Rwanda Safeguarding Field Manager

• Conduct safeguarding risk assessments and review operational tools to identify safeguarding risks, informed by direct engagement with communities, recipients, and staff, in order to take early action to prevent abuse.
• Receive, document, and support responses to safeguarding concerns in line with our case management protocol by using survivor centred practice and established escalation pathways.
• Establish, develop, and maintain a network of safeguarding focal points across the country to strengthen localised and collaborative risk identification and promote safeguarding best practice.
• Deliver ongoing safeguarding training, onboarding, and sensitisation sessions for staff and partners, and support teams to apply best safeguarding practice consistently and promote safe behaviours.

This role ensures that GiveDirectly's cash transfer programs protect the dignity and rights of recipients by preventing abuse, promoting safe behaviors, and strengthening trust in reporting pathways, ultimately supporting the organization's mission to accelerate the end of extreme poverty through direct giving.

• Minimum of 3 years experience in safeguarding, protection, community development, social work, or related operational roles, with a strong understanding of risks affecting development or humanitarian programmes.
• Professional fluency in English and Kinyarwanda is required.
• Strong judgement and the ability to take timely and appropriate action in sensitive or complex safeguarding situations.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and documentation skills, including the ability to explain safeguarding obligations clearly and engage staff and community members respectfully.

Our culture is candid, analytical, agile, and non-hierarchical. We work hard to create an environment in which all our team members can thrive, succeed and grow. We support flexibility, take care of each other, have fun, and create professional growth opportunities.

GiveDirectly aims to reshape international giving by providing cash grants directly to the world's poorest people, establishing cash transfers as a benchmark for foreign aid and accelerating the end of extreme poverty. The organization has raised over $1B since 2011 and delivered cash to more than 1.5 million people in 15 countries.