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The Freedom Fund has a deep commitment to the safety and protection of all children, women and men in communities where we work. The organisation recognizes the particular risks faced by children and adults in vulnerable circumstances, the difficulties they face in reporting harm they experience, and also their right to be free from violence, abuse and exploitation. The Freedom Fund has safeguarding measures in place in order to promote the safety, protection and well-being of anyone via its implementing partners. 

The Freedom Fund is seeking a highly skilled safeguarding specialist, with experience in developing and implementing organizational safeguarding policies and reporting/disclosure procedures. The aim of this consultancy is to enhance the capacity of Freedom Fund partners in Thailand on the implementation of their safeguarding frameworks and related procedures. Specifically, the consultant is expected to support the partners on the followings:

• Review/develop and refine safeguarding strategies/frameworks, for example, organisations’ safeguarding policy, TOR for safeguarding focal points, safeguarding code of conduct, among four Freedom Fund partners.
• Identify and design safeguarding training priorities, including specific training for safeguarding focal points for five Freedom Fund partners.  
• Support Freedom Fund partners to develop and design safeguarding external reporting mechanisms, including child-friendly reporting mechanisms and disclosure procedures.
• Support partners to develop a directory of (in country) services for survivor support for five partners.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of safeguarding visibility materials and outreach plans for five partners.  

Overall, the consultant must ensure the delivery of services in close coordination with the London Safeguarding Manager and Safeguarding Focal Point of Freedom Fund for Thailand as well as the Freedom Fund partners in Thailand. 

About the consultancy

The scope of the consultancy will depend on safeguarding priorities and needs of the Freedom Fund partners. To ensure partners ownership of the process, we would like locally funded partners to lead on the development of a Safeguarding capacity building plan, with technical oversight from the consultant and the Freedom Fund Safeguarding Manager.

Freedom Fund aims to engage a consultant to support partner organisations in strengthening existing or creating safeguarding capacity and procedures in program management, and to ensure all relevant staff have the capacity to design and deliver program activities to the required safeguarding and protection standards. As such we are currently envisaging a maximum of 53 days (see breakdown below) over the 8-months period (May-December 2022). The role will be based in Thailand. Travel to the Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Songkhla, Pattani and Phang Nga is required. Due to covid-19 restrictions, some work may be conducted remotely.  

Qualifications and experience

The Freedom Fund seeks an energetic, thoughtful and committed consultant. The successful candidate will have experience in providing and/or coordinating support to local organizations.

Essential

• Degree in social sciences, social work, human rights and preferably with a focus on protection/ child protection/ child rights. Relevant experience would compensate for lack of educational background
• Experience designing and implementing comprehensive safeguarding systems for aid/humanitarian organisations 
• Understanding of international best practice on safeguarding 
• Experience designing and implementing referral pathways and confidential incident reporting systems within the Thai context
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to partners
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage appropriately with partners’ staff across various job functions 
• The person or firm engaged will be expected to have worked with safeguarding, protection, child protection and gender in both development and emergency settings
• Excellent written and spoken fluency in English and Thai (knowledge of Myanmar language is an assets)

Desirable

• Previous knowledge of the Freedom Fund is an asset
• Knowledge on trauma informed care - psychological first aid

BID Requirements

Interested consultants or firms are requested to submit: 

• An expression of interest detailing their interpretation of the TOR and work schedule
• A detailed budget for proposed costs including all taxes liable to be paid, transport, per diem costs and translations’ costs
• A capability statement demonstrating how they meet the required qualifications and competencies
• Copies of Curriculum Vitae (CVs).
• Two references (including one from your last client/employer).

TOR Safeguarding Consultant, Thailand

N/B: The entire bid should be a MAXIMUM OF SEVEN (7) pages including the budget. 

If you believe you qualify for this post and you are the candidate that we are looking for, please submit your applications as per the bid requirements in English by submitting proposals to Freedom Fund Safeguarding Manager: jobs@freedomfund.org. Please use the subject: Thailand Safeguarding Consultant

If you have any questions about the TOR, please contact Roisai Wongsuban at rwongsuban@freedomfund.org.

The closing date for this post is the 14^th April 2022

The shortlisted 3-4 candidates may be invited to submit modifications or have a short interview for the final selection.