Our strategic framework, Our Common Home, CAFOD reaffirms its mission “to reach those in greatest need, save lives and relieve suffering”. CAFOD has 60 years of experience supporting local organisations to deliver humanitarian assistance and respond effectively and independently to complex needs of their communities. As a member of Caritas Internationalis, CAFOD is part of one of the largest humanitarian networks in the world, leaving no one beyond reach.
The Humanitarian Response and Technical Support Team Leader is a member of the Humanitarian Leadership Team and plays a central role in delivering CAFOD’s humanitarian strategy. The role focuses on strengthening emergency response capacity, improving programme quality, and providing operational and technical support across humanitarian programmes working closely with programme teams, partners, and external stakeholders.
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities. Your role is responsible for ensuring that both you and your staff understand and implement minimums on programme quality into your work (related to safety, accessibility, dignity and inclusion) and that all safeguarding standards are upheld and reported on effectively.
The role requires flexibility and the ability to travel internationally at short notice, including to remote and potentially insecure locations. Deployments may last up to 12 weeks, and the position may involve extensive travel during the year.
CAFOD is a welcoming, supportive workplace committed to a safe, inclusive culture where everyone is respected. CAFOD will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the recruitment process to ensure candidates with disabilities or individual needs are fully supported
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognizes the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
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