Life, Safeguarding

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Contribute to the development and review of the Foundation’s safeguarding strategies and initiatives.
• Lead the development and implementation of a holistic child & youth safeguarding strategy in country programs.
• Creatively contribute to the design and delivery of safeguarding programs and initiatives at the Foundation.
• Continually review safeguarding approaches aimed at promoting youth-centered safeguarding practices and ensuring continued compliance with regulatory requirements in Kenya.
• Provide guidance and expertise on safeguarding, working closely with the Kenya Country Team to ensure safeguarding is integrated into everything the country team does.
• Integrate child & youth safeguarding measures in the Kenya Team including partner selection with ongoing review and due diligence.
• Integrate child & youth safeguarding measures into communications with Kenyan partner organizations.
• Provide high-quality, context specific support to staff and partners to increase awareness of the local safeguarding context and to adapt safeguarding measures as appropriate.
• Crisis management and reporting.
• Embed youth-centric internal escalation and reporting processes.
• Design and implement child and youth safeguarding training programs for all employees in Kenya.
• Continually assess and evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Safeguarding program; review and update child & youth safeguarding policies and practices on a regular basis.
• Provide regular reports on progress, results and learning regarding safeguarding to Kenya Country Head, Staff and partners.
• Integrate child & youth safeguarding measures into recruitment and performance management processes.
• Stay appraised of leading safeguarding practices and contribute to safeguarding forums and communities of practice and represent the Foundation in these spaces.
• Collaborate and work with the programs team and a wide-range of stakeholders across the Foundation including the cross-functional Safeguarding Committee(s) within the Foundation to advance safeguarding priorities.
• Act as the main point of contact to receive and manage any safeguarding issues/matters.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s degree or related field, Social Work, Sociology, International Development or Global Studies is required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating child and youth safeguarding initiatives, gained in law enforcement, social work, humanitarian or program development.
• Substantial experience working with children and youth in international development and humanitarian settings.
• Familiarity with safeguarding risks associated with social media and responding to security breaches involving information of children and youth.
• Astute ability to identify and mitigate risks.
• Experience in incident investigation and applying continuous learning to improve and strengthen safeguarding measures.
• Experience developing and delivering engaging and effective safeguarding training.
• Highly developed knowledge and understanding of current safeguarding and privacy legislation, guidance and best practices for multiple countries in Africa and Canada.
• Ability to manage conflict and handle sensitive issues with a results-driven approach.
• Ability to exercise appropriate and sound judgement and discretion.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Risk identification and management.
• Incident identification and crisis management.
• Ability to inspire others to make significant change and act as a change agent.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and lead a collaborative team.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills and ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to culturally diverse environments.
• Flexible, intellectually curious and open. Must be comfortable with ambiguity, be receptive to new ideas, and is also willing to change when presented with best options.
• Results driven and motivated by a high sense of performance excellence with a sense of urgency.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Professional maturity and sensitivity to working within different cultures.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.