What you’ll do:

Safeguarding leadership in EC responses (50%)

• Lead safeguarding design and implementation for EC activations from preparedness through to closure, ensuring safeguarding considerations are embedded in all stages of response.
• Conduct rapid safeguarding risk assessments for emergency contexts and ensure mitigation measures are incorporated into operational and programme plans.
• Deliver safeguarding induction and regular training for EC teams, surge staff, and implementing partners to promote safe behaviours and strengthen awareness of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Advise response leads on safeguarding risks and ensure incident management follows survivor centred and recipient first principles.
• Lead or support the management of safeguarding concerns during deployments in collaboration with Internal Audit and People teams, ensuring appropriate documentation, escalation, and follow up.
• Represent safeguarding in internal coordination structures and external or inter agency mechanisms when required to support safe and accountable response.

Systems strengthening and preparedness (25%)

• Develop and adapt safeguarding systems, tools, protocols, and procedures to ensure they are fit for purpose in high risk and fast moving emergency environments.
• Drive innovation in safeguarding reporting, feedback, and referral systems to improve safe access and responsiveness during rapid activations.
• Lead safeguarding after reviews or audits and ensure learning is integrated into global safeguarding practice and EC preparedness.
• Collaborate closely with Safeguarding, EC, Internal Audit, and other teams to align risk management systems and ensure minimum safeguarding standards are implemented consistently.
• Support prevention, awareness, and readiness efforts during non response periods through training, policy refinement, and the development of updated safeguarding guidance.

Collaboration and internal trust building (25%)

• Strengthen cross team communication and trust to ensure safeguarding is understood and experienced as an enabler of delivery during emergency response.
• Serve as a bridge between Safeguarding, EC, and operational teams, ensuring clear, timely, and reliable communication channels before, during, and after activations.
• Model GiveDirectly’s Team Next value by demonstrating transparency, shared ownership, and collaborative leadership across all response and preparedness activities.
• Mentor and strengthen the capacity of other safeguarding team members and contribute actively to the global safeguarding team’s continuous improvement and shared learning.

What you’ll bring:

• Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
• Language Requirement: Professional fluency in English. Highly Desirable: French, Swahili, Portuguese.
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in safeguarding, protection, or risk management roles within humanitarian or development settings.
• Demonstrated experience in emergency or rapid response operations, ideally across multiple countries and contexts.
• Adaptability, flexibility, and a can do attitude, with the capacity to adjust quickly to changing needs, short timelines, and evolving operational realities.
• Deep understanding of safeguarding standards, abuse prevention principles, and survivor centred case management in emergency and/or rapid responses.
• Strong analytical and decision making skills, with the ability to operate effectively in high pressure or crisis environments.
• Proven ability to collaborate across teams and work respectfully and effectively with diverse stakeholders in complex settings.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to communicate safeguarding requirements clearly and confidently.