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Project Modelling Inclusive Pre-Primary Project MIPE

Location Dar es Salaam

Contract Two Months 1 st September – 31 st October 2020


Disabled candidates are particularly encouraged to apply and as a
‘disability confident employer’ ADD guarantees to interview all disabled
candidates who meet the minimum criteria.

PURPOSE

To develop a Child and Vulnerable Adult safeguarding policy for the ADD
partner organization SHIVYAWATA, together with its associate policies such as
whistleblowing, human resource, risk management, code of conduct and
governance and to support and monitor its roll out and implementation .

Ritha Paul Info@add-tanzania.org

Jess Gleeson recruitment@add.org.uk

The Old Church School, Butts Hill, Frome, BA11 1HR, United Kingdom

Registered charity number 2033925

BACKGROUND.

ADD through its Child and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding policy has laid out
its commitments to keep children and adults including staff, partners and
beneficiaries safe from any harm and abuse that may be caused due to their
involvement in ADD International interventions.

SHIVYAWATA is an umbrella organisation of persons with disabilities in
Tanzania. Its mission is to bring together ten national Disabled People’s
Organizations to afford a larger, louder and common voice on issues of
lobbying and advocacy. As one of ADD International Tanzania main partner and
as organisation fighting for the rights of all person with disabilities in
Tanzania, it is important that it has systems and mechanisms in place to keep
its staff, volunteers, members and other stakeholders safe from harm.

An action plan has been drawn up and a request for an individual consultant to
work with ADD and SHIVYAWATA to support the development of a Child and
Vulnerable Adult safeguarding policy for our partner SHIVYAWATA together with
its associate policies such as whistleblowing, human resource, risk
management, code of conduct and to support and monitor its roll out and
implementation. We would need a consultant with an understanding of the
safeguarding context in Tanzania and/or an understanding of safeguarding in
the disability sector to carry out this assignment. She/he should be aware of

further collaborations planned to be sought between organizations supporting
SHIVYAWATA.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK.

To provide support on the following areas

-->Work with ADD to co-facilitate the safeguarding capacity needs mapping for SHIVYAWATA
-->Through participatory approach, support the development of SHIVYAWATA Child and Vulnerable Adult safeguarding policy
-->Support the SHIVYAWATA to update its Human resource manual, Code of Conduct, to better include safeguarding standards, especially PSEA.
-->Develop a sexual harassment policy
-->Support the organisation to design safeguarding training for its Board members, Staff and Volunteers
-->Support the organisation to strengthen its complaints handling mechanism, with a focus on safeguarding and whistleblowing complaints.
-->Development of risk management

SCOPE OF WORK

-->SHIVYAWATA requires support to improve their safeguarding policies and practice. Safeguarding practice should focus on beneficiaries and their own staff members and representatives, many of whom have disabilities.
-->The work will primarily be undertaken in Tanzania. The work travel and consultation will ideally take place between 1 st September and 30 th October 2020.
-->If an extension to the timeframe is required, this should be justified by the consultant in his/her application.

EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS

The contracted person shall

-->Have an excellent understanding of safeguarding concerning minority groups, and experience in developing child and vulnerable adult safeguarding policy.
-->Have experience in safeguarding capacity building work with other organisations
-->Have an understanding of safeguarding in a development context. Experience of safeguarding in Tanzania would be beneficial.
-->Have an understanding of the safeguarding risks faced by people with disabilities.
-->Previous experience working with a disabled persons organisation would be a bonus.

SAFEGUARDING LEVEL.

We are committed to ensuing we are a safe organisation, delivering safe
programmes that ensure we do no harm to people we work with. Our processes
ensure all posts are graded, based on interaction with children and vulnerable
adults. This post is a Level 3 post. See outline of all levels below

-->Level 1 – HQ based, no real direct access to children/vulnerable adults
-->Level 2 – a travelling role, possible access to children/vulnerable adults but unlikely to be alone
-->Level 3 – regular access to children/vulnerable adults including on their own, or lead responsibility for safeguarding within office/location

TIMELINESS

Work must be conducted and reported in a timely way and may not continue
beyond the specific time frame as outlined in this ToR without the written
consent of ADD International.

PROPOSED TIMELINES AND BUDGET

Activity Time period
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0\. Contractor appointment and contracting 24 th August to 28 th
August
1\. Document review, define workplan and capacity building methodologies
1 st -13 th of September
2\. Consultation on the ground 14 th to 26 th September
3\. Report submission 5 th of October
4\. Report discussion with Organizations supporting

SHIVYAWATA

9 th of October 2020

This is the suggested timeline, but we will be open to negotiation on this.

OUTPUTS AND DELIVERABLES

Expected deliverables include

1. A sexual harassment policy
2. An updated Safeguarding policy which includes protections for children and vulnerable adults together with its associated policies
3. Accessible training resources that can be used at induction sessions for new staff, representatives, and SHIVYAWATA Board members
4. Evidence of a complaints handling mechanism
5. A Code of Conduct for staff and representatives Board members, secretariat, volunteers etc.
6. Evidence of named safeguarding leads, who have ownership over the safeguarding policy and sexual harassment policy

KEY CONTACTS

The contact persons for this Terms of Reference is Rose Tesha ADD Tanzania
Country Director rose.tesha@add-tanzania.org

Further support will be provided by Shabani Abeid Tanzania Safeguarding Focal
Person shabani.abeid@add-tanzania.org and Adil Shah Director of Finance and
Operation and Safeguarding Focal Person adil.shah@add.org.uk ;



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Email info@add-tanzania.or

* Interested applicants should send their applications and appropriate attachments by email to **info@add-tanzania.or** g by the closing date specified below.
* **Application deadline 04.30pm/20** ** th ** **August 2020**

Incomplete applications will not be accepted. We are unfortunately only able
to reply to those shortlisted.

**EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.**

We are keen to promote strong principles of equality and diversity and would
welcome applications from all backgrounds. Disabled people are strongly
encouraged to apply and as a ‘disability confident employer’ ADD guarantees to
interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. For more
information on this please see our [ Equal Opportunities Policy
]https//www.add.org.uk/equal-opportunities [ .
]https//www.add.org.uk/equal-opportunities

**SAFEGUARDING.**

The nature of ADD’s work is as an ally to the global disability movement
promoting the rights of all people with disabilities. It does mean that our
staff, consultants, trustees and volunteers may come into contact with
children and vulnerable adults in some capacity or another.

ADD is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, consultants, trustees and volunteers
to share this commitment.

At ADD, we’re committed to creating a safe and rewarding environment for all
of our people to work and volunteer, as well as for those we come into contact
with through our work.

This means we have robust safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure
everyone is treated properly, and a whistle-blowing policy and process so
people can raise any concerns they have, confidentially.

For more information on this please see the [ safeguarding pages
]https//www.add.org.uk/about-us/safeguarding on our website.



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