Safeguarding Consultant

- Remote
- Up to 20 days per financial year (not guaranteed)
- Draw down consultancy
- October 2026 – June 2027

The Opportunity

CARE is one of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations, working in over 100 countries. In this role, you’ll make a real difference by advancing gender equality, contributing to global change, and supporting communities in need.

CARE Australia is committed to safeguarding children and adults from harm, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, child abuse and exploitation, and other harms that may arise through the actions of CARE staff, representatives, partners, systems, decisions, communications or program design. Safeguarding is central to CARE Australia’s duty of care and to the quality, integrity and safety of our work.

This is a draw-down consultancy for a Safeguarding Consultant to provide high-quality technical assistance across CARE Australia's portfolio, including child safeguarding, PSEAH and safer programming. The Consultant will work with, and report to, the CARE Australia Safeguarding Lead, providing additional safeguarding capacity to CARE Australia, CARE Country Offices and CARE partners, primarily in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.

What you’ll do:

As Role Title you will be responsible for:

Safeguarding risk assessment and analysis

- Conduct or contribute to safeguarding risk assessments and analyses to inform program design, implementation and risk management, including child safeguarding, PSEAH and safer programming risks.

Safeguarding review and quality assurance

- Review and provide technical input into program designs, proposals, partnership arrangements, donor reports, evaluations and other relevant documents to strengthen safeguarding integration and quality.

Capacity building

- Design and deliver safeguarding training, coaching, mentoring and skills transfer for CARE Australia, Country Office and partner personnel.

Implementation support

- Provide technical advice and support during program implementation,



including safeguarding action plans, risk mitigation measures, community awareness activities, reporting pathways and safer programming approaches.

Partner safeguarding systems and compliance

- Support the development, review and strengthening of safeguarding policies, procedures, reporting mechanisms, investigations, compliance requirements and related safeguarding systems.

Other technical assistance

- Other safeguarding technical assistance as agreed, in response to emerging priorities across CARE Australia’s portfolio and partnerships.

About You To be successful in this role you will bring:

- Demonstrated technical expertise in Safeguarding integration across the program cycle, including Safeguarding analysis, Safer Programming and Safeguarding integration into MEL;
- Experience providing Safeguarding technical assistance, particularly in the Pacific and/or Southeast Asia, including working alongside local partners and civil-society organisations;
- Demonstrated experience in adult learning, facilitation, capacity building and skills transfer on Safeguarding (online and face-to-face) across a range of contexts;
- Solid written and spoken communication skills in English, including report writing, in cross-cultural environments;
- Strong time-management skills, with the ability to work with limited supervision and remotely, and a consultative approach that is open to feedback; and,
- An understanding of and commitment to CARE’s vision, mission and values, and a commitment to uphold the CARE Australia Child Safeguarding Policy and the CARE International Safeguarding Policy for the duration of the assignment.

How to apply:





Interested consultants are invited to submit:

- A current CV;
- A brief cover letter outlining suitability for the consultancy; and,
- A daily rate, inclusive of all fees and taxes.

Shortlisted candidates may be requested to provide additional information, such as references or further technical detail, during the selection process. To apply, please go to www.care.org.au/careers and complete the application form.

For more information, contact Rebecca Hunter, Safeguarding Lead, at [email protected].

Questions about the role?

Please contact Rebecca Hunter, Safeguarding Lead, on [email protected].

CARE Australia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from people living with a disability and/or have lived experience of disability. We also encourage Pacific Islander people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply.

Should you require any accommodations or support during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know.

Safeguarding and Compliance

All CARE Australia employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy, Preventing Sexual Abuse & Harassment (PSEAH) policy and Code of Conduct.

CARE Australia is part of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will seek information from job applicants’ previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, and/or child abuse the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer. By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms they have no objection to CARE Australia requesting the information specified above.

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