Governance and Safeguarding Coordinator

Sightsavers is looking for a Governance & Safeguarding Coordinator - a new role within our expanding team to help us coordinate our Governance and Safeguarding systems, processes and frameworks

Salary: £24,045 - £28,288

Location: UK-based - with lots of working from home, occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required plus some international travel

Contract: Permanent

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked

We are looking for an organised and effective coordinator to provide support to the the Controller of Governance and Assurance and the Global Head of Safeguarding. This will involve managing a portfolio of administrative responsibilities, including supporting key safeguarding stakeholders, Sightsavers global boards, as well as working with UK Board and sub committees, ensuring that they are provided with a comprehensive and efficient support service, enabling them to discharge their roles.

Key duties will include:

• Board administration
• Planning and coordination
• Trustees
• Insurance
• Governance and risk management
• Communications
• Supporting incident management
• Training administration and coordination
• Travel of up to four weeks per year is anticipated - in the UK and abroad (typically to Dubai but possibly also Kenya)

This will be a varied role. Please see the full job description for further details

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing coordination To succeed in this role you will need:

• Experience within an organisation in a relevant field such as governance, safeguarding, compliance, legal, finance or similar
• Experience implementing organisational policies and procedures
• Experience working with a wide range of stakeholders
• A practical understanding of safeguarding and how to create safe environments (this is desirable not essential)
• Excellent written communication
• Excellent administration, including letter, email and report writing and presentation
• Strong verbal communication
• The ability to manage confidential and sensitive information
• An analytical approach with excellent attention to detail
• The ability to follow issues through to completion
• Effective time management
• The ability to work with minimal supervision, prioritise work to meet deadlines by working well with other team members
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
• Experience with Microsoft Office products

Please read the full job description for further details

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London. This is a full time role but we can offer some flexibility around the hours worked. We consider that 10am to 3pm, five days per week will need to be the core hours for this position. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) at least once a month for team and other meetings although more frequently would be preferred.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in mid-April and the evaluation process will include a minute-taking task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of the first interview.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.

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