Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor's role is to develop tools, guidance, and procedures that guarantee the safety of children and young people who engage with the organization. The role also provides expert advice and support to ensure that Plan International Liberia meets and maintains its safeguarding standards for children and young people. The aim is to ensure that children and young people can engage with the organization safely and meaningfully. Additionally, the role involves reviewing and managing cases related to child and youth safeguarding concerns and incidents, including policy breaches, reporting such incidents, and responding to them in line with the organization's safeguarding policy and procedures. Finally, the role identifies any learning and implications for management that may arise from such incidents and concerns.

Dimensions of the Role

• Provides technical and professional advice and support to Child and Youth Safeguarding Focal Points within Plan International Liberia, empowering them to take full ownership of their role and strengthen the implementation of the policy and procedures within their departments and Programs.
• Provides technical support, input and/or implementation of safeguarding for specific Country/ regional level tasks as delegated by the Regional Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor (Country/Regional level tasks may be Safeguarding in - Emergency Response, Engagement, Case Management, Programming, and Sponsorship for example).
• Designs, develops and conducts specific projects and activities in relation to ensuring a robust child and youth safeguarding framework across Plan International Liberia. This will include the design and development of guidance, toolkits and training materials.
• Carries out investigations into concerns or reported incidents or provides distance or onsite support on case management and case review.

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

• Expertise and substantial experience of safeguarding and child rights in an international development setting.
• Knowledge and understanding of safe and meaningful participation and engagement of children and young people and a deep understanding of safeguarding and protection issues that may arise.
• Expertise, technical knowledge and substantial experience in responding to issues, breaches, investigation and case management.
• Experience at providing advice and developing and delivering training on keeping children and young  people safe on a diverse range of issues and to a diverse audience
• Understanding of safeguarding standards within the sector (e.g. Keeping Children Safe Coalition standards).
• Excellent conceptual understanding of the organizational risks associated with keeping children and young people safe and protected.
• Knowledge of human rights, child rights, inclusion and gender equality.
• Knowledge and/or experience of child and Youth Safeguarding programming and/or child protection in emergency interventions a significant bonus.
• Knowledge and use of different learning modalities to design and deliver blended learning techniques.
• Knowledge of risk assessment approaches.

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Location:               Monrovia, Country Office

Type of Role:         Fixed Term Contract

Reports to:            Program & Influencing Quality and Delivery Manager

Grade:                    15

Closing Date:         22nd May 2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.