Regional Safeguarding Advisor At Habitat for Humanity

Reporting to a member of the Area Office Management Team with dotted line responsibility to the Director of Human Resources and the Global Head of Safeguarding, this position will lead the respective operational approach to fulfilling Habitat’s safeguarding commitments for the region as well as contribute to enhancing Habitat’s global technical capacity within Safeguarding.

The Regional Safeguarding Advisor will lead the regional safeguarding planning and implementation across the region, supporting significant capacity building and bolstering compliance with Habitat’s Safeguarding Standards within all respective operating entities. This will include coordinating capacity building, promoting safe programming, enhancing safe partnerships, delivering trainings, establishing metrics, meeting donor compliance, managing risks, supporting the mainstreaming of safeguarding throughout operations, especially when engaging directly with communities and through partners. Additionally, this role will focus on global capability enhancement through working closely with the global safeguarding team to develop systems/procedures and enhance standards.

This is a local hire position based in Metro Manila, Philippines, but Habitat may entertain alternate locations where Habitat has operating presence. The successful candidate will be offered an initial contract of 2 years, subject to renewal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Be the safeguarding champion

Champion safeguarding policies and accompanying policy guidance support materials, including strong advocacy for safeguarding across all levels of business to promote a culture of safeguarding.
Provide quality and accessible advice, support and guidance to managers and staff through supporting the effort where adequate safeguarding measures are integrated into office operations, processes and programs as outlined in Habitat’s Safeguarding Standards and other core documents.
Act as a reporting avenue for safeguarding related issues, concerns or experiences and foster an environment where all potential safeguarding misconducts are reported as per Habitat’s Safeguarding Policy.
Represent Habitat regionally in safeguarding matters.

Drive safeguarding regional strategy

Establish safeguarding implementation plan/annual plan for the region and monitor progress against plan.

Lead capacity building efforts on safeguarding

Create, support, and nurture a network of safeguarding focal points across the region at the country and program levels.
Collaborate with and provide advice to key teams and/or departments within the offices to promote fulfillment of safeguarding risk analysis, including risk identification and management strategies of the country’s processes, procedures and activities and appropriate mitigating actions are developed.
Partner with the program team to enhance safeguarding awareness-raising in communities where Habitat operates, and the Monitoring and Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team for raising awareness around community reporting mechanisms.
Support program teams in building partner capacity in the areas of safeguarding.
Lead safeguarding training delivery for the region.

Ensure safeguarding standards are applied throughout the region

Manage the overall compliance to Habitat’s Safeguarding Standards with support from leadership, including coordination of capacity building and assessments of regional entities.
Undertake and/or support the development of local safeguarding procedures in line with mapping of local external environment (legislation, cultural considerations, etc.) and global guidelines.

Partner with project and proposal development leads

Operate as technical partner on safeguarding matters in regards to program design, proposal formulation, donor compliance, etc.

Participate in handling safeguarding cases

With respect to safeguarding investigations, provide advice on case assessment and recommendations, and support fact-gathering under as needed based on consultation with the investigations team.

Minimum Requirements: Education:

Bachelor’s degree level of education in relevant field

Years of Related Experience:

5 years previous experience of development/humanitarian work, or related work

Qualifications:

5+ years of safeguarding experience or experience in a similar field such as child protection or sexual and gender-based violence – preferably in an international non-profit organization
3+ years of safeguarding investigation experience, desired.
Experience dealing with sensitive matters – highly confidential and discrete – and ability to build/maintain trust
Experienced trainer, facilitator and mediator
Experience in change management and project management skills
Must have a high level of resilience with the ability to be impartial and remain calm under difficult circumstances
Must be impartial in the most challenging situations
Must have excellent problem solving, and decision making skills
Excellent report writing and presentation skills

Preferred: