Safeguarding Officer
Qualifications of Safeguarding Officer:
- Location: Kabul
- Vacancy No: N/A
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: AADA
- Deadline: 2025-09-05
Brief details about Safeguarding Officer:
About
Information about the organization that has offered the job:
Agency for Assistance and Development of Afghanistan (AADA) is an Afghan non-profit non-governmental organization working for the development of Afghanistan mainly through (1) provision of quality health services; (2) community development; (3) training and capacity building at professional and community levels; and (4) research in topics of public health and social sciences besides various projects in different parts of Afghanistan.
Job Description:
- Organize and implement continuous training/orientation to AADA staff, relevant partners, community members and other stakeholders
- Conduct safeguarding induction for newly hired staff and volunteers.
- Monitor the Safeguarding risk mitigation process of individual projects, will participate in domestic investigations, and deliver quality reports.
- Monitoring compliance, provide support, and serve as a point of contact for safeguarding concerns to ensure a safe and respectful environment for everyone involved.
- Support Safeguarding awareness raising sessions among staff, partners, volunteers and beneficiaries and will make sure that all Safeguarding concerns and incidents are reported to the management following the set protocol.
- Support the integration of safeguards policies, principles, and priorities into daily field operations to ensure compliance and promote best practices.
- Establish and maintain mechanisms for reporting and addressing breaches of safeguards, including timely escalation and resolution processes.
- Ensure that all staff, volunteers, contractors and partners understand the code of conduct, are aware of expected behaviours and implications of misconduct.
- Raise awareness on safeguarding policy in project communities and ensure that community members know what behaviours to expect from staff and how to raise and report concerns.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Social Science, Law, Gender Study or any other related fields.
- At least 2 years’ experience in safeguarding fields with national and international NGOs
- Excellent verbal communication and report writing skills in English
- Fluency in spoken Dari, Pashto is required.
- Having ability to analyze and interpret data, identify trends, and draw actionable insights from community feedback is required.
- Understanding and respect for local culture, traditions, and social norms is essential for trust building with communities.