Safeguarding Coordinator (f/x/m)

The Safeguarding Coordinator will be based in Kabul and work to mitigate risks related to safeguarding and abuse prevention in MSF operations across Afghanistan. The role involves developing and implementing safeguarding strategies, mentoring project teams, coordinating safeguarding activities, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure context and activities analysis to understand the types of abuse or safeguarding issues that have previously occurred in the operations over the past two years
• Conduct safeguarding risk assessments and necessary discussions with all stakeholders in the operations, including patients and the community
• Develop a safeguarding strategy and plan of action with mitigation measures, responsible persons, timeline and SMART indicators
• Conduct context analysis related to barriers, fears and risks surrounding reporting abuse in the mission
• Ensure protection of patients and uphold patient rights through awareness of the Patient Charter and integration of safeguarding within service delivery
• Define sustainable adapted strategy for refresher sessions and discussions on behaviour/safeguarding for all staff
• Ensure safeguarding considerations are integrated into recruitment processes and that policies are shared and understood
• Raise awareness of senior mission management about their role in creating and maintaining safe environments
• Design awareness raising activities at field level for staff and third parties about abuse prevention and complaint procedures
• Implement prevention tools developed by the Behaviour/Safeguarding Unit and adapt to local context
• Coordinate training to maintain awareness and meet training needs about specific safeguarding and abuse topics
• Facilitate Training of Trainer sessions on abuse prevention
• Define and implement strategy to raise awareness among patients and community members about abusive behavior and complaint mechanisms
• Train Health Promotion staff and community outreach teams on collection/referral of alerts and active detection of safeguarding concerns
• Conduct regular consultations with patients, caretakers and community members on safeguarding
• Establish adapted complaint reporting system for patients, community members and staff
• Ensure allegations of abuse are immediately reported and escalated appropriately
• Ensure confidentiality in the reporting process at all times
• Ensure regular data collection of safeguarding activities and evaluate data for learning and improvement
• Engage with management teams and Behaviour/Safeguarding Unit to discuss trends and adapt safeguarding strategy
• Provide periodic situation reports on safeguarding activities
• Capacity building and mentoring of Responsible Behaviour Officer/Supervisor and Safeguarding Focal Points
• Coordinate and provide technical support to the Safeguarding/Behaviour team
• Plan and supervise recruitment, training, performance evaluation and development to improve team capacity
• Conduct regular project visits in high-risk context with volatile security conditions
• Adapt safeguarding strategy to large operational context with diverse programme interventions
• Support departments to integrate safeguarding objectives into strategic and operational plans
• Support new programming, proposals and emergency responses by embedding safeguarding risk assessments and mitigation measures
• Participate in conferences, forums and working groups related to Behaviour and/or Safeguarding
• Liaise with existing PSEA network in Afghanistan
• Lead intersectional safeguarding discussions and promote alignment through regular safeguarding platform meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant domain (e.g. law, social or organizational sciences, gender, social work, anti-discrimination, whistleblowing, etc.) is mandatory
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in safeguarding/ abuse prevention in an international organization is mandatory
• International humanitarian experience, preferably in the health sector, is mandatory
• Experience in similar contexts is a strong asset (complexity and size)
• MSF experience is a strong asset
• Experience in facilitation, adult pedagogy, and coordination of training and workshops to a wide range of audiences is an asset
• Experience working in fast-paced international environment, working with colleagues from many different backgrounds is an asset
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken is mandatory
• Good knowledge of Arabic, Dari or Pashtun or other local languages is an asset

Skills

• Safeguarding Coordination
• Abuse Prevention
• International Humanitarian Experience
• Health Sector Knowledge
• Training Facilitation
• Adult Pedagogy
• Workshop Coordination
• Safeguarding Policy Development
• Policy Compliance
• Mentorship
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

English