Global Safeguarding Adviser

JOB DETAILS: Location: WaterAid is a global and equal opportunities employer.

The role will be based in one of the following countries where WaterAid works, subject to right-to-work eligibility in the respective countries: Kenya, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cambodia, Australia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Salary and Benefits: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience.

Band F.

See further details below: All per annum South Africa: 827, 550 ZAR with excellent benefits Nepal: 2,683,878 NPR with excellent benefits Kenya: 5,080,002 KES with excellent benefits Uganda: 123,026,016 UGX with excellent benefits About WaterAid Want to use your skills in safeguarding to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people.

In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best.

Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Global Safeguarding Adviser to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team The WaterAid Global Safeguarding Team sits within the Global People Team, and is a team made up of diverse safeguarding professionals based across a number of WaterAid locations.

The Global Safeguarding Team are responsible for ensuring that throughout WaterAid’s work, wherever in the world that maybe, we uphold our ‘Do no harm’ principle and prioritise keeping people safe.

The Global Safeguarding Team provide critical safeguarding advice and guidance to all 7 members and 27 countries of the WaterAid federation, to ensure we protect everyone we encounter through our work - including staff, partners, volunteers, contractors and the people in the communities we work - from experiencing any form of harm.

This includes setting federation wide safeguarding policies and procedures, providing safeguarding training, case management, management of the Safeguarding Focal Point Network, and sector safeguarding engagement.

We are a remote global team, and the successful candidate must be willing to work independently either from home or a country/member office, and to travel when required occasionally at short notice.

About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to join the Global Safeguarding Team as our Global Safeguarding Adviser reporting to the Global Safeguarding Director.

In this role you will play a key part in managing safeguarding cases and investigations, as well as providing proactive support and guidance to Members and Country Programmes on a range of safeguarding topics.

Alongside the Senior Global Safeguarding Specialist, you will design, deliver, and facilitate training to a range of audiences, and help support the management and development of WaterAid’s Safeguarding Focal Point Network.

The team is supported by a Global Safeguarding Co-Ordinator, and a Community Safeguarding Engagement Adviser.

In this role you’ll also: Co-lead safeguarding support country programme / member visits.

Contribute to maintaining and updating key global policies as and when required.

Actively engage with external safeguarding networks to ensure WaterAid continues to contribute to improve sector safeguarding standards and engages in relevant sector initiatives.

Monitor compliance with global safeguarding standards in relation to core performance indicators.

Plan and develop alongside the rest of the Global Safeguarding Team, training resources such as webinars, videos, and guidance documents for multiple audiences.

Be available on call throughout the year and during events as designated to ensure safeguarding advice and support can be accessed across the Global Safeguarding Team 24/7 Requirements To be successful, you’ll need: A proven track record of working in an international safeguarding environment with significant case management experience.

Significant experience in conducting safeguarding investigations and risk-based interviewing.

Excellent facilitation and training design skills, with an ability to adapt these to different contexts and audiences.

Evidenced experience of working in difficult, fast paced, and complex environments.

Ability and confidence to influence key safeguarding stakeholders.

The ability to work collaboratively and practically across multi-cultural teams Willingness to work as part of a globally dispersed team, requiring high levels of flexibility and travel.

To be able to confidentiality communicate in English both written and spoken.

Commitment to WaterAid’s values of respect, accountability, courage, collaboration, integrity and innovation and a working style that reflects these.

Willingness to take ownership and to be accountable You must be available to travel internationally for an event between 04- 11 October 2025.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have: Spoken and written French, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Gender and inclusion experience within the international sector Qualified sexual exploitation and abuse investigator for example ITQS level 3.

Appreciation or experience of some of the country contexts in which WaterAid works