At Railway Children, we see ourselves as warriors, united in changing the long-term future for children living alone and at risk on the streets.

Our passion and values underpin everything we do. They unite us and provide the energy and optimism that drives us to work harder and harder for the children and young people we are privileged to help.

We will never stop fighting for street children. It’s all we do. It’s all we’ll keep doing.

Why not join us?

Safeguarding and Practice Development Officer

Location: Dar es Salaam

Salary/Grade: Competitive

Railway Children Africa (RCA) is looking to appoint a dedicated Programme Officer to support with implementing safeguarding for RCA and our partners. The successful candidate will be required to work with RCA and partner staff to ensure our organisations are safe and that the programming and delivery of methodologies upholds good practice and the safeguarding of children and vulnerable persons.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly and as part of a team of technical staff and in coordination with the RCA Program Manager and the Child Safeguarding Lead. They will also contribute to developing and implementing quality assurance processes that will identify areas for improvement and will then coordinate and support in the delivery of further capacity building for front line staff. The staff member will be required to travel 50 to 60% of the time to deliver on this work.