Director, Safeguarding
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Girl Up
Remote (global)- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Not specified
- Deadline: 04/09/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
ABOUT GIRL UP
Founded in 2010, Girl Up develops transformative leaders who advance gender justice worldwide. Through evidence-based training, resources, and community, we equip youth with the skills to organize, advocate, and drive social change across issues like education, climate justice, gender-based violence, and reproductive health. Today, Girl Up supports a global network of 430,000+ youth leaders in 155 countries and all 50 U.S. states, with a bold goal to reach 1 million girls by 2030. Girl Up is fiscally sponsored by Global Fund for Children (GFC), aligning with their mission to shift power to youth-led and locally rooted organizations.
Founded in 2010, Girl Up develops transformative leaders who advance gender justice worldwide. Through evidence-based training, resources, and community, we equip youth with the skills to organize, advocate, and drive social change across issues like education, climate justice, gender-based violence, and reproductive health. Today, Girl Up supports a global network of 430,000+ youth leaders in 155 countries and all 50 U.S. states, with a bold goal to reach 1 million girls by 2030. Girl Up is fiscally sponsored by Global Fund for Children (GFC), aligning with their mission to shift power to youth-led and locally rooted organizations.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Girl Up seeks a Director of Safeguarding to lead the organization's global safeguarding strategy and strengthen a culture of care, resilience, safety, and youth engagement across our worldwide network. Reporting to the Co-CEO & Chief Program Officer and serving as a member of Girl Up's Extended Leadership Team, the Director will be responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving safeguarding systems that protect youth, staff, and all community members while preserving the leadership, ingenuity, and advocacy that are central to Girl Up's mission. This role will serve as Girl Up's primary safeguarding expert and will partner across programs, operations, and partnerships to embed a strong safeguarding culture across the organization to ensure safeguarding practices are youth-centered and aligned with Girl Up's feminist and decolonizing values and Global Fund for Children's safeguarding requirements. Girl Up is committed to building safeguarding systems that are protective, humane, and enabling—not punitive or restrictive. We are particularly interested in candidates who can hold structure and flexibility, protection and freedom, accountability and care, especially within youth-led and advocacy-driven spaces.
Girl Up seeks a Director of Safeguarding to lead the organization's global safeguarding strategy and strengthen a culture of care, resilience, safety, and youth engagement across our worldwide network. Reporting to the Co-CEO & Chief Program Officer and serving as a member of Girl Up's Extended Leadership Team, the Director will be responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving safeguarding systems that protect youth, staff, and all community members while preserving the leadership, ingenuity, and advocacy that are central to Girl Up's mission. This role will serve as Girl Up's primary safeguarding expert and will partner across programs, operations, and partnerships to embed a strong safeguarding culture across the organization to ensure safeguarding practices are youth-centered and aligned with Girl Up's feminist and decolonizing values and Global Fund for Children's safeguarding requirements. Girl Up is committed to building safeguarding systems that are protective, humane, and enabling—not punitive or restrictive. We are particularly interested in candidates who can hold structure and flexibility, protection and freedom, accountability and care, especially within youth-led and advocacy-driven spaces.
The Director will work collaboratively across global and regional teams to ensure that safeguarding, wellbeing, and belonging are integrated throughout the Girl Up experience.
Skills and Competencies
Skills and Competencies
- 10–15+ years of professional experience in safeguarding, child protection, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), gender-based violence prevention, youth protection, or related fields.
- Significant experience designing and implementing safeguarding systems, policies, and procedures.
- Experience managing safeguarding concerns, investigations, and incident response processes.
- Experience leading teams and supervising staff.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt within fast-paced environments.
- Experience working within international, multicultural, or global boards, donors, and international partners.
- Experience supporting organizations through periods of growth, transition, or organizational change.
- Demonstrated success building organizational capacity through training, coaching, and systems development.
- Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate sensitive situations with professionalism and care.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in a language besides English is a plus.
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