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Safeguarding Coordinator at University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

Kigali, Rwanda

Job Description

The safeguarding Coordinator plays a crucial role in executing safeguarding initiatives across the Africa sites. They perform an assistant role to the OnePIH Regional Safeguarding Advisor.

Job Industry

Safety and Environment / HSE , Security / Intelligence

Job Salary Currency

RWF

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

Technical Support: 

  • Support in setting up a safeguarding capacity building tracker for all staff including awareness dashboard across OnePIH

  • Update and monitor safeguarding activities across OnePIH sites and including partners including work plans, dashboards and incident trackers.

  • Assist to coordinate with safeguarding programs as key point of contact across the sites and including OnePIH partners

  • Assist in responding to inquiries from sites

  • Coordinate the design and printing of safeguarding information, education and communication (IEC) materials

  • Assist in follow ups with safeguarding managers across various country sites to keep track with timelines of their initiatives in line with the regional safeguarding dashboard.

  • Assist the Regional Advisor in preparation of training and facilitation of respective content

Program Management and Administration Support:

  • Schedule appointments, maintain calendar and book appointments for the Regional Advisor

  • Assist Regional Advisor to prepare, write, collate and distribute communications: memos, emails, invoices and other correspondences

  • Arrange travel itineraries for Regional Advisor

  • Order office supplies

Support Development of Safeguarding Community of Practice: 

  • Coordinate community of practice meetings and take detailed minutes and action follow-ups

  • Assist in documenting best safeguarding practices across the Africa region.

  • Assist in organizing learning workshops and retreats for the coordination site

Support Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: 

  • Support the Regional Advisor in monitoring and updating the safeguarding site risk registers and tracking mitigation progress

  • Support in consolidating program lessons learnt and best practices for OnePIH safeguarding initiatives across sites

  • Support in monitoring safeguarding annual performance dashboards

  • Support in maintaining and updating internal resource library and Teams page

Reporting: 

  • Assist in gathering scheduled reports from safeguarding managers and support in synthesizing all coordination site reports.

  • Assist in developing newsletters and other media publications

Academic Experiences

Qualification Industry
Bachelor'S Degree Business Administration and Social Studies

Professional Qualifications

Industry Qualification
Business Administration and Social Studies Qualification or experience in child safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), Child Protection, Human Rights programming project management can be an added advantage. Minimum of 5 years’ experience in safeguarding or protection/ child rights and/ project management, preferably with an INGO. Demonstrated experience in networking, project management and coordination. Experience in working with children and vulnerable adults Demonstrable ability to work with and maintain strict confidentiality. Ability to draft, write and consolidate reports.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively and productively within a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
  • Full proficiency in written and spoken English is mandatory
  • Ability to organize work and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, maintain attention to detail and technicalities, and coordination with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of office management systems and procedures.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (MS Word, Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular).
  • Self-motivated and a strong team player who is able to handle complex situations.
  • Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
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    Application Process

    Applicants should provide: (1) curriculum vitae, (2) Degree, (3) A cover letter describing your interest in UGHE and relevant experience. Please upload these under the ‘Additional Files’ tab on the application page before May 19, 2024.

    Close Date

    19/05/2024

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