Safeguarding Officer
World Vision · Mansourieh
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Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:
The Safeguarding Officer supports the implementation and strengthening of World Vision Lebanon's safeguarding framework across programmes, operations and partnerships. The role contributes to the prevention, reporting of, and response to safeguarding concerns by supporting awareness raising, capacity building, risk assessments, monitoring, incident management processes, and compliance activities. Working closely with internal departments, partners, and communities, the Safeguarding Officer helps ensure safeguarding standards are understood and applied consistently, promotes a culture of accountability and zero tolerance for harm, and supports the integration of safeguarding into programme implementation and organizational practices.
Safeguarding Coordination, Compliance & Risk Management
- Support the implementation of World Vision safeguarding standards and frameworks across programmes, operations, and partnerships.
- Compile and analyse safeguarding risk information and trends to support risk monitoring and mitigation efforts.
- Conduct and support periodic safeguarding risk assessments across programs, operations, partnerships, and emergency responses.
- Support the integration of safeguarding considerations into programme implementation, operational processes, and partner activities.
- Support the implementation of safeguarding measures during emergency preparedness and response activities, including risk assessments, staff awareness, monitoring, and follow-up actions.
Safeguarding Systems, Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Support the implementation of safeguarding policies, procedures, and tools across programmes, operations, and partner activities.
- Ensure timely, high-quality incident reporting, case investigation, follow-up, and escalation in line with WVI requirements.
- Compile, maintain, and submit safeguarding reports and documentation to meet organizational reporting requirements.
- Conduct spot checks, audits, and compliance reviews across projects, offices, and partner operations.
- Monitor partner compliance with safeguarding requirements and provide support to address identified gaps.
- Provide technical support, mentoring and capacity strengthening to partners to improve safeguarding systems, compliance, and risk management practices.
- Support partner safeguarding assessments and provide information to inform risk management and corrective action processes.
- Document lessons learned, good practices, and recommendations arising from safeguarding activities, incidents, assessments, and capacity-strengthening initiatives to support continuous improvement.
- Provide technical and field-level support to programmes, operations, and partners in the management and follow-up of complex or high-risk safeguarding concerns.
Prevention, Capacity Strengthening & Culture Change
- Lead safeguarding capacity strengthening for staff, management, safeguarding focal points, and partners.
- Ensure safeguarding is integrated into staff induction, refresher trainings, partner onboarding, and visitor orientations.
- Support departments and field teams to proactively identify and mitigate safeguarding risks.
- Strengthen community-based safeguarding awareness and feedback mechanisms in coordination with Accountability teams.
- Promote a speak-up culture where safeguarding concerns are safely raised and acted upon.
Perform other duties as required:
- Attend and participate in capacity building trainings locally and internationally
- Attend and participate in WVL’s spiritual nurture and other organizational events
- Responsible of own security and actively contribute to a positive security culture
- Report CP incidents as per the safeguarding policy guidelines.
- Abide by the security policies and procedures and report any incidents or breaches to security manager
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Line Manager
Mnimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree relevant to social science, development, public relations. Master’s degree is preferred.
- Experience in both relief and development
- Experience in Safeguarding and Child protection
- Able to oversee and manage budgets
- Experience in project management
- Ability to speak and write with a high standard of English
- Fluency in Arabic
As a Christian organisation, World Vision is founded on the biblical principles that women and men, girls and boys are created in the image of God, and of Jesus’ love for all people without discrimination. This means that we recognise and affirm the equal worth, dignity and rights of women, men, girls and boys with and without disability and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only