SAFEGUARDING SUPERVISOR

• JOB CODE: OS09500
• SALARY: 1595 $
• Section/Unit: OPERATIONS
• Grade Level: 7
• Supervisor: HEAD OF MISSION
• No. of Post: 1
• Duty Station: COORDINATION OFFICE - KHARTOUM STATE
• Duration: 6 MONTHS WITH POSSIBILITY TO EXTEND

We are seeking an experienced and committed Safeguarding Supervisor to strengthen the implementation of MSF?s safeguarding framework across project activities, promoting a safe, respectful, and accountable environment for staff, patients, partners, and communities in line with MSF policies and principles.

As the Safeguarding Supervisor, you will play a key role in raising awareness, strengthening prevention measures, and ensuring that accessible and confidential reporting mechanisms are in place. Working closely with project teams, local partners, and community representatives, you will support safeguarding risk assessments, deliver training and awareness activities, and help integrate safeguarding practices across all departments and areas of intervention.

• Support to the Safeguarding framework.
• Assist in reviewing and contextualizing MSF policies to fit the local program environment, including translating the Code of Conduct in local languages and adapting reporting procedures to ensure they are culturally appropriate, age-sensitive, and understood by both MSF staff, partners and community members. 
• Ensure all policies are accessible, translated (if necessary), and well understood by MSF staff, partners and affected communities. 
• Conduct the safeguarding risk analysis and conduct necessary discussions with all stakeholders in the coordination team and assist the PCs of the projects to identify risks and develop mitigating action plan.
• Capacity building of staff, partners and communities 
• Roll out safeguarding training for staff, partners and contractors and training of trainers in the project teams
• Conducts mandatory initial safeguarding briefings with new staff and refresher briefings as needed. 
• Support the project in disseminating and developing prevention tools (videos, leaflets, posters). 
• Coordinate and conduct sensitization safeguarding activities for patients and caretakers, ensuring they understand their rights, and to evaluate how they relate to MSF staff. 
• Champion a culture of accountability, prevention, and zero tolerance for abuse and misconduct at project level.
• Reinforcement of the channels of reporting at project level 
• Raise awareness with all staff on their role and responsibilities on Safeguarding, especially how to prevent harms within our operations and un-ethical conduct, and also what to do to if they are victims, or if they witness a potential harmful conduct towards staff, patients or community members and how to report.
• Support the design of accessible, culturally sensitive community feedback and response mechanisms (CFRMs). 
• Ensure all patients and community members understand their rights ? including the right to be safe, treated with respect, informed about their care, and to report concerns without fear. Provide clear information on how and where to report. 
• Support department leads to mainstream safeguarding in their daily work 
• Ensure close supervision of prevention activities and safe-guarding focal points at project level. 
• Support integration of safeguarding measures into staff recruitment/onboarding/development, procurement, service delivery, facility management, and partnership agreements. 
• Collaborate with the logistics department to increase inclusion and safety within the MSF facilities. 
• Support concerned departments in implementing the learning and recommendations from case management.
• Reporting and collaboration with other actors 
• Produce monthly report including assessment of the context related to barriers, weaknesses and strengths of the project?s main topics of discussion and problems encountered, sessions and trainings done, reporting and communication systems that are in place or in need to be established/ to change. 
• Represent the OC in inter-agency safeguarding or PSEA networks.

MSF OCBA Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Adapt and strengthen safeguarding measures across MSF-supported activities in Sudan, taking into account the specific vulnerabilities arising from:
  • the ongoing armed conflict, 
  • displacement,
  • economic hardship and 
  • dependency on humanitarian assistance. 
• Pay particular attention to safeguarding risks:
  • in MSF-supported Ministry of Health facilities, including the involvement of MoH and incentive-supported staff, as well as activities in IDP camps and other vulnerable communities.
• Work closely with MSF teams, MoH counterparts, local NGO partners and community representatives to identify and mitigate risks of exploitation, abuse and misuse of power, including those linked to access to healthcare, employment and incentive arrangements. 
• Support local partners in strengthening their safeguarding practices and reporting mechanisms, recognizing the different capacities and operational realities of each organization. 
• Promote safeguarding awareness, professional boundaries and safe, accessible and confidential reporting mechanisms, ensuring that patients, communities and staff understand their rights and can raise concerns without fear of retaliation.
• Work with all departments, (Ops, Medical, Log, HR, comms, Fin etc) and ensure safeguarding is mainstreamed and incorporated in all areas of the mission activities.
• Support safeguarding in assessments, explos and emergency interventions.
• Report to head of mission/technical referents regular progress, identifying activities supported, barriers, challenges encountered and support needed.

• Essential: Bachelor's degree in social science, Law, Education or Social Communication is required.
• Essential: 2 years of experience in protection and prevention of abuses and discrimination, Gender-based violence, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in an international organization (is a must).
• Field humanitarian experience in high-risk context (is an asset).
• Experience and/or interest in social work /rights-based organizations, women organizations. Social process facilitation is an asset. 
• Experience of working in refugees' camps or in collaboration with the community is an asset.
• Minimum B1 Proficiency level in English and native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
• Essential knowledge: Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook), SharePoint, and internet use, ability to organize and facilitate workshops, good communication and networking skills. ability to manage stressful situations and creativity and sensitivity to context when engaging on safeguarding expectations.
• Competency required: People Management and Development, Commitment to MSF Principles, Behavioral Flexibility, Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, Time-management.

Interested candidates are requested to submit their Application Online through the following Google Forms link: https://forms.gle/49DBnmR5CR3xrsEPA

Applications must be submitted in English Language including:

✓ Motivation letter in English.
✓ Updated CV in English.

✓ Copy of Personal national ID / Passport.

✓ Copy of relevant bachelor's degree.

✓ Copy of relevant work certificates.

✓ Copy of relevant training certificates.

Please note that Applications submitted through any other channel, incomplete applications, or applications that do not meet the specified criteria will not be considered in the recruitment process.

Your application will be reviewed only after this form is fully completed and all required documents are uploaded.

Applications submitted through any other channel, or without the full set of documents in each mentioned upload section, will not be processed or considered.

All information provided will be handled with strict confidentiality and for recruitment purposes only.

Tests and interviews will be carried out in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Administrative conditions:

• This job profile can be adapted and/or changed according to the evolution of the activities, evolution of the Mission and the program needs.
• The general conditions are detailed in the staff regulations, work contract and health policy.

MSF never asks for money from candidates at any stage of recruitment process. No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism, discrimination will be tolerated in the recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding and Zero tolerance policy.

MSF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, race, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority and underrepresented groups, persons with special needs are encouraged to apply. We are committed to achieving a balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

MSF OCBA is a people-focused humanitarian organization that offers a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. We believe this approach enhances our work and we are committed to equity in employment. We embrace diverse backgrounds of people working together to exhibit their passion in action for the social mission of MSF. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. 

MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.