Managing Director, Safeguarding (M3)
Company: Save The Children
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: March 7, 2023
Job Description:
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accommodation by visiting the following page:Staff whose work
requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction
with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must
be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by
law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws
with regard to accommodations related to this policy.SummaryThe
Managing Director, Safeguarding is a mission critical leadership
role that has overall accountability for ensuring Save the Children
US (SCUS) meets its safeguarding obligations to children and adults
served by agency programs.The role is responsible for:- Leading a
team that manages Agency systems and processes relating to the
safety of children and adults served by the Agency's domestic
(U.S.) programming, including training, reporting, investigation
and case management.- Being the primary point of contact for the
CEO, Senior Leadership Team, and Board on matters relating to child
and adult safeguarding.- The proactive identification and
mitigation of risks related to child and adult safeguarding.-
Embedding child and adult safeguarding best practices in our
workforce, and the design and delivery of programs.- Ensuring
SCUS's policies and procedures align with the Save the Children
Global Child Safeguarding Protocol, and contributing to the further
development of Save the Children movement standards and practices
related to safeguarding.What You'll Be Doing (Essential
Duties)Program Leadership and Development: (20%)
- Develop and oversee a framework for addressing risks to the
safeguarding of children and adults served by SCUS programs, in
coordination with agency leadership and other Divisions.
- Provide subject-matter expertise and leadership for
organization-wide action plans to enhance child and adult
safeguarding practice based upon internal and external audit
findings or other assessments.
- Report child and adult safeguarding-related incidents, trends,
and action plans to the Senior Leadership Team and the Board of
Trustees, as appropriate.
- Present to and influence multiple staff constituencies, at all
seniority levels including Senior Leadership Team, on child and
adult safety best practice, requirements and processes.
- Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly
communicating organization, division and department priorities, and
how their work contributes to our mission, ensuring that the
working environment continually fosters diversity, inclusion, and
belonging - supporting Save the Children values.Prevention: (20%)
- Review and update the Child Safeguarding Policy and
Procedures.
- Identify, assess, and monitor safeguarding risk areas across
the organization, and work collaboratively across Divisions to
implement risk mitigation and management processes.
- Manage the review, update, and operationalization of a risk
management framework for child and adult safeguarding.
- Oversee the development and delivery of safeguarding-related
training for all staff, volunteers, focal points, partner, and
other relevant contacts of the Agency.Reporting: (20%)
- Accountable for ensuring that all child and adult safeguarding
incidents or near misses arising from SCUS's domestic and
international programs are reported in accordance with the
applicable policies and procedures. Provide overall management and
support in relation to child safety incident reports in Save the
Children US, Save the Children Head Start, and Save the Children
Action Network and liaises with the Safeguarding Trustee as
appropriate.
- Proactively manage reporting on serious incidents, reporting
metrics, emerging risks and trend analysis providing reporting to
Senior Leadership Team and Board as required.
- In coordination with other Divisions, manage reporting of child
and adult safeguarding matters to external agencies, consistent
with donor requirements and applicable laws.
- Lead SCUS reporting, interaction and influencing with US
Government and major donors on all child and adult safeguarding
reporting matters.
- Aligned with the organization's Code of Ethics and commitment
to reporting, lead a team that serves as a resource to all staff to
answer questions on reporting requirements and procedures.
- Manage, and support the Safeguarding team to conduct
safeguarding investigations in an appropriate, timely, and
survivor-centered way.
- Investigate (or coordinate with an external investigator)
serious incidents.
- In coordination with other Divisions, communicate with relevant
federal/state/local child services agencies and law enforcement
authorities as required.
- Ensure that the Agency case management system for incident
reporting and investigations is updated and maintained.
- Manage the review child safeguarding critical incidents to
identify lessons learned and strengthen existing processes.Systems:
(20%)
- Ensure all Agency systems and processes relating to child and
adult safeguarding are comprehensive and working effectively,
including systems relating to domestic programming site visits,
partner assessments, safe programming and non-programming
events.
- Support the Agency process for background checks for employees,
consultants and program visitors.
- Keep updated on industry developments to ensure Agency systems
are current and responsive to relevant risks.Required
Qualifications
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus
at least 10 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience managing a team, preferably engaging in
safeguarding-related casework.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of safeguarding in varied
settings, preferably with experience of working in differing legal
jurisdictions.
- Proven professional experience with a focus on child safety,
conducting investigations into child abuse and/or neglect, and case
management.
- Deep understanding of child safeguarding principles and
approaches.
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively
with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and
externally
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and
environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.Preferred
Qualifications
- Professional experience with incident management software
and/or databases.
- Experience working in an organization with international
operations.CompensationSave the Children is offering the following
salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:
- Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs
significantly above national average: Target Salary for this
position is $131,750 - $147,250 base salary
- Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average:
Target Salary for this position is $119,850 - $133,950 base
salary
- Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor
Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $107,950 -
$120,650 base salary Actual base salary may vary based upon, but
not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers,
business sector, and geographic location. Employee may be eligible
for an incentive program. Save the Children also offers paid
vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade
and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1
day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata
reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and
at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for
additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers
outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life
insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an
Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with
employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave
of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid
volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress
for your day, and much more. Why you should join the Save the
Children Team---Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits
that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term
and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program,
403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave,
parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and
much more.Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US
will invest in YOU!About Save the ChildrenNo matter your role when
you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge
yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing
the world for kids. It's an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no
matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a
writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one
of the hundreds of dozens of roles we're looking to fill every
day.You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a
future. In the United States and around the world, we give children
a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection
from harm. We do whatever it takes for children - every day and in
times of crisis - transforming their lives and the future we share.
-Our work for children and their families requires that we
commit-at every opportunity-to work together to identify and
dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality,
and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond.
As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate
discrimination in any form-in our employment practices, amongst our
staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in
solidarity with -all -people to fight for equal rights, justice,
inclusion, and belonging. -We provide equal employment
opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender
identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national
origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a
veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws. -Save
the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations
in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping
protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the
Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in
any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In
addition, it is Save the Children's policy to create and
proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter
any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that
place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our
representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner
consistent with this commitment and obligation.Save the Children is
committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued
employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information
to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our
programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency
and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for
all.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other
manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they
have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the
pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have
access to the compensation information of other employees or
applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot
disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals
who do not otherwise have access to compensation information,
unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or
charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding,
hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the
employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to
furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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