Senior Safeguarding Manager (GEDI Focal)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. Job Overview/Summary: The Senior Safeguarding Manager (and GEDI Officer) is the lead technical and strategic focal point for Safeguarding in IRC Myanmar’s, reporting directly to Deputy Director – People and Culture. This role is responsible for strengthening safeguarding systems, promoting a culture of prevention, ensuring safe, wellbeing and effective programming in line with IRC's global standards. The Senior Safeguarding Manager leads the contextualization and implementation of IRC’s Safeguarding Minimum Standards, GEDI commitments, and Safe, Inclusive & Transformative (SIT) Programming requirements, along with donor safeguarding obligations. This includes improvements in driving systems and ensuring regular safeguarding risk assessments across programs and operations. This role also contributes to partner capacity assessments in safeguarding and GEDI, informing sub-award risk management, and working closely with People & Culture (P&C) and program teams to strengthen a safe, respectful, inclusive, transformative and accountable workplace and program environment for all. This position is open for Myanmar National Only. Major Responsibilities: Safeguarding Prevention & Staff Competence - Provide strategic leadership to ensure safeguarding and GEDI principles are embedded across the project cycle, including design, implementation, monitoring, and close-out phases. - Coordinate Implementation and monitoring of the safeguarding Minimum standards at country level - Lead the implementation of the Safeguarding Incident Response SOP across the country program. - Represent Safeguarding in internal coordination settings, such as the Extended Senior Management Team (ESMT), project cycle meetings and other discussion for an initiated on an ad hoc basis. - Oversee Safeguarding training plans and curricula for IRC staff, partners, and incentive workers. - Promote continuous learning and foster a culture of prevention and safe reporting. - Coordinate and support Safeguarding Focal Points and GEDI Champions; facilitate regular meetings and provide ToT when required, enabling focal points to cascade basic safeguarding training in their respective offices and hard-to-reach field locations (e.g., to incentive workers). - Support Employee Resource Groups (Eg., Together@Work) and staff-led inclusion initiatives that foster respectful and equitable workplace culture. - Lead implementation and monitoring of Safeguarding and GEDI Action Plans, ensuring activities meet technical standards and contribute to long-term system strengthening. - Support contextual adaptation and dissemination of safeguarding and GEDI IEC materials that are visible, accessible, and linguistically appropriate for Myanmar’s diverse contexts. Safeguarding Reporting & Response Mechanisms - Serve as the primary in-country focal point for receiving safeguarding concerns from staff, partners, and clients via approved reporting channels. - Lead and support the response to safeguarding incidents in line with IRC’s global SOPs, ensuring a survivor-centered and confidential approach is always maintained; safe and timely referral to appropriate protection and support service; protection of reporters and survivors, including enforcement of anti-retaliation measures; and data protection safeguards. - Act as technical support to Safeguarding focal points and field teams managing sensitive disclosures. Safe Programming & Risk Management - Support program teams to conduct and/or integrate safeguarding risk assessments across the project cycle. - Guide teams in conducting Safeguarding risk analyses before launching new activities or entering new operational areas. - Lead the development of sector-specific guidance and tools (e.g., for Health, Education, Protection, Cash, etc.) to promote safe, inclusive and transformative access for clients. - Supervise (with METAL/MEAL and Protection) implementation of safe and confidential feedback and reporting systems aligned with IRC’s safeguarding Minimum standard on client reporting. - Ensure client feedback and complaints mechanisms (with METAL/MEAL and Protection) are safe, accessible, gender- and age-sensitive, and include PSEAH protocols; test usability in hard-to-reach settings and adapt as contexts evolve. - Promote Safe Programming across all IRC interventions and ensure mitigation measures are implemented and monitored. - Contribute to development and implementation of transformative programs, aligned with the GEDI Marker, where appropriate. Partnerships & Capacity Assessments (Safeguarding & GEDI) - Lead or contribute to partner due diligence and capacity assessments on Safeguarding and GEDI, including partner safeguarding risk ratings that inform partner selection and risk management decisions. - Identify partner capacity gaps and strengthen the skills of partner focal points to build and sustain their own safeguarding/PSEAH systems. - Support partners to strengthen community awareness on rights, expected staff behaviour, reporting options, and referral pathways. Data, Reporting & Compliance - Maintain secure safeguarding records; analyze trends to inform prevention, training, and system improvements. - Ensure compliance with donor safeguarding obligations, including timely and accurate contributions to donor reporting. - Monitor adherence to the IRC Way and safeguarding SOPs; support internal audits and external reviews. External Coordination & Representation - Represent IRC in inter-agency PSEA networks; ensure IRC reporting pathways align with inter-agency referral mechanisms. - Provide regular updates, key issues, and action points to the DD-P&C to support country leadership decision-making and alignment with global safeguarding standards. Key Working Relationships: Position Reports to:Deputy Director – People and Culture Position directly supervises:Nil Job Requirements: Education: - Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Law, Psychology, Social Work, Public Health or a related field. Work Experience: - 3-5 years of professional experience in Safeguarding/PSEA, Protection/GBV, , or Safe Programming within humanitarian or development settings. - Proven experience receiving, managing, and documenting sensitive safeguarding or protection concerns using confidential, survivor-centred approaches. - Demonstrated ability to conduct safeguarding risk assessments, safe programming analyses, or strengthen client-feedback and reporting systems. - Experience supporting or assessing partner organizations on safeguarding, PSEA, or compliance requirements. Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: - Strong background in designing and delivering training, coaching and mentoring. - Solid understanding of Safeguarding Minimum Standards, PSEA principles, child safeguarding, and survivor-centred response. - Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage sensitively with staff, partners, and clients. - Flexible and adaptable to shifting priorities, evolving contexts, and emergency-driven changes. - High level of integrity, discretion, cultural sensitivity, and respect for diversity. - Demonstrated ability to wo