Remote Safeguarding Consultant for International Development

Baptist World Aid Australia; Ryde; Remote; AUD 8,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Baptist World Aid Australia (BWAA) is seeking an experienced safeguarding consultant to strengthen safeguarding practices across its international partnerships. The contract is up to 10 days with timing negotiable.

You will desk-review policies, tools and risk assessments, assess system effectiveness, and develop a prioritized two‑year action plan alongside concrete revisions to programming tools. Applicants should have demonstrable safeguarding expertise in international development,

Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical expertise in safeguarding within international development and humanitarian settings.
• Experience in child safeguarding, PSEAH and/or GEDSI.
• Strong knowledge of ACFID and DFAT/ANCP requirements.
• Excellent project management and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Desk review safeguarding policies, tools, health checks and risk assessments.
• Assess effectiveness of safeguarding systems, processes and training.
• Review partner incident reporting and response mechanisms for improvement.
• Facilitate a validation workshop with BWAA staff.
• Develop a comprehensive assessment report and a two-year action plan.
• Implement revisions to key programming tools.

Skills

Safeguarding

International development

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Policy analysis

Job description

Baptist World Aid Australia (BWAA) is seeking an experienced safeguarding consultant to strengthen safeguarding practices across its international partnerships. The contract is up to 10 days with timing negotiable.

You will desk-review policies, tools and risk assessments, assess system effectiveness, and develop a prioritized two‑year action plan alongside concrete revisions to programming tools. Applicants should have demonstrable safeguarding expertise in international development,