JOB OPPORTUNITY

BRAC is the world’s largest, leading development organization dedicated to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor. Initiated in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC now operates in 11 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. To counter poverty and promote social empowerment, BRAC strategically integrates development programs in microfinance, agriculture, health, education, human rights and legal aid, community empowerment and more.

BRAC Liberia launched in 2008 with programs in Microfinance, Small Enterprise Development, Agriculture, Livestock and Poultry, Health, Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescent Girls, Psychosocial and Survival Support now impacting the lives of over 560,000 Liberians. BRAC Liberia is looking for competent, dynamic and self-motivated Liberians to fill the following regular position.

Position: No. of Vacancies: One

Job Title : Safeguarding Manager

Tenure : 1 year

Salary : Negotiable

Reports to : County Director

Duty Station : Country Office/Monrovia

Job Summary

The incumbent shall represent BRAC Liberia in Safeguarding networks within Liberia and other relevant external forums, conduct needs assessment and training for country office capacity development and prepare high-quality communications and reports for various mediums such as the organisational Annual Report, reports for the AIM project, and others as needed.

Key Duties

∙ Lead the implementation of the 06 Safeguarding and sub-set of policies by training the country leads of programmes/departments, AIM project leads and build up a pool of trainers to ensure 100% staff, partners, volunteers, consultants and service providers receive training and refreshers on the safeguarding policies, prioritizing AIM project staff and partners;

∙ Ensure the country management and programme leads champion safeguarding; ∙ Act as the primary reporting avenue for safeguarding related concerns/violations and be the key resource for survivors, ensuring their safety, security and providing survivor support services in line with a survivor-centered approach;

∙ Conduct safeguarding risk assessment and integrate safeguarding measures in programmes; and operations with support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding units;

∙ Lead case management of safeguarding violations ensuring that BRAC Liberia meets its donor obligations to report safeguarding violations without delay;

∙ Develop capacity of staff to conduct sensitive investigations and produce high quality

∙ Ensure organizational reporting and response mechanisms are functional, practical and community-friendly;

∙ Lead the process of identifying, mapping and regularly updating local support services available to survivors across the country in all the regions where programmes operate, prioritizing the AIM project;

∙ Maintain the online safeguarding case management system, reviewing incidents submitted and ensure timely follow-up actions;

∙ Lead the annual safeguarding budgeting process for BRAC Liberia, monitoring expenditure and follow up actions with support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding units;

∙ Prepare quarterly reports of reported cases for reporting to BI management; ∙ Review monitoring and audit review findings and address gap areas;

∙ Create impactful presentations for senior management on reported cases and trend analysis;

∙ Participate in program design meetings and kick-off workshops to facilitate inclusion of risks, planning and strategy with regard to safeguarding

∙ Represent BRAC Liberia at external meetings (i.e., Safeguarding cluster/network groups) ∙ Supervise the officers/interns who will be working in the Safeguarding unit, providing them effective supervision and mentoring so that they have a positive learning experience

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

∙ Excellent conceptual and analytical skills with regards to safeguarding ∙ Experience of implementing safeguarding policies and practices

∙ Ability to build trust among stakeholders to report safeguarding violations ∙ Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity

∙ Knowledge of international standards of safeguarding and ability to implement best practices

∙ Experience of conducting complex and sensitive safeguarding investigations and preparing investigation reports and guiding other teams to do so

∙ Experience conducting data analysis, preparing reports with clear representation of findings

∙ Ability to work strategically and practically with multiple stakeholders

∙ Strong facilitation and presentation skills

∙ Experience of designing and delivering training and capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences

∙ Experience of designing and delivering training and capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences

Experience Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience working in similar field

Educational:

∙ Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Development Studies, International Development, Anthropology, Economics or any relevant discipline

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, our hiring process includes extensive background checks and criminal records disclosure. BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.

All qualified and interested applicants can submit a cover letter with their CVs with three referees, one of which should be your current or most recent employer/line manager, along with copy of your educational qualification. Applications should be submitted by email to: bimcf.liberia@brac.net with the position title on the subject line.

DEADLINE: March 10, 2023

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED