People & Culture Coordinator (Policy Compliance & Safeguarding) at United Bible Societies (UBS)
United Bible Societies (UBS)
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Safeguarding Programme Coordination:
- Create, maintain and update safeguarding templates, reporting forms, guidance documents and internal toolkits.
- Working in consultation with the Director of People, coordinating internal safeguarding processes, ensuring timely submission and accurate filing of incident reports and training records.
- Support the administration of safeguarding training for UBSA staff, leadership and board members, including scheduling, materials preparation, tracking attendance and compliance.
- Ensure safeguarding onboarding components are delivered to all new joiners, including Code of Conduct, reporting procedures, and key policy briefings.
- Create and manage the safeguarding documentation repository, ensuring controlled access, proper categorisation, and compliance with privacy requirements.
- Assist with safeguarding-related and policy non-compliance workplace investigations by preparing documentation, collating evidence, scheduling interviews, and acting as note-taker.
- Ensure all safeguarding records meet legal, audit, and procedural standards.
- Compliance, HR Governance & Policy Coordination:
- In consultation with the Director of People, maintain the central repository of HR and People Team organisational policies (Safeguarding, Whistleblowing), ensuring effective version control, accessibility, and timely updates.
- Coordinate cyclical policy reviews with policy owners, ensuring documents remain current with legislation and best practice.
- Support drafting, editing and formatting HR policies and procedures.
- Working with policy area owners/leads to track and report organisation-wide compliance with existing policies Support line managers and the People Team in addressing compliance breaches, escalating concerns, and maintaining accurate ER and compliance records.
- Prepare reports, trackers, and compliance dashboards for the Director of People & senior leadership as required.
- Contract & Legal Compliance Administration
- Coordinate periodic review of employment contract templates across international and local jurisdictions, liaising with external legal counsel or local HR advisers where needed.
- Maintain records of all contract templates and ensure they comply with regulatory changes.
- Support risk assessment of people-related compliance issues and ensure consistent documentation practices.
- Working in collaboration with the Director of People and the Chief Operating Officer's office to track and manage renewals of organisational insurance policies (e.g., liability, travel, professional indemnity).
- Ensuring timely submission of required information and awareness of coverage requirements for organization-wide insurance policies in consultation with the relevant subject-matter leaders/departments.
- Serve as the point of contact with insurance service providers and identify/ liaise with our county-specific insurance points of contact.
- Employee Relations & Investigations Support
- Provide administrative support for ER processes, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, and safeguarding-related matters.
- Prepare case documentation, schedule meetings, draft meeting notes, and ensure accurate record keeping.
- Apply an understanding of employment law, international safeguarding guidelines, and organisational procedures when coordinating ER activities (including country-specific guidelines as may be required).
- Ensure all case files are stored securely and in line with GDPR/data protection policies.
- Compliance Culture & Continuous Improvement
- Champion a culture of ethical behaviour, safeguarding awareness, and compliance throughout the organisation.
- Act as the first point of contact for staff queries on policies, safeguarding procedures, and compliance expectations.
- Support internal communications on compliance topics, including newsletters, reminders, and awareness campaigns.
- Collaboration and Relationship Building:
- Collaborate closely with the People team, Safeguarding Advisor, Line Managers, Team Members, Legal and compliance advisers, Local member organisations HR representatives (where applicable), Investigating officers / case managers, Insurance policies vendors and brokers.
- Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in Safeguarding, Employee Relations and HR Policies.
- Experience in at least two of the following elements of HR, safeguarding and/or compliance, or employee relations
- Undergraduate degree and at least three years' equivalent experience in HR, law, social sciences, safeguarding, compliance, or related-field - must have criteria.
- Experience coordinating policies, procedures, or governance systems
- Experience handling confidential information with high integrity
- Exposure to workplace investigations or casework administration
- Experience interpreting policies or legal requirements in a practical way
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