# Child Protection and Safeguarding Specialist

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a Child Protection and Safeguarding Specialist to reinforce and supervise networks of focal points, implement risk assessments and mitigation measures, and maintain accessible reporting mechanisms.

**Job Summary:** The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in safeguarding, child protection, or related fields, with proven experience in humanitarian emergencies and epidemic responses.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Reinforce and supervise networks of focal points, community-based structures, and stakeholders

- Implement risk assessments and mitigation measures to ensure safeguarding across the response

- Strengthen safeguarding capacities of staff, partners, and community-based organisations

- Maintain accessible reporting mechanisms, referral pathways, and survivor-centred care services

- Establish a sustainable transition framework for safeguarding technical support

**Requirements:**

- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in safeguarding, child protection, or related fields

- Proven experience in humanitarian emergencies and epidemic responses

- Solid knowledge of safeguarding systems, risk assessments, and organisational frameworks

- Experience working with health systems, community structures, and inter-agency coordination mechanisms

- Strong skills in facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and partnership management

- Excellent French language skills; English and/or Swahili desirable

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary

- 14 weeks of maternity leave at 100%

- Flexible work arrangements

- Professional development opportunities

**How to Apply:** Interested candidates should submit their applications, including a cover letter, updated CV, and required documents, by November 1, 2026.

## Skills

### Required
- safeguarding
- child protection
- risk assessment
- partnership management
- French

### Nice to have
- English language
- Swahili

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