SPARC Safeguarding Implementation Lead
Role Summary
Join Médecins Sans Frontières as a SPARC Safeguarding Implementation Lead to support the implementation of safeguarding measures across its global operations.
Key Responsibilities
· Lead coordination and implementation follow-up of SPARC Safeguarding ambitions and strategic initiatives across the SPARC cycle.
· Translate common safeguarding ambitions into implementation plans, deliverables, milestones, accountability mechanisms, and measurable outcomes.
· Monitor movement-wide coordination of safeguarding initiatives across ODs, sections, and international platforms and report on implementation progress against safeguarding objectives and ambitions to 2031.
· Develop implementation guidance, tools, frameworks, templates, and operational resources.
. Drive integration of safeguarding as a core organizational practice across MSF offices, projects, and operational environments.
. Strengthen safeguarding accountability, leadership engagement, and operational ownership across functions and levels of the organization.
. Embed safeguarding responsibilities into organizational systems, operational planning, management practices, onboarding, and workforce processes.
. Support the ISC in cross-functional coordination with IDRH, MedOps, Dir Med, RIOD, ILD, DEI, and other key stakeholders.
. Monitor implementation progress, identify risks and gaps, and drive corrective and improvement actions where needed.
. Analyse safeguarding implementation trends, challenges, and lessons learned to inform strategic decision-making.
. Produce implementation reports, dashboards, briefing papers, presentations, and governance updates.
. Lead learning and knowledge-sharing initiatives related to safeguarding implementation and best practices.
. Coordinate safeguarding reviews, consultations, evaluations, and implementation follow-up processes
- Safeguarding ambitions are translated into practical implementation plans and operational deliverables.
- Implementation progress is systematically tracked, monitored, and reported.
- Common implementation approaches, tools, and guidance are developed and used across relevant stakeholders.
- Safeguarding is increasingly embedded into organisational systems, operational practices, and ways of working.
- Safeguarding considerations are integrated into workforce and operational processes.
- Cross-functional collaboration on safeguarding implementation is strengthened.
- Organisational awareness and ownership of safeguarding responsibilities are increased across the movement.
- Monitor safeguarding implementation progress
- Analyze implementation to support evidence-based strategic decision-making.
- Produce high-quality reports, dashboards, briefing papers, presentations, and governance updates
- Lead learning and knowledge-sharing initiatives to promote best practices and continuous improvement.
- Coordinate safeguarding reviews, consultations, evaluations, and follow-up processes, ensuring recommendations are tracked and implemented.
Minimum Requirements
The incumbent commits to contribute to a safe, supportive, inclusive, equitable, diverse, respectful, and healthy workplace, free from abuse and other misconduct. They will not engage in any form of abuse including those detailed in MSF Typologies of Abuse and when an employee suspects or observes abuse, they will report it (without investigating it) to protect others.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to qualified candidates but lacks specific details regarding legal work eligibility or visa sponsorship.
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