Southeast Asia GBV Prevention Platform Seeks Safeguarding Consultants – Deadline 28 August 2026
Professionals with expertise in safeguarding and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention have an opportunity to join the Southeast Asia Gender-based Violence Prevention Platform as part of its Safeguarding Roster of Consultants.
The consultancy roster is intended to provide tailored technical assistance to organizations receiving grants through the Platform. Consultants will support grantees in strengthening their organizational safeguarding systems, policies, practices, and approaches to preventing and responding to risks.
With the deadline approaching on 28 August 2026, professionals with relevant safeguarding experience are encouraged to review the opportunity and consider applying.
About the Opportunity
The Southeast Asia Gender-based Violence Prevention Platform works to strengthen efforts to prevent gender-based violence across the region.
As organizations implement projects and programmes addressing GBV, strong safeguarding systems are essential for ensuring that staff, partners, programme participants, and communities are protected from harm.
The Safeguarding Roster of Consultants will provide specialized support to Platform grantees according to their individual needs.
Rather than providing a single standardized approach, consultants will offer tailored technical assistance designed to help different organizations identify safeguarding gaps, develop practical improvements, and strengthen their internal systems.
This makes the opportunity particularly relevant for experienced safeguarding practitioners who can assess organizational needs and translate safeguarding principles into practical action.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Consultants included in the roster may support grantees across several important areas.
Grant Assessment and Onboarding
One of the responsibilities will involve supporting safeguarding-related grant assessments and onboarding processes.
Consultants may help assess organizational safeguarding capacity, identify potential risks, and understand the systems that grantee organizations already have in place.
This assessment process can help establish priorities for technical assistance and ensure safeguarding considerations are integrated from the beginning of the grant relationship.
Safeguarding Action Planning
Consultants will also support organizations in developing safeguarding action plans.
This may involve identifying areas requiring improvement, establishing practical priorities, and helping organizations develop steps to strengthen their safeguarding policies and procedures.
Effective action planning requires an understanding of both safeguarding standards and the realities faced by organizations working in different contexts.
Consultants will therefore need to approach the work in a practical, collaborative, and context-sensitive way.
Ongoing Technical Assistance
A central component of the roster will be providing ongoing technical assistance to grantees.
This could include advising organizations on safeguarding systems, supporting implementation of action plans, answering technical questions, and helping teams address emerging challenges.
The ability to communicate complex safeguarding concepts clearly and support organizations through practical problem-solving will be important.
Consultants should be able to work collaboratively with different stakeholders while maintaining strong safeguarding standards.
Monitoring and Coordination
The role also includes monitoring and coordination.
Consultants will help track progress in safeguarding improvements and coordinate with relevant stakeholders involved in the Platform’s grantmaking and technical support processes.
Monitoring can help identify whether agreed safeguarding actions are being implemented effectively and where additional support may be required.
Strong organizational and communication skills will therefore be valuable, particularly for consultants managing multiple assignments or working with several organizations.
Who Should Consider Applying?
This opportunity is particularly relevant to professionals with a background in safeguarding, GBV prevention, protection, organizational development, or related fields.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate practical experience supporting organizations to strengthen safeguarding systems and practices.
Relevant expertise may include safeguarding policy development, risk assessment, safeguarding capacity building, organizational assessments, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, survivor-centred approaches, child safeguarding, protection, or GBV programming.
Experience providing technical assistance to civil society organizations, NGOs, community organizations, or grant recipients can also be valuable.
Professionals who understand the operational realities of organizations working across Southeast Asia may be especially well positioned to contribute to the roster.
Why Safeguarding Expertise Matters
Safeguarding is an essential component of responsible humanitarian, development, and social justice programming.
Organizations working on GBV prevention often engage directly with communities and individuals who may face heightened vulnerabilities. Strong internal systems are therefore necessary to ensure that programmes designed to address violence do not unintentionally create additional risks.
Effective safeguarding involves more than having policies on paper. Organizations need practical procedures, clear responsibilities, appropriate reporting mechanisms, trained personnel, risk-management processes, and organizational cultures that prioritize safety and accountability.
The consultants selected for this roster will have an opportunity to help grantee organizations strengthen these areas.
A Flexible Technical Assistance Opportunity
Joining a consultant roster can provide professionals with opportunities to contribute their specialist knowledge across different assignments and organizations.
The work may involve assessing organizational systems, facilitating discussions, developing recommendations, supporting action plans, and monitoring progress.
For experienced safeguarding professionals, this can be an opportunity to apply their expertise across a portfolio of organizations while contributing to broader efforts to strengthen GBV prevention across Southeast Asia.
Application Deadline
The deadline to apply is 28 August 2026 at 5:00 PM GMT+7.
Candidates interested in the opportunity should review the full application requirements and prepare their materials well before the deadline.
Those with strong safeguarding expertise, particularly in GBV prevention, organizational safeguarding systems, and technical assistance, are encouraged to explore the opportunity.
Application and further information: https://lnkd.in/gxPjYkJe
Learn more about the Southeast Asia Gender-based Violence Prevention Platform: https://lnkd.in/gTcjcyhY
With safeguarding becoming increasingly central to accountable and ethical programming, this roster offers experienced consultants an opportunity to support organizations in building stronger systems and creating safer environments for the communities they serve.
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