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Job Title:    Safeguarding Officer

Organisation: Ripple Effect (formerly Send a Cow)

Duty Station:  Mbarara, Uganda

About US:

Ripple Effect Uganda is a growing and dynamic international development charity creating a wave of change in rural Africa. We are a partnership of experienced and committed staff, working with farming families in Africa. We are all inspired by the need to create an even greater impact on hunger and poverty in rural communities that are increasingly threatened by economic challenges and the climate crisis. Together, we support families to learn more, grow more and sell more. They then share what they know and have with their communities, creating a ripple effect of environmentally sustainable change across rural Africa. We are at an exciting stage in our history, as we re-brand from Send a Cow with an ambitious new 2030 strategy to multiply our impact

About YIDaMS Project:

In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Effect Uganda plans to implement a five-year (2022 – 2027) Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems Project (YIDaMS) whose aim is to enable 50,000 young women and men to access dignified and fulfilling work in the dairy sector. These will comprise of youth aged 18-35 with 70% young women, 5% young people with disability and 10% refugee youth.

Job Summary:  The Safeguarding Officer will ensure community led safeguarding among the beneficiaries thought the program period Support establishment of safety nets for youth Assess risks and provide preventing actions. Share community led reporting mechanisms. The Safeguarding Officer will support project Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Support (YIDaMs) team by systematically ensuring the safety, dignity, and meaningful access of project participants is protected and that project activities do not unintentionally increase participants exposure to protection risks. As part of this, the Safeguarding Officer will implement preventive measures to ensure project participants (youth) as well as staff are protected from harassment, exploitation, and abuse. The projects will directly serve over 50,000 project participants under YIDaMs. Key accountability staff are required to ensure projects are consistently responsive to Project participants needs and that any safety concerns are quickly addressed.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• In coordination with the project team, design and facilitate capacity building events on protection mainstreaming and safeguarding for project staff, community stakeholders, and partners and project participating youth.
• Liaise closely with project partners to ensure their full involvement in the identification of safeguarding capacity building needs and related action plans for improvement.
• Coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, implementing partners, and project participants to assist in strengthening the community interest and involvement in safeguarding initiatives.
• Support the coordination and monitoring of gender and social inclusion and as well safeguarding project activities at the field level, ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed activity plan, and that adherence gender and safeguarding lens for quality project implementation and protection of the participating partner.
• Compile data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in a directly related field.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Social Works and Social Administration, entrepreneurship or any humanitarian studies.
• Eight years of safeguarding and gender Experience in mainstreaming gender in livelihood programming and 4 years in youth skilling
• Additional education may substitute for some experience.
• Training and Facilitation experience preferred.
• Partnership experience strongly preferred
• Computer skills required
• Full and deep understanding of all technical aspects of the Ripple Effect programme
• Strong people management ability
• Numerate
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Report writing skills
• Team player
• Skills is computer applications such as word, excel, outlook and PowerPoint
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong networking skills.
• Able to participate on a practical level with government and other development partners
• Have empathy with Ripple Effect’s Christian foundation and core values
• An initiator and self-driven
• A team leader, builder and developer
• A broad and mature thinker
• A strategic thinker with an eye for detail
• Creative and innovative
• A team player. Flexible.
• Understands the importance of confidentiality especially for data.

Desirable:

• Postgraduate training in related field is an added advantage
• Experience in NGO work.
• Experience in agriculture value chain
• Experience in research and development
• Knowledge in extension services delivery
• Ability to identify funding opportunities

How to Apply:

All applicants should send a filled application form, Download Here and attach a comprehensive CV and certified copies of academic documents

Please submit application online to hruganda@sendacow.org clearly indicating the position and location you are applying for in the subject line.

Deadline: 3rd October 2022 at 5:00pm EAT

NB: Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted

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