Quick answer
Save the Children International is hiring a full-time Senior Safeguarding Officer in Rwanda to lead and champion child safeguarding, ensuring all programming is designed and monitored through a safeguarding lens.
- Role
- SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
- Organization
- Save the Children International
- Location
- Rwanda
- Level
- Senior
- Category
- Other
The role
The role involves leading and championing child safeguarding across Rwanda offices, ensuring all programming is designed and monitored through a safeguarding lens, and promoting safe programming and safeguarding practices.
What you'll do
- Work with programme development and programme operations teams to identify potential risks to children
- Undertake clear, strong advocacy in line with the Safeguarding Policies at National levels
- Deliver high quality, accessible and reliable support, guidance and capacity to emergency/humanitarian response and programmes team
- Establish Country safeguarding networks to champion local implementation
- Coach and support Field Focal Points in order to improve Safeguarding practice
- Deliver a suite of mandatory core training workshops
What it takes
- Undergraduate in Gender, Child Protection or Child Rights Governance, governance, law, social work or related degree
- Experience within an INGO or similar other organisation working with vulnerable communities and children
- Experience of managing as well as undertaking complex child protection/safeguarding investigations and or disciplinary investigations
- Experience of planning and undertaking training programmes/workshops in child protection/safeguarding at a range of levels
- Excellent verbal communication and report writing skills in English and Kinyarwanda
- Excellent presentation skills
What you'll bring
Frequently asked questions
Where is the job located?
The job is located in Rwanda.
What is the compensation?
The compensation is not specified.
What are the key qualifications required?
Key qualifications include an undergraduate degree in a relevant field, experience in child protection/safeguarding, and excellent communication skills.
How do I apply?
Applications can be submitted until 1 Oct 2026. Please visit the Save the Children International website for more information.
How to apply
Apply directly on Save the Children International's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.
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