Global Safeguarding Officer

Job Description

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We’re searching for a Global Safeguarding Officer! Do you have highly effective interview skills and the ability to build rapport with people from around the globe? Do you have a thriving relationship with Jesus and a desire to protect vulnerable beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation? As a Global Safeguarding Officer, you will be responsible for overseeing a coordinated global program to protect children and vulnerable adults from exploitation and abuse. Working globally across all locations, the GSO fosters a work environment that minimizes the potential for abuse, exploitation of children and vulnerable adults, and workplace sexual harassment.

We invite you to utilize your skills and experience to have a global, kingdom impact!

A day in the life of a Global Safeguarding Officer:

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and then we join together to pray for one another, our staff and volunteers serving around the globe. 

Job Duties

• Partner domestically and internationally across operational and functional teams to develop and implement an enhanced and comprehensive Global Safeguarding program, including investigations, policy review, training, compliance, and awareness.
• Conduct reviews and assessments of global safeguarding operations to determine key risk areas, including cultural and safety considerations and work with leadership to identify program specific issues and methods to manage and mitigate risks.
• Ensure that Samaritan’s Purse has appropriate reporting mechanisms in place and coordinates with the Chief Compliance and Risk Officer on any recommended enhancements to the reporting system provided in then Reporting Concerns (Whistleblower) policy.
• Provide training and advice to investigative fact finders, HR, Legal, Safeguarding Officers, and other staff involved in cases of alleged abuse and exploitation to effectively review and address alleged misconduct.
• Liaise with internal leadership and investigative fact finders to incorporate investigation lessons learned into program enhancements, as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university relevant field and a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience with international non-profit(s) in humanitarian and development settings or relevant field experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Nonprofit program management skills strongly preferred.
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of beneficiary protection from abuse and exploitation in development and humanitarian contexts, and thorough knowledge of international protection frameworks and mechanisms.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural environments, often in very challenging situations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with competency on the development and delivery of training.
• Ability to work with vulnerable children and adults.

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type: Full-Time

Travel Expectations: 15%

Benefits

• Career with purpose!
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long term and short term disability insurance
• Term Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Ten paid holidays
• Twelve or more days of vacation depending on years of service
• Ten sick/personal days
• Daily staff devotions and prayer time

Please provide a cover letter that speaks to why you qualify for this position and be sure to include your resume. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Samaritan’s Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan’s Purse Statement of Faith:

* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.  (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)

* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.   (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)

* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.   (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)

* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.   (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.   (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other.  God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society.  For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.   (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.   (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.   (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)