Safeguarding Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Not specified
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: £42,000 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 20/02/2025
  • Location: United Kingdom
Child protection/ Children’s rights PSEA/ Safeguarding
ABOUT THE TEAM  
The Safeguarding Specialist sits within the multifaceted Advocacy, Programmes and Safeguarding Directorate (APS). The purpose of our directorate is to effectively protect, promote and uphold the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by mobilising multiple stakeholders, influencing key decision makers, and driving direct change, to effectively deliver positive outcomes and lasting impact for children in the UK and around the world.  
 
What we will expect you to achieve 
  • Champion best practice in child and adult safeguarding, ensure all organisational safeguarding policies, procedures, systems and ways of working are successfully implemented and fully compliant with all statutory and legal provisions. 
 
  • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues to provide technical safeguarding support on all safeguarding matters. 
 
  • Uphold our D&I commitments and work consistently, compassionately, and collaboratively to support a psychologically safe, inclusive, and holistic culture where we can achieve our best work for children. 
 
  • Respond to safeguarding concerns and ensure these are progressed in a timely manner. Effectively monitor and analyse safeguarding risks across all of our work to ensure we uphold our commitment to Article 19 of the UNCRC. 
 
  • Uphold a commitment to continuous improvement and learning, keeping up to date and informed on safeguarding practices across different sectors. 
 
  • Develop and maintain strong and collaborative relationships with colleagues to understand ongoing operational demands and scope opportunities to build internal safeguarding capacity and experience to support long-term sustainability across all of our work. 
 
  • Widen our external presence and networking across the sector and wider civil society by acting as a representative for UNICEF UK, building key relationships with other National Committee’s, Country Offices and UNICEF, to help influence cultural change and shape best safeguarding practice. 
 
  • Demonstrate and model a commitment to our shared values, behaviours and inclusive practices (known as Our Shared Commitment) in all aspects of your work 
 
BEHAVIOURS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS 
  • Substantial experience working directly in the field of safeguarding and child protection - ideally this will include experience of working within the voluntary sector, civil society and/or the sports industry across both domestic and international contexts. 
  • Demonstrable experience of effectively supporting the development and implementation of robust safeguarding processes in a large complex organisation. 
  • Extensive experience responding to safeguarding concerns and effectively managing safeguarding case management systems - including liaising with multiagency partners, reviewing risk assessments, responding to complaints, and supporting the development and delivery of training. 
  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of safeguarding legislation and standards of best practice for safeguarding, child protection and adult protection in both domestic and international contexts 
  • Demonstrable skill in assessing operational priorities and working with others in the most effective way to support meaningful and sustainable outcomes for the work around safeguarding. 

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