Safer Programing Coordinator

CARE International in Pakistan

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Posted date	3rd February, 2025	Last date to apply	12th February, 2025
Country	Pakistan	Locations	Islamabad
Category	Development Sector
Type	Contractual	Position	1

CARE is a leading global humanitarian and development organization. Since its establishment in 2005, CARE Pakistan (CP) has been responding to major disasters and undertaking an array of development projects. CP works through its local partners and a range of stakeholders for development, as well as emergency response related interventions, which makes collaboration a key component of its work, across the country. Health and education, with particular focus on women, are some of CARE’s core identified program areas in Pakistan, as part of its Long-Range Strategic Plan.

Job Summary:

CARE Pakistan is recruiting a Safer Programming Coordinator for its upcoming FCDO funded Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerability to Emergencies (BRAVE) Programme in Pakistan. This is approximately £4 million programme with a duration of 3.5 years. The expected impact of this programme is “increased capacity of at risk and climate vulnerable households and communities to anticipate, adapt to, and absorb the impact of shocks and stresses induced by climate change and natural disasters, including measurable changes in gender roles and social inclusion”. The position is based in Islamabad with at least 50% of the time in the field and travel to any part of the country for initiating a response on short notice.

The Safer programing coordinator will contribute to strategic vision ensuring staff training; safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation plan; governance and accountability; accessible reporting pathways; transparent case management; strict codes of conduct; clear policies and procedures; learning and information sharing between staff and consortium partners including community members are safeguarded from any intentional or unintentional safeguarding risks that arise from how programs are designed and delivered. Safer Program coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and implementing the inclusion and integration of CAREs and FCDOs Safer Program Standards into this project. The incumbent will work with the CARE global safeguarding team, CO and other program team member to integrate safer program standards into the project.

Key Responsibilities:

1- Development of Safeguarding Plan and Tools (25% of the time):

Collaborate with the CARE's global safeguarding team , CO leadership, and program team, for the development and execution of safer program tools and resources.
Lead the development and refinement of safeguarding policies and safeguarding risk management plan based on CARE International Safeguarding Policy.
Collaborate with program leads (Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader) to embed safeguarding principles into organizational culture and program.
Lead the assessment of safeguarding risks posed by the project and external factors, a program risk register, and produced a safeguarding risk management plan.
Ensure compliance with organizational, national, and international safeguarding standards
Led project safeguarding audit to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in how safer program standards are currently embedded.
Represent CARE in local and national platforms for protection and safeguarding
Develop a safeguarding action plan to ensure the safer program standards are implemented into the project.
Work with program team to develop standardized tools and resources to enable safer programming.
Use tools and resources with project staff and program participants, reviewing and adapting to ensure they are fit for the local context and partnership.
Reviewing and feeding back on the progress of embedding safer program standards.

2- Integrate and Adapt Safeguarding Tools and Resources into all Phases of Projects (40% of the time):

Lead project safeguarding audit of projects in all phases of project to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in how safer program standards are currently embedded.
Working closely with project staff; develop safeguarding action plan to ensure the safer programs standards, identify opportunities to embed safeguarding standards, tools, and resources
Implement the safeguarding training, including Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse, and Child Abuse for all staff, volunteers, consultants and related personnel;
Ensures the program include actions and budget to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, and child abuse in close coordination with Team Leader;
Conduct the safeguarding risk assessments in collaborating with staff and program participants. Including information on the national and local safeguarding risks, legal context, and patterns of harm and abuse, and identifying safeguarding risks associated with program implementation;
Create awareness raising materials and activities for safeguarding and protection risks which have been designed in collaboration with affected populations to ensure messages are understood and culturally appropriate.
Make sure that the community members take action and benefit by interventions taken to address child marriage, GBV, modern slavery, and intolerance.
Develop and implement the safer programming planning tool in context to local needs and consider the links between the spaces where harm is experienced and how these are shaped by power/inequalities.
Feedback and Accountability Mechanisms (FAM)- Ensuring Feedback and Accountability mechanisms are in place and have been established in consultation with participants. And ensure FAMS are safe, accessible, and appropriate for different groups of program stakeholders with support from MEAL department.
Survivor Support - Mapping survivor response services in each project location, so that survivors of abuse have access to functioning referral pathways for a comprehensive range of services (medical, psychosocial, legal etc.)
Establish a system for staff, volunteers and others access to psychosocial support services, ensuring a supportive and empathic environment, and recognizing that these programming themes may have an emotional and psychological impact on staff working closely in communities.

3- Carry out Safeguarding Due diligence and Capacity Building with Partners (10% of the time):

Assessing partners capacity for safeguarding implementation and developing a capacity strengthening plan for those partners identified as having limited safeguarding capacity.
Lead the partners to complete a safer programmes audit of their internal safeguarding and child protection systems which will identify any gaps in practice and include plans for strengthening safeguarding across the project
Ensuring adequate safeguarding assessments area part of due diligence processes when considering new partnerships.
Ensuring when engaging in partnerships, sub-grant or sub-recipient agreements, these agreements include reference to CAREs Safeguarding Policy, role and responsibilities for implementation and expressly state that the failure of those entities or individuals to take preventive measures against abuse shall constitute grounds to terminate such agreements.
Implement and maintain safeguarding systems including working with service users to develop accessible mechanisms for reporting concerns which is aligned with Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and IASC principles related to sexual exploitation and abuse.
Establish appropriate security and safeguarding arrangements to protect personnel and third parties. This includes risk assessments, emergency response plans, and security briefings tailored to the specific needs of high-risk environments.
Establish clear and open communication channels for reporting and addressing any concerns or incidents related to safety and well-being. This includes a confidential reporting mechanism and prompt response protocols.

4- Capacity Building of staff (10% of the time):

Assess safeguarding training/capacity building needs for the program staff and partners.
Design and implement ongoing, targeted training and engagement to build capacity of project teams, including plans to ensure appropriate knowledge is sustained despite turnover and transitions.
Provide training and resources to local organizations and community leaders to build their capacity in promoting social cohesion, safeguarding minorities, and protecting children.
Conduct introductory safeguarding training, including Prevention of safeguarding miss conduct for all staff, volunteers, consultants and related personnel.

5- Coordination and Collaboration (10% of the time):

Establish and maintain open, professional, and cordial relations with the COs internal and external stakeholders. These include and not limited to internal and external stakeholder including CARE safeguarding team, Senior Management Team, M & E, project managers,partners, technical leads, sector directors and the Safeguarding Focal Point.

Participate in National and provincial PSEA networks.

6- Other responsibilities as assigned (5% of time):

Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming needs as assigned by the Line Manager.

A) Qualifications (Know How)

Required:

Bachelors degree in social sciences or related field with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience with INGO or UN in safeguarding/protection.

Atleast 3 years experience in safeguarding/protection.
Proven experience of development and implementation of safeguarding strategies and risk management plans for similar programs.
Have experience of delivering trainings and capacity building programs.
Prior experience of developing the capacity of local organizations in safer programming.
Familiarity with safer programing principles of key donors such as FCDO, USAID, UN agencies.

Desired:

Masters degree with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience with INGO or UN in safeguarding. At least 2 years experience in safeguarding/protection or safer programming.
Prior experience of safeguarding with FCDO funding.

CARE participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from the candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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