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About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

• Supports the Head of Safeguarding in implementing and ensuring compliance in line with the safeguarding policy at the country level.
• Support head of safeguarding to review and strengthen safeguarding systems within the country office, planning and delivering training programs accordingly
• Closely coordinate and follow up with Safeguarding Coordinators and provincial safeguarding teams, as assigned by the Head of safeguarding.
• Assist the Safeguarding team in delivering mandatory and refresher training on Safeguarding policies and standards.
• Assist the Head of safeguarding in coordinating with safeguarding teams, to take steps to ensure that all programming activity identifies the potential risks and works to eliminate and mitigate those risks.
• During field, visits ensure that all safeguarding concerns are reported effectively in line with the policy.
• High levels of professional safeguarding behavior and maintaining the standards required by the Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
• Follow the guided behaviors and guiding principles of safeguarding mainly during case management.
• Deliver professionally any other task assigned by the line manager

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION

Submission Guideline:

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by sending the below documents mentioning the position title and vacancy number in the subject of their email before the closing date to the afg.recruitment@savethechildren.org

   * Letter of Interest and Update CV as a single document
   * SCI application form:  http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572430756959.docx

• Save the Children International provides equal employment opportunities and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.
• We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse

Submission Email:

afg.recruitment@savethechildren.org