Senior Advisor Child Rights Governance Portfolio NGO Job Save The Children

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Advisor Child Rights Governance Portfolio to join our global team.

Role purpose

• This role has a specific focus on driving technical excellence in child rights governance programs (human rights monitoring and reporting, public investment, processes of accountability, strengthened systems, civic activism, children’s civil and political rights, and rights-based coalition/network building) and Save the Children’s child rights programming portfolio. The role holder will work closely with the Child Rights Advocacy and Campaigns Senior Advisor in each region to ensure standards are adaptable and responsive to the specific needs and contexts of COs.
• The role will help drive innovation and continuous improvement in our Integrated Child Rights Portfolio and work with entities across the movement to attract quality funding to support our Child Rights programming ambition. This role will assist the Director of Child Rights, Policy and Advocacy in leading the development and implementation of Save the Children’s Integrated Child Rights Portfolio , in close collaboration with Save the Children members and Save the Children International, ensuring that strategic priorities and technical competencies reflect the learning from our programming, the needs and contexts of Country Offices, and ultimately strengthen our impact with and for children globally.
• Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations
• Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Any
• Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.
• International Travel Requirements: Yes, up to 20%

Budget Responsibility: TBC

• People Management Responsibility: manager of team – Yes; 1 direct/indirect reports

Principle Accountabilities

• Support the development, approval and implementation of tools, policies, and resources (Common Approaches and other programme guidance, policies and tools) to promote increased consistency, effectiveness and quality of the Integrated Child Rights Portfolio in Save the Children.
• Work with the Child Rights Advocacy and Campaigns Senior Advisor across regions to provide targeted child rights governance capacity strengthening to COs staff and partners.
• Coordinate technical collaboration and support across the movement through working groups and task teams to develop and socialise good practice, Common Approaches, and other programming guidance and tools, collaborate on time bound projects and priorities, and ensure visibility of and access to expertise and experience across the movement.
• Ensure that the content and targeting of programme guidance and tools is client-focused, accessible, and useable by a range of CO staff and partners in countries. .
• Regularly collaborate with other thematic Policy & Advocacy leads and Heads of Quality to share learnings, develop joint initiatives, drive evidence based strategies and ensure that support to countries and regions is consistent and integrated.
• External engagement and thought leadership: work with the thematic portfolio teams to ensure child rights programming approach is embedded and support external engagement, resources mobilisation and thought leadership opportunities on child rights governance agenda
• With the Child Rights, Policy and Advocacy Director, support the development and implementation of Save the Children’s systems and governance outcomes in the goal strategies, in close collaboration with Save the Children members and Save the Children International and across humanitarian and development contexts.
• Provide quality assurance for country Policy, Advocacy and CRG strategies and deliverables.

Experience and Skills

• Significant experience working in a service-oriented capacity, including providing tailored support and technical assistance to country offices based on their specific needs and contexts, and supporting their strategic and programmatic goals. Direct program experience from a regional or country office is essential.
• Experience and skills in CRG programming (CRG Technical Competencies at ‘Leading Edge’ level).
• Proven track record in cross-functional collaboration and integration, working with various thematic areas such as child protection, education, health, and crosscutters to deliver cohesive and integrated programs.
• Significant international experience designing, implementing, and reporting on thematic strategies and programmes.
• Experience in supporting fundraising efforts, including collaborating with COs and resource mobilization teams to develop proposals and secure funding.
• Demonstrated leadership, management and mentoring skills, including the ability to both lead and be a member of a team, and of delivering results.
• Strong commitment to shifting power, locally led action, with experience in involving communities and children in co-design processes, monitoring, research, and evaluation.
• Strong programmatic and analytical skills. Demonstrated experience of research, capacity building, M&E, and knowledge management
• Proven technical knowledge on rights-based approaches.
• Excellent writing, communications, facilitation, capacity building and networking skills in English.

Desirable

• Knowledge in Spanish, French or Arabic is an asset.
• Strong ability to mobilize, build partnerships, solve problems, guide, and motivate people toward the achievement of agreed goals.
• Education and Qualifications
• A post-graduate degree in CRG, International Relations, Human Rights, Law, Social Sciences, or a related field. University degree with combined professional experience could be considered as a substitute to a post-graduate degree.

Desirable

• Working at Save the Children International
• Save the Children is the world’s leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
• We know that great people make a great organisation, 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.
• The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children’s voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

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