Opportunités d'emploi

United Kingdom: Advisor, Child Protection

The Opportunity: 

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Advisor, Child Protection in Centre - London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.

Role Purpose:

This role is an exciting opportunity for a Humanitarian Child Protection professional to provide technical support to our child protection work with children in humanitarian responses with a core focus on external coordination and internal capacity building to support the integration of child protection with Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). The post-holder will work closely with the Humanitarian Child Protection (HCP) Response Lead to define funding needs and support the development of partnerships and new business opportunities.

Specifically, the post holder will be accountable for (1) provision of child protection technical expertise to support country offices (CO) in the development and implementation of high-quality, integrated programming in humanitarian crises, including through deployment; (2) support the Humanitarian Child Protection (HCP) Response Lead with new business development to address strategic priorities and response-level funding gaps; (3) contribution to internal technical approaches and tools and inter-agency coordination, evidence generation and standard setting relating to child protection and CVA.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: 

Essential: 

  • Significant experience in delivering high quality humanitarian programmes and providing technical support to child protection.
  • Understanding of principles, practices and policy priorities related to child protection.
  • Experience of capacity building and mentoring on child protection approaches.
  • Knowledge of policy, research and evidence-based methodologies with regards to child protection, and other relevant child focused programming.
  • Professional qualification in or closely related sphere, such as social work, international law, psychology etc.
  • Ability to undertake significant and regular international travel up to 50% of time.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Commitment to building and supporting a diverse and inclusive technical team.
  • Fluent spoken and written English
  • French language skills

Desirable: 

  • Additional language, such as French, Spanish and/or Arabic.

We can offer circa £45,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation: 

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

How to Apply: 

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. Application link: 

https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/230/?utm_medium=jobshare

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Organisation
Save the Children International
Type of work
Consultancy