Senior Safeguarding Officer at CAMFED – Campaign for Female Education

Position Overview

The Senior Safeguarding Officer is responsible for upholding CAMFED's zero-tolerance stance on sexual exploitation, abuse, discrimination, and harassment. This role involves ensuring the organization promotes safe environments and upholds the rights and safety of marginalized girls and young women. The Senior Safeguarding Officer provides technical and strategic guidance on safeguarding policies and serves as the primary contact for staff regarding safeguarding concerns.

About CAMFED

CAMFED (the Campaign for Female Education) is internationally recognized as a leader in girls' education, child protection policy and practice, and as a voice for girls' education and women's empowerment at the highest levels. Founded in 1993, CAMFED supports girls throughout their primary and secondary school years and supports women to transition to productive and fulfilling livelihoods and onto leadership, as role models, activists, and philanthropists. CAMFED operates in Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, with operations throughout all districts in Malawi since 2009, working closely with the Ministry of Education.

Key Details

• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Employment Type: Full-Time, Fixed-Term Contract
• Reports to: Executive Director
• Category: Administrative/Secretarial

Principal Accountability

• Policy Management and Implementation
• Review, update, and implement safeguarding policies

Requirements

Candidates must have the Right to Work in Ghana.