• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Mercy Corps values
  
• Bachelor degree in Social Work, Communications, Law, Education or relevant professional qualification.
  
• Minimum of 2-4 years relevant work experience.
  
• Knowledgeable about protection, safeguarding, child safeguarding or similar areas such as PSEAH or sexual misconduct or protection mainstreaming
  
• Fluency in written and spoken English, good knowledge of hausa and other local languages is an added advantage.
  
• Good data management, data analysis, computer literacy and excellent documentation and report writing skills
  

Training and Awareness Raising

• Deliver safeguarding workshops as needed to enable teams to meet their responsibilities to mainstream safeguarding
  
• Review and strengthen all training material for teams, implementing partners and external stakeholders
  
• Drive safeguarding mainstreaming across field offices and work closely with Safeguarding Focal Points and various departments.
  
• Build the capacity of Safeguarding Focal Points and Champions in field offices and ensure learning is shared across different teams.
  
• Support and monitor team member’s, partner’s and community members’ awareness of safeguarding and child safeguarding through collaboration with HR, PAQ and program teams
  

Systems and Processes

• Coordinate and implement safeguarding audits in collaboration with key teams, Safeguarding Focal Points and Safeguarding Champions; requesting support from Regional Safeguarding Advisor throughout
  
• Conduct internal advocacy to promote a safeguarding culture free of sexual exploitation, abuse harassment; ensure senior management is aware of Core Standard 4
  
• Review and strengthen safeguarding systems within partner agencies when needed
  
• Support teams to promote an organizational culture that is committed to protecting program participants and communities we work with from sexual exploitation, abuse, harm and human trafficking
  

Program Support

• Support the Regional Safeguarding Advisor with proposal and safeguarding technical input; understand and follow guidance from Core Standard 5
  
• Support the delivery and commitment to mitigations in the proposal
  
• Work closely with the Regional Safeguarding Advisor when integrating safeguarding risks as part of a program or protection risk assessment, or a standalone safeguarding risk assessment
  
• Ensure risks have realistic mitigations in place with clear persons responsible in line with Core Standard 5 guidance
  

Survivor Response and Support

• Act as a reporting avenue for safeguarding related issues, concerns or experiences and ensure next steps occur in accordance with organizational policies and procedures
  
• Act as a resource to survivors and help ensure their safety, security and well-being and support a survivor-centered approach
  
• In coordination with local PSEA networks and other agencies identify, map and annually update the survivor service map
  

Engagement

• Participate in and represent Mercy Corps at relevant sector coordination mechanisms, including Clusters and PSEA networks
  
• Provide technical support regarding donor requirements on project proposals and design
  
• Collaborate closely with Regional Safeguarding Advisors