme visits and safeguarding-related meetings

Skills

• Safeguarding Investigations
• Confidential Case Management
• Multicultural Team Leadership
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Policy Development
• Standard Operating Procedures Implementation
• Strategic document writing
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical Decision Making
• People Management
• Time Management
• Handling Sensitive Information
• Ethical Judgment
• Discretion
• International Travel
• Safeguarding Training Certification
• Safeguarding Policy Development
• Sexual Exploitation Investigation

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Arabic