Senior Advisor Child Rights Governance Portfolio

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

Team and Job Purpose

Team purpose

- Establish a globally aligned, interdependent and contextually relevant child rights based policy, advocacy and program agenda that enables the movement to champion the rights of children globally and find lasting solutions for barriers to protection, survival and development, always elevating & centering the voices of children, partners and countries.

- Co-own delivery of the Advocate, Campaign & Mobilise enabler.

- Champion Child Rights Governance and work with the thematic portfolio to ensure Child Rights based programming and influencing approach is embedded. 

- Connect our policy, advocacy and programs thematic work in COs, NOs and members with the global thought leadership in I&I and across global strategic partnerships.

- Work with countries to Embed child rights based approach in their strategies.

- Drive our external engagement, ensuring our influencing works across local-global grounded in evidence from Save the Children and partners interventions for impact at scale for and with children

- Drive a collaborative approach across I&I, Humanitarian and RMCE teams and Members to ensure an effective speaking out strategy, high quality policy positions 

- Lead a unified UN strategy and AO team across New York & Geneva, Addis Ababa as well as a Strategic Engagement Approach with Emerging Powers. 

- Shared accountability for Global TE architecture and leadership for the I&I strategy 

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.

Job Title: Senior Advisor Child Rights Governance Portfolio

Reports To: Director of Child Rights, Policy Advocacy

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available 

Contract Length: Permanent

Grade: P4

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

Essential

1. 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. 
2. Experience and skills in CRG programming (CRG Technical Competencies at ‘Leading Edge’ level).
3. 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. 
4. Significant international experience designing, implementing, and reporting on thematic strategies and programmes.
5. Experience in supporting fundraising efforts, including collaborating with COs and resource mobilization teams to develop proposals and secure funding. 
6. Demonstrated leadership, management and mentoring skills, including the ability to both lead and be a member of a team, and of delivering results.
7. Strong commitment to shifting power, locally led action, with experience in involving communities and children in co-design processes, monitoring, research, and evaluation. 
8. Strong programmatic and analytical skills. Demonstrated experience of research, capacity building, M&E, and knowledge management
9. Proven technical knowledge on rights-based approaches. 
10. 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

Essential

Education:

• 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

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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.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Our recruitment process:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

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