REGIONAL SAFEGUARDING ADVISOR At CARE USA

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

CARE believes that everyone has the right to live free from abuse of any kind. We have a responsibility to keep children and vulnerable adults safe, and we are committed to protecting them in all our activities. This role has been created to ensure that we continue to protect people from sexual harassment exploitation and abuse, and that this is managed in a professional, sensitive, coordinated, accountable and urgent way, in line with best practices within CARE and the sector.

The post holder reports to the CARE USA Head of Safeguarding and PSHEA and is responsible for socialising and raising awareness of CI’s Safeguarding and PSHEA policy. The post holder is also jointly responsible for the delivery of the Safeguarding and PSHEA team road map, working closely with the Safeguarding team to ensure that the HQ authorised training/ awareness raising program is delivered in country offices, and to support with investigations and capacity building of CO PSHEA focal points and investigators. This is a global role therefore, travel is a key aspect of this role.The post holder is required to travel to locations of humanitarian disaster and conflict as part of this role and should be willing and able to do so.

Responsibilities:

• PSHEA capacity building support and advice to Asia region country offices
• Regional vetting & referencing checks including implementation of the misconduct diclosure scheme
• Investigation- Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse
• Emergency response and deployment
• Other tasks as delegated by the Head of Safeguarding and PSHEA

Qualifications:

• Degree level of education or equivalent
• 3-5 years of safeguarding experience
• Previous experience of humanitarian work (3-5 years)
• Training in managing sensitive investigations
• Training in interview skills and techniques or mediation techniques
• Must have previous experience of managing sensitive and serious investigations involving SEA
• Must have a high level of resilience and ability to remain calm under difficult circumstances
• Must have experience of managing organisational change and uncertainty
• Must be able to impartial in the most challenging situations
• Must have excellent problem – solving, and decision-making skills
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Highly confidential and discrete
• Proven experience in building and maintaining trust
• Experienced trainer, facilitator and mediator