Job Title: Safeguarding Officer for East Africa
Organisation: HORIZONT3000
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
HORIZONT3000 is an Austrian NGO working in the area of development cooperation. With the mandate of our member organisations of the catholic development sector we specialise in the monitoring and implementation of projects as well as in the provision of experts in developing countries.
Job Summary: Within the framework of its safeguarding policy, horizont3000 management has decided to institutionalize safeguarding as a cross-cutting theme to build up long-term expertise and coordination roles. In addition to the safeguarding officer in the office in Vienna, safeguarding officers will be recruited in the two horizont3000 regional offices East Africa and Central America. Those new functions will support the anchoring of safeguarding institutionally at horizont3000, within all programmes and projects, support case management, as well as coordinate the safeguarding specific capacity development and the continuous roll-out and implementation of the safeguarding policy.
Within its safeguarding policy, horizont3000 has committed to accompany h3 staff and partner organisations to strengthen safeguarding at institutional and operational levels. Additionally, horizont3000 has a complaint mechanism in place and is committed to safeguarding reporting and responding, besides awareness, prevention and learning.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as ambassadors for safeguarding and undertake clear advocacy for it.
- Responsible for the adequate adoption of the safeguarding policy, accompanying documents and processes to the relevant countries where we are operating.
- Contact persons for the RCO director about safeguarding and the implementation of the policy.
- Support and advise the further development of safeguarding in the region.
- Support partners in the development of their safeguarding policies.
- Coordinates continuous professional support for partner organisations on safeguarding through different measures – such as the provision of documents, tools, coaching, counselling etc.
- Supports ROEA staff in monitoring of mainstreaming safeguarding at project and programme level.
- Give support and advice to the safeguarding officers Central America and Austria and openly exchange with them.
- Are possibly members of a case management team.
- Are points of contact for receiving concerns and complaints within the region, giving information and reference to a complaint/ case.
- Provide reports to the h3 safeguarding officer Austria.
- Share lessons learned in regional internal meetings, communication and training sessions.
- Advise on trainings on safeguarding for staff and partner organisations and organisation of such in the region.
- Exchange with national and international organisations on safeguarding.
- Are actively involved and support in organising sharing and learning events on safeguarding.
- Give support to Public Relations upon request and in coordination with the RCO director/ the managing director.
- Participate in further training on safeguarding.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology, science of education, disability studies, social work, law or international cooperation and minimum 3 years of work experience.
- Post graduate training/ certification in safeguarding is an asset.
- Proven knowledge and understanding of safeguarding in international cooperation and in projects and programmes.
- Experience in working with Civil Society Organisations of different sizes and backgrounds.
- Experience or strong will in promoting safeguarding and safeguarding policy implementation.
- Practical experience in capacity development.
- Experience in project management and coordination.
- Knowledge of gender concepts and a willingness to develop one’s own skills in this area.
- Team worker, strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Strong resilience and self-care skills.
- Fluency in English/ (Kiswahili (EA) or other languages of the region are an asset).
Our Benefits
- Further information on the financial benefits can be found in the FAQs.
- The position should be starting October 1, 2025. Please note that only suitable candidates will be contacted.
- We look forward to receiving applications August 29, 2025 at the latest via the job link or our job portal.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 29th August 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36