TOR for Safeguarding Advisor
Part time consultancy 8 months.
100 days (equivalent to 2 days or 16 hours per week ongoing, plus 3x 10-day deployments)
CARE Palestine is looking for a Safeguarding Advisor to support and strengthen ongoing country operations and programming. The role will work with program teams both in the West Bank and Gaza, to provide technical guidance, assistance in implementation of workplans, offer training and resources to CARE teams in both hubs. The post holder will support the in-country response team to embed safeguarding into programs, and support and build capacity of partners to ensure alignment with CARE’s Safeguarding Policy and Safer Programming approach. By the conclusion of the consultancy, the post holder should be able to pass over a system to trained and established focal points within the country office structure.
Assessment, Review and Technical Analysis:
- Review CO level safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measures, refresh as needed – including integration into planning at design and proposal stage.
- Support PMs to review project and location-level risk assessments and mitigation measures, and support follow up on implementation
- Review design and dissemination of visibility materials and support to strengthen as needed
- Ensure sector checklists are up to date and rolled out by Safer Programming focal points
- Ensure service mapping and referrals pathways are up to date and regularly reviewed, and confirm linkages to PSEA networks and GBV sector are active
Training:
- Review CARE Safer Programming and Safeguarding training materials to confirm contextual relevancy.
- Deliver ToT trainings to focal points in West Bank and Gaza
- Support focal points to develop a training schedule and preparation for teams and partners
- Establish a regular meeting and coaching schedule with WB and Gaza focal points
- Work with HR focal points to review induction materials, requirements for daily workers, contractors (and volunteers), and ensure sufficient coverage as part of induction process
- Provide co-facilitation and technical backstopping of training as required
- Participate in, and co-facilitate wider PSEA Network trainings for Palestine as needed
- Support CARE Palestine Safeguarding investigators as needed, in collaboration with Regional Safeguarding Advisor.
Proposals and Reporting:
- Contribute to proposals as required – design, narrative drafting, engagement with program team
- Ensure that safeguarding costs are developed, and guideline/matrix for budget is incorporated, and socialized to grants team
- Ensure PQ and MEAL teams integrate safeguarding indicators into logframe and design, monitoring, and learning frameworks.
- Contribute to project kick offs as required
- Participate in FAM monthly case review meeting
- Contribute to donor regular reporting as required
- Support SMT in quarterly performance review meeting with Regional Management Unit
- Support in CARE USA reporting on safeguarding and safer programming as required, and in PIIRS process
Partnership support:
- Review partners’ due diligence to confirm that all documentation is in place. Facilitate updates and schedule reviews via CARE focal point as needed.
- Review partners’ safeguarding assessment and capacity action plan – update as needed, based on consultation with CARE project managers, and partners’ focal points and management.
- Support PMs to conduct assessment for new partners and new projects, and develop a co-created action plan with partner.
- Ensure follow up on action planning, and facilitate scheduled reviews
Selection Criteria:
- 80% technical, 20% financial
Key technical evaluation criteria will be:
- Expertise in applied Safeguarding in extreme environments, especially Palestine and Middle East
- Demonstrated understanding and experience of emergency response programming in very constrained environments and PSEAH implications
- At least 5 years of humanitarian program experience, preferably in a protection or safeguarding role
- Access and willingness to travel to West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza
- Technical qualifications in safeguarding and protection, or equal range of experience
Requirements:
- Based in West Bank, or ability to regularly travel to Ramallah and to program sites in West Bank
- A Bachelors’ degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
- Technical qualifications related to Protection, safeguarding, investigations etc
- Strong contextual understanding of Palestine – West Bank and Gaza
- Strong experience and understanding of core humanitarian principles.
- Expertise in applied Safeguarding in extreme environments, and understanding of emergency response programming in very constrained environments.
- At least 5 years of humanitarian program experience.
- Excellent communication, research and analysis skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to quickly build rapport and work as part of a team
- Willing to be hands on and take on workload in collaboration with others – gap-filling and moving projects forward
- Ability to travel to Gaza desirable
- Arabic language skills desirable
How to apply
Proposals will be accepted until Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, and must be submitted by email only to wbg.tenders@care.org
no later than the date and time specified above. Any proposals received after this deadline will not be accepted.
If you are interested in participating, you may download the RFQ form from the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yAD9S2F75qorbJ1lGg4ofZk0ThVRux8d/view?usp=sharing