Internals Only: Senior Safeguarding Specialist (Fundraising Members, Country Cluster)

This role sits within the Integrity & Safeguarding function and works across country programmes, regional structures, and global teams. It supports coordination between HR, safeguarding, investigations, and operational teams to ensure a consistent and effective approach to integrity, safeguarding, ethical behaviour, and misconduct management. 

• Provide technical safeguarding advice and guidance to managers and teams, supporting consistent interpretation and application of safeguarding standards, policies, and frameworks. 
• Contribute to the development, refinement, and contextualisation of safeguarding approaches, tools, and frameworks to ensure they remain practical, relevant, and aligned with organisational and sector standards. 
• Advise on the identification, assessment, and mitigation of safeguarding risks across activities, programmes, and partnerships, supporting informed and risk-aware decision-making. 
• Guide the strengthening of safeguarding systems and processes, including reporting mechanisms, community feedback channels, and risk management practices, ensuring consistency and effectiveness. 
• Support the integration of safeguarding principles into organisational processes, including programme design, partnerships, recruitment, and operational practices. 
• Provide technical input to capacity strengthening efforts, including advising on learning approaches, training content, and capability development for staff, focal points, and partners. 
• Contribute to monitoring, analysis, and interpretation of safeguarding data, trends, and risks, providing insight to inform organisational learning, improvement, and decision-making. 
• Work across functions (e.g.HR, programmes, MEAL, safeguarding, integrity) to promote alignment and coherence in safeguarding approaches, policies, and practices.

 ROLE-SPECIFIC OR CONTEXT RESPONSIBILITIES 
The Safeguarding Lead Fundraising Members+ is responsible for strengthening safeguarding awareness, risk management, and safe practices across Fundraising Member (FM) offices and supporting the a country office in the delivery of its I&S action plan.   The role ensures that safeguarding is consistently integrated into fundraising, communications, advocacy, ambassador (or equivalent) engagement, and public-facing activities. This includes delivering training, supporting Focal Points, ensuring compliance with global standards, and providing oversight and guidance during fundraising events and campaigns. Where FM offices also implement War Child programmes, the role will additionally support safe programming activities, including with partner organisations as relevant.  

• The role is also expected to contribute to wider I&S prevention activities as required.
• This role is expected to be mobile across Fundraising Member countries; expected duration can vary depending on needs of the country.

Awareness Raising & Capacity Building 

• Work with Fundraising Member countries (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and USA) to conduct safeguarding gap, risk exposure and context analysis reviews and develop action plans with clear deliverables
• Work with Fundraising Member Focal Points to ensure safeguarding materials are visible, accessible, and adapted to local context across all fundraising offices and fundraising-led events.
• Facilitate the Global Integrity & Safeguarding Community of Practice (Fundraising Members),providingFM-specific insights, learning, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate and deliver safeguarding briefings for ambassadors, high-profile representatives and other groups (e.g. content gathering trips) to ensure that they receive appropriate sessions with in-country I&S representatives ahead of proposed visits. 
• Work closely with the Fundraising Member Communications, Media and Advocacy teams to embed safeguarding, integrity and ethical practices including safeguarding in digital/online communications
• Ensure FM safeguarding practices align with FM Country regulatory expectations and support FM offices during any regulatory reviews and/or audits

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE  

 

Education	Relevant qualification or equivalent professional experience in safeguarding, social work, psychology, international development, humanitarian action, human rights, or a related field is desirable.
Experience	Minimum of 2 years’ experience working on protection, PSEA and/or safeguarding with civil society / I/NGOs  Experience of delivering safeguarding activities in emergency response situations  Worked on safeguarding, protection, or related risk areas in a complex organisational or programme environment   Supported or advised on safeguarding concerns, incidents, or risk management processes   Contributed to the development or application of safeguarding policies, frameworks, or standards   Worked across teams, functions, or partners to support consistent approaches to safeguarding practice   Supported integration of safeguarding into programmes, partnerships, or organisational processes   Contributed to capacity strengthening, learning, or awareness initiatives related to safeguarding or protection   Worked with sensitive information and situations requiring discretion, sound judgement, and ethical decision-making   Worked in international, humanitarian, development, or values-led environments
Languages	Fluency in English is required for this role.   Additional languages may be useful depending on stakeholder groups and organisational context, for example Arabic, Dari, French, Spanish, or Ukrainian
(Technical) Knowledge	Knowledge of safeguarding principles, protection standards, and risk management approaches   Understanding of safeguarding in both organisational and programme contexts, including partnerships and community engagement   Understanding of relevant international standards (e.g. CHS, PSEA, safeguarding frameworks) and their practical application   Ability to provide clear, practical, and context-sensitive technical advice   Ability to assess and interpret safeguarding risks and support appropriate mitigation measures   Ability to work across functions and build effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders   Ability to communicate clearly and support shared understanding on sensitive or complex issues   Uses judgement to balance policy, context, and organisational values in decision-making   Ability to support learning, reflection, and continuous improvement in safeguarding practice   Supports inclusive, respectful, and values-led ways of working