Asset-Safeguarding Advisor (f/m/d)

SOS Children's Villages, founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, is the world's largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person's best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child's rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

Mission

SOS Children's Villages, founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, is the world's largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.

Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person's best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.

Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child's rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.

Location: Vienna, Innsbruck, Faridabad (India), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal), Lomé (Togo), Casablanca (Morocco), Amman (Jordan), Skopje (North Macedonia), Tallinn (Estonia)

Duration: Limited position until June 2023

Mission

The Integrity, Compliance & Legal (ICL) unit is the legal affairs and anti-corruption department, that acts (a) as the legal counsel for SOS Children’s Villages International  and its member associations by providing advice and guidance on legal and legal governance matters at all levels of the Federation, and (b) as an advocate for safeguarding SOS Children’s Villages International assets by managing whistleblower reports on suspected corrupt conduct and designing and supporting the implementation of corruption prevention measures. Integrity, Compliance & Legal plays a key role in promoting integrity and safeguarding in the Federation and in helping SOS Children’s Villages International and its member associations to achieve the mission and objectives of SOS Children’s Villages International in accordance with the SOS Children’s Villages International values and legal and policy framework. 

The purpose of the position: 

• Coordinate the optimisation of SOS Children’s Villages International legal and policy framework relating to asset safeguarding and the closing of any potential gaps, based on the outcome of the external review of SOS CVI’s asset safeguarding area and in coordination with the relevant SOS Children’s Villages International International Competence Centres (ICCs); 
• Design and provide asset-safeguarding trainings to SOS Children’s Villages International staff and stakeholders, including communication material (presentations, webinars, guidance materials etc.); 
• Support the ICL asset-safeguarding incident manager in handling reported asset-safeguarding complaints and draw learnings from such incidents for asset-safeguarding 

• Support the International Offices Region (IORs) in the establishment of regional asset-safeguarding strategies