Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 04 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Job Purpose
The position holder is one of the members of BRAC Uganda's safeguarding team who will help to uphold our responsibilities to the vulnerable adults and children participating in our programs, help to create a safe working environment for our staff and associated personnel, and help to ensure all those involved in our work uphold the highest ethical standards and are safeguarded against any form of harassment, exploitation and abuse.

Core Roles and Responsibilities
• Assist and support the Safeguarding Manager, in the implementation of safeguarding across BRAC Uganda by delivering training to country teams.
• Support the Safeguarding Manager, to strengthen the capacity of safeguarding champions by conducting awareness sessions.
• Support safeguarding team to identify, map and regularly update local support services available to survivors,
• Act as the primary reporting avenue for safeguarding related concerns/violations and be the key resource for survivors, ensuring their safety, and security and providing survivor support services in line with a survivor-centered approach
• Conduct safeguarding risk assessment and integrate safeguarding measures in programs.
• Lead case management of safeguarding violations ensuring that BRAC Uganda meets its donor obligations to report safeguarding violations without delay
• Develop the capacity of staff to conduct sensitive investigations and produce high-quality investigation reports, maintaining confidential investigation case files
• Ensure organizational reporting and response mechanisms are functional, practical and community-friendly.
• Lead the process of identifying, mapping and regularly updating local support services available to survivors across the country in all the regions where programs operate, prioritizing the AIM project.
• Location: Country Office
• Maintain the online safeguarding case management system, reviewing incidents submitted and ensure timely follow-up actions.
• Lead the annual safeguarding budgeting process for BRAC 5.Participate in program design meetings and kick-off Uganda, monitoring expenditure and follow up actions with workshops to support facilitating inclusion of risks, planning support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding and strategy with regard to safeguarding. units 6.Work with and follow-up with stakeholders to ensure
• Prepare quarterly reports of reported cases for reporting that identified risks and gaps are addressed in a timely and to BI management. appropriate manner.
• Create impactful presentations for senior management on reported cases and trend analysis. Safeguarding roles

Educational Requirements
• Bachelor's degree preferably in, Social Science, Gender studies, Law, sociology, Human rights or any other relevant discipline or any relevant discipline, Certification in Safeguarding Case Management or Investigation Skills training on Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment is an added advantage, At least 2 years of experience handling the same work in a reputable workspace, Excellent understanding of safeguarding activities in designing, implementation and assessment in different contexts and geographies, Knowledge of safeguarding approaches for programmatic and organizational interventions,
• Clear communication and public speaking skills, capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences Capable of working both individually and as part of a team, Ability to prioritize and deal with competing demands to deliver results, Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines, Ability to understand people in an unbiased way, Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Persons with disabilities and women are encouraged to apply.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested candidates should send their Application, CV and academic documents as one document addressed to the Head Human Resources by email to hrd.uganda@brac.net  Deadline is Friday 11 August 2023. The subject must be the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete applications will be accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

NOTE: BRAC Uganda doesn't charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process from the applicants. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of any communication purportedly on behalf of BRAC Uganda please send us an email before taking any further action in relation to the issue at hand.

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.



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