Advisor, USP Program Implementation Safeguarding (P3)

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Summary

Save the Children’s U.S. Programs (USP) division is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our contribution to a full cradle-to-career continuum is focused on the early years, birth through elementary school; and our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities. Additionally, we support families arriving at the US Southern Border with critical resources such as psychosocial support, safe shelter, medical care/referrals, clothing, and hygiene items.

We are seeking an Advisor, USP Program Implementation Safeguarding. This position will report to the Managing Director of Program Implementation with a dotted line reporting relationship to the Managing Director, Safeguarding for Save the Children US (SCUS). In this role, you will work with the National Safeguarding team to support focal points with training, guidance, and technical support. You will also work to increase awareness and skills through conducting ongoing training of staff and program partners. You will also provide monitoring of program activities to ensure programs are adhering to the SCUS safeguarding requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Support Program Implementation Teams and Partners (60%)

• Work closely with state leadership in the states of AR, CA, MS, TN, and TX to align safeguarding efforts with state objectives. This includes states whose scope of work focuses on migrating families arriving at the US Southern Border and transiting to other parts of the U.S.
• Be responsible for assessing cohort of partners’ safeguarding strengths, weaknesses, risks.
• Develop action plans in response to assessments with support from National Safeguarding team.
• Be the primary contact for program staff and/or partners on safeguarding matters.
• Provide training on safeguarding topics to state teams and partners.
• Engage with Safeguarding State Focal Points or other supporting roles as needed.
• Travel regionally (up to 35% annually) to program partners and state teams to support as needed.

Assess and Build Capacity (20%)

• Be the local lead and manage safeguarding risks across implementation and partners.
• Increase awareness and skills through conducting ongoing training of representatives and partners, and monitoring of program activities to ensure programs are adhering to the SCUS safeguarding requirements.
• Cultivate a culture of safeguarding across programs and/or partners, guiding and monitoring the implementation of activities.
• Maintain current knowledge of the overarching frameworks that exist to keep children and adults safe within our organization.
• Be an active participant in the Safeguarding Community of Practice calls and projects.

Collaborate Across Departments (20%)

• Serve as the primary contact for the National Safeguarding Team to ensure policy and operational alignment; the collection, analysis and reporting of safeguarding data; and the mitigation of identified risks.
• Support safeguarding investigations as requested by the National Safeguarding Team.
• Support the National Safeguarding Team on the development and roll-out of tools and resources for the state teams.
• Support requests from the MERL and PDI teams as they arise for safeguarding.
• Work with Program Design & Impact team to ensure that safeguarding is built into program design and that risk mitigation practices are in place.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate incidents and provide constructive advice and guidance, while maintaining appropriate professional confidentiality and appropriately handling sensitive information with tact and discretion
• Proven documentation skills that reflect an ability to convey events with accuracy, sufficient detail, and objectivity.
• Demonstrated ability to influence external partners and/or stakeholders across various levels of authority to implement changes in interest of keeping program participants safe.
• Working knowledge and demonstrated commitment to safeguarding, children’s rights, social justice, gender, power, and other inequalities.
• Proven experience in facilitating trainings and learning sessions for adults, often in partner organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks under pressure and with competing timelines.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience focusing on child or adult safety, safeguarding, child protection and/or gender-based violence.
• Knowledge and understanding of local child protection and prevention systems.
• Experience in the application of survivor-centered practices when responding to disclosures and/or providing ongoing support.
• Knowledge of Trauma Informed Systems of Care.
• Some experience in case management and in supporting investigations.
• Some experience in the development of local program policies or procedures, particularly with a focus on safeguarding.
• Proven experience with metrics, trends analysis and reporting.

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $84,150 – $94,050 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $76,500 – $85,500 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 – $76,950 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here). Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children also offers paid vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1 day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress for your day, and much more.

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