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Safeguarding Specialist at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 2 days ago (25 Sep 2026) Updated about 22 hours ago
Job Description
The Safeguarding Specialist will support the implementation of safeguarding policies across MSF programmes, lead investigations and build staff capacity on protection issues. The role involves conducting audits, developing training materials, and monitoring compliance with data protection regulations. Strong analytical and interpersonal skills are essential to drive a safe environment for beneficiaries and staff.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • BA/BSc/HND or professional certificate in project management, humanitarian affairs or related field
- • Minimum 5 years experience in safeguarding, protection or gender‑based violence
- • Strong knowledge of EDI principles and data protection regulations
- • Excellent communication, analytical and problem‑solving abilities
- • Proven ability to lead investigations and deliver capacity‑building programmes
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead and support administrative workplace investigations at headquarters and programme sites
- • Follow up and address safeguarding concerns as they arise
- • Design and deliver trainings, workshops and other capacity‑building activities on safeguarding and risk assessment
- • Develop safeguarding materials in collaboration with the Behaviour/Safeguarding Unit
- • Conduct safeguarding audits and support self‑assessment processes for programmes
- • Perform field visits, produce audit reports and contribute to policy review
- • Follow up on concerns and conduct lessons‑learned exercises
- • Carry out safeguarding‑related surveys
- • Integrate EDI and safeguarding strategies using data insights
- • Ensure data processing activities comply with relevant data protection laws
- • Enforce data protection policies and provide training to team members
- • Participate in performance management processes, including objective setting and evaluation