Global Safeguarding Manager at Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)

The ideal candidate combines strong technical experience in safeguarding incident management with a track record of safeguarding assessment for proposal development. The candidate has working experience with different teams in an international environment and is available per February for 6 months. Main technical competencies: 

• Experience in safeguarding, child protection, protection against sexual exploitation and abuse or other relevant specialism
• Experience of incidence management and handling high-volume casework in a cross-cultural context
• Experience in coaching and capacity building on safeguarding
• Experience with safeguarding in proposal development, project specific risks and measures
• Undertaken Safeguarding/Child protection training
• This is a maternity cover for 6 months and the role should start per 1 February. It is a fulltime and remote role, based in a country where VSO has a presence. There might be occasional travel.
• Salary per annum (gross) for some of the VSO countries: India INR 1,885,606, Kenya KES 4,770,883, Nigeria NGN15,647,108, South Africa ZAR 890,054, UK GBP 47,152
• For more information on the content of the role and the requirements, please check the job and job desctiption via the VSO website.

Desired Skills and Experience

• The ideal candidate combines strong technical experience in safeguarding incident management with a track record of safeguarding assessment for proposal development. The candidate has working experience with different teams in an international environment and is available per February.

Technical Competencies

• Experience in safeguarding, child protection, protection against sexual exploitation and abuse or other relevant specialism
• Experience of incidence management and handling high-volume casework in a cross-cultural context
• Experience in coaching and capacity building on safeguarding
• Experience with safeguarding in proposal development, project specific risks and measures
• Undertaken Safeguarding/Child protection training