Purpose of the Position:
The Safeguarding Officer will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of AADA's Safeguards Policy aimed at protecting individuals from harassment, sexual exploitation, and all forms of abuse. The officer role will include fostering a strong safeguarding culture within the organization, promoting awareness and understanding of safeguarding principles among staff and stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to AADA's core values.
Key Accountabilities:
- Organize and implement continuous training/orientation to AADA staff, relevant partners, community members and other stakeholders
- Conduct safeguarding induction for newly hired staff and volunteers.
- Monitor the Safeguarding risk mitigation process of individual projects, will participate in domestic investigations, and deliver quality reports.
- Monitoring compliance, provide support, and serve as a point of contact for safeguarding concerns to ensure a safe and respectful environment for everyone involved.
- Support Safeguarding awareness raising sessions among staff, partners, volunteers and beneficiaries and will make sure that all Safeguarding concerns and incidents are reported to the management following the set protocol.
- Support the integration of safeguards policies, principles, and priorities into daily field operations to ensure compliance and promote best practices.
- Establish and maintain mechanisms for reporting and addressing breaches of safeguards, including timely escalation and resolution processes.
- Ensure that all staff, volunteers, contractors and partners understand the code of conduct, are aware of expected behaviors and implications of misconduct.
- Raise awareness on safeguarding policy in project communities and ensure that community members know what behaviors to expect from staff and how to raise and report concerns.
