Safeguarding Officer At Sightsavers

Safeguarding Officer

Sightsavers is looking for a self-motivated Safeguarding Officer to provide proactive support to the wider Safeguarding team.

Contract: Permanent

Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex with some home working

Salary: c. £31,218 – depending upon experience

About the role

The Global Safeguarding Officer, reporting to the Safeguarding Manager, is responsible for the implementation of safeguarding projects; safeguarding risk management; support designated safeguarding leads; and promoting safe practice in line with the Sightsavers Safeguarding Policy and sector-wide recommendations. The position liaises with designated safeguarding leads and partner organisations to provide them with required resources, capacity building support and training. This varied role will include training coordination and management, project management, risk management, research, governance and compliance. Key duties will include:

Organising and co-facilitating annual safeguarding training for Designated Safeguarding Leads
Organising and co-facilitating the onboarding process for new Designated Safeguarding Leads
Reviewing and updating training materials on our online training platform
Managing and maintaining safeguarding training and completion records
Producing quarterly safeguarding newsletters
Developing and managing visual aids such as posters and videos
Assisting with the design of safeguarding tools
Supporting ad hoc safeguarding projects
Identifying safeguarding risks
Supporting the safeguarding mailbox
Attending and supporting at relevant meetings
Supporting our safe recruitment practice and minimizing safeguarding risks
Maintaining an up to date knowledge of safe practices within our sector
Identifying areas for improvement
Supporting designated safeguarding leads in compliance activities to ensure due diligence is completed, action plans followed up and policies in place

Whilst there will be some flexibility about working from home, this role will require working in our Haywards Heath office at least one day per week, and more frequently should the successful candidate prefer. We anticipate that there may also be some limited international travel in this role

About you

The Global Safeguarding Officer position is mostly administrative, but it will include contact with a wide range of mostly internal stakeholders. As a result, you should have good people skills and enjoying working with a range of people, from lots of different locations. You will have:

an understanding of the risks faced by children or at risk adults
an understanding of how to create safe spaces
initiative and the ability to identify problems as well as to suggest solutions
an enthusiasm for attending safeguarding calls and trainings
a passion for keeping people safe
strong written skills
strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word

International development experience and other languages (such as French, or Portuguese) would be useful in this role but they aren’t essential. This is an important and involved role. Please read the full job description for further details.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers a supportive and inclusive work environment. In addition to being an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London, we offer some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.

Next steps

As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. To apply, and for further details about the role, please follow the application link.

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late October 2021 and the assessment process will include a pre-interview scenario-based written exercise related to the job role.