Overview
Provide technical leadership to strengthen functional PSEAH systems in factories, ensure survivor-centered reporting and response mechanisms, and establish ethical referral pathways with Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) within garment supply chains.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct GBVH/PSEAH risk assessments
- Develop and operationalize policies, SOPs, and reporting mechanisms
- Embed safeguarding into HR, grievance, and compliance systems
- Strengthen accessible, confidential, and worker-trusted reporting channels
- Map and partner with WLOs and GBV service providers
- Establish confidential, survivor-centered referral pathways
- Formalize partnerships (MOUs)
- Strengthen WLO capacity
- Ensure access to psychosocial, medical, and legal support
- Drive organizational and behavioral change within factories
- Address structural barriers
- Design and deliver training for management, workers, and partners
- Provide ongoing coaching to institutionalize safeguarding practices
- Engage brands, suppliers, and relevant stakeholders
- Align systems with key frameworks
- Ensure integration of survivor-centered safeguarding standards
- Develop and track safeguarding indicators
- Ensure ethical data management and confidentiality
- Document learning and produce progress reports and scale-up recommendations
Required Experience
- 8–12+ years in safeguarding, GBV, labor rights, or related fields
- Experience in private sector supply chains or ethical trade systems
- Proven ability to design reporting and response mechanisms
- Experience partnering with WLOs/GBV service providers
- Demonstrated systems change and institutional strengthening
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Gender, Human Rights, Labor, etc.)
- Postgraduate qualification desirable
