Senior Officer, PSEAH

Vacancy No.S17538Category of ContractNationalPosition TypeNationalApplication Deadline09/06/2026Job Posted On26/05/2026Duty StationBudapest, Hungary; Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bucharest, Romania; Chisinau, Moldova; Ankara, Türkiye; Tbilisi, Georgia; Yerevan, Armenia; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Dushanbe, TajikistanCountryHUNGARYGradeD2Duty Station StatusN/AAccompanied StatusN/ADuration12 months

Organizational Context

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191-member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.

The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles s.

The Ethical Practices Department (EPD) acts as a strong, cohesive, effective and visible second-line vector for IFRC at global, regional and national levels. It provides oversight and expertise to IFRC first-line activities and operations and ensures that the organization operates in accordance with highest standards across the five following pillars:

  • Ethics and Integrity to promote a culture of transparency, integrity and accountability in line with industry standards and IFRC policies.
  • Risk Management to create a culture of positive risk taking within IFRC operations and activities, supported by appropriate tools and capacity.
  • Social Safeguards including Prevention against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH) and Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) to ensure safety, dignity, access and inclusion are part of humanitarian programs and operations and that the principle of ‘do not harm’ is mainstreamed in all IFRC activities.
  • Environmental Safeguards to ensure that all IFRC operations and activities are environmentally sustainable and accountable.
  • Compliance to implement systemic, harmonized and coordinated internal control mechanisms across the organization and align with internal policies and international standards.

The newly established Social Safeguards function is a key support to IFRC in meeting the three goals and overall aim of Strategy 2030 of “devoting particular attention to people who are vulnerable, excluded or marginalized”. It is also a core element of IFRC’s priority of promoting Values, Power and Inclusion, and the enablers of Engagement, Accountability and Trust as articulated through the IFRC secretariat’s Renewal. The function aims to establish policies, procedures, and measures designed to protect people from potential harm, prevent negative social impacts, protect human rights and well-being, and ensure equitable benefits for communities, especially vulnerable populations.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this position is to support the PSEAH, Technical Coordinator in coordinating Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) technical activities at regional and national levels.

Under the supervision of the PSEAH, Technical Coordinator, the PSEAH Senior Officer will implement IFRC’s PSEAH strategy to enable Regional Office and delegations as well as related National Societies to deliver PSEAH activities on a scale and to its highest standards. The position holder will promote a safe and inclusive environment as well as deliver technical training. The incumbent will closely collaborate with regional PGI officers to implement a cohesive and integrated social safeguard strategy and will work in conjunction with specific regional and delegations’ focal points in the National Society Development and Coordination Division (NSDC Division), Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) and Human Resources Management Department (HRMD) as needed. The incumbent will also collaborate with colleagues on other closely related topics to identify gaps and mitigation risks and to introduce change.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Implement global PSEAH strategy across Regional Office

  • Implement and operationalize IFRC’s global PSEAH strategy with a regional lens across Regional Office, delegations and National Societies.
  • Provide strategic advice to regional leadership regarding PSEAH risk mitigation and assure the integration and implementation of IFRC’s PSEAH control and monitoring framework across IFRC operations and delegations in Regional Office
  • Support the consistent integration of PSEAH within Emergency Preparedness and response activities within the region including costing a minimum package of PSEAH activities, communication and support locally for delegations and National Societies
  • Oversee the implementation of IFRC’s Safeguarding Self-Assessment Framework across Regional Office, advise regions and countries on its implementation, and develop action plans to close gaps identified and to introduce systemic change.
  • Work closely with the regional Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) focal points to provide consistent and aligned support to NSs on social safeguards matters, including the provision of survivor centred response and support capacity, and to ensure technical alignment and integration of PSEAH with the PGI agenda.
  • Upon request, represent IFRC and its holistic and comprehensive approach to PSEAH in external and internal fora, initiatives, events and coordination mechanisms at regional, delegation and national societies ‘levels.
  • Remain up to date with PSEAH best practices and policy developments.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key Movement actors to proactively promote and integrate PSEAH efforts as part of broader Movement’s initiatives.

Coordination and oversight at regional level

  • Work with regional and delegations’ HRMD, Legal, and OIAI to convene lessons learned from investigations and translate these into useful learning for IFRC operations, policies, processes, trainings and communications.
  • Contextually analyse, manage and respond to regional SEAH risks through implementing the SEAH risk management framework at strategic and operational levels, with the support and guidance of the Risk Function.
  • Map and assess, with local counterparts, the accessibility, functionality and risks related to referrals, victim-centered care and resources available to support victims and survivors of SEA at a local level.

Communication and training

  • Support the PSEAH technical coordinator in reporting periodically to IFRC’s senior management on PSEAH activities in the region.

Deliver IFRC’s training and strengthening activities on PSEAH and develop a more extensive safeguarding curriculum both for all IFRC personnel and those with additional responsibilities for PSEAH.

Education

Required:

  • Advanced university degree (master's level or equivalent) in relevant field of study; or a first-level university degree combined with extensive relevant experience.

Preferred:

  • Additional PSEAH related training such as CHS, Open University or Humentum certification.

Experience

Required:

  • At least 5 to 7 years of working experience with substantive experience in PSEAH or similar roles
  • Demonstrable experience of successfully building and implementing PSEAH activities in humanitarian context
  • Demonstrated experience in managing complex multi-stakeholder processes.
  • Proven experience to deliver PSEAH trainings.

Preferred:

  • Experience working in a RC/RC National Society and/or Federation/ICRC
  • Experience in working in Emergency contexts

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required:

  • In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of PSEAH policy requirements and best practices
  • Skilled in analyzing standards, drafting/refining PSEAH policies, and creating technical guidelines/mechanisms.
  • Skilled in monitoring & systems management, including maintaining PSEAH control frameworks (training and curricula) and developing methods to track and report on implementation status.
  • Strong coordination, facilitation, networking and advocacy skills

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, with different audiences.

  • Proficiency in carrying-out PSEAH self-assessments and risks assessments and developing corrective action plans.
  • High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels.
  • Working knowledge of a survivor-centred approach to preventing and responding to SEAH incidents.
  • Demonstrated core proficiency in (a) digital communication & collaboration, (b) basic digital content creation, (c) digital safety & security, (d) data literacy, and (e) problem solving with technology (including responsible use of AI assistants.
  • Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred:

  • Understanding and knowledge of IFRC and Movement processes, systems, values and culture.
  • Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Competencies, Values and Comments

Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust

Functional competencies: Strategic orientation; Building alliances; Leadership; Empowering others

Comments: This is a national staff position open to nationals of the listed countries in the advertisement and others who are legally eligible to work there.

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