The Position

Supports the day to day activities of the World Vision Australia (WVA) Safeguarding team to ensure that WVA is a Child Safe organisation and fulfils its mission to protect the children and adults it serves.

This role assists WVA to effectively implement a range of initiatives relating to the implementation of the organisation's Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines and works closely with the Manager, Child and Adult Safeguarding and other business stakeholders.

Ideal for someone who is committed to perusing a career in child and adult safeguarding in the international aid and development sector with on the job learning opportunities and the opportunity to work on a part time basis.

Part Time – 30 Hrs per week

Responsibilities include:

• Support on the provision of Safeguarding advice and continuous improvement of WVA’s Safeguarding policy and practice
• Support on case management and coordination of Safeguarding incident reports
• Coordinate, develop and conduct Safeguarding training for departments within WVA
• Coordinate Safeguarding Communications and Awareness raising plans and activities
• Assist with implementing initiatives that ensure WVA continues to meet the requirements of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, Child Safe Standards, ACNP, DFAT, ACFID and World Vision International including coordination of the Annual Safeguarding Update Report for WVA

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for someone with foundational knowledge and interest in child and adult safeguarding. You will be keen to learn, have excellent communication skills and able to engage and collaborate with many different stakeholders.

You will also have:

• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and multitask to deliver multiple business priorities
• Coordination experience including tracking and overseeing the completion of actions to timeframes
• Experience in training development, facilitation and delivery
• Ability to work with confidential and sensitive information with integrity and discretion
• Degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Law or other relevant field or equivalent experience

Working for World Vision means you are making the world better 

It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward. 

The selection process 

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us