Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 17 Mar 2019
The Child Protection Global Advisor will lead on high quality technical and advisory support to child protection programmes in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic. The Advisor will also support, together with other key staff members, the development of integrated Child Protection approaches alongside Psychosocial, Education-in-Emergencies and Food Security & Livelihoods programming and will also lead the implementation of the Child Protection Strategy. The Advisor ensures technical quality in programme design and development. The Advisor will have substantial experience and skill in conducting rapid emergency assessments, high-level interagency coordination, capacity building and competency development, child protection monitoring and evaluation, and developing innovative approaches. This role is UK-based although with expected travel up to 30% of the time (subject to security considerations).
The Child Protection (CP) Global Advisor is responsible for setting strategic direction on child protection for War Child UK’s (WCUK) work in line with the global strategy and theory of change and providing guidance and technical support to WCUK child protection programmes.
A member or the head office-based Programme Quality team, the CP Global Advisor provides hands-on support to WCUK specialists in War Child country programmes to develop, position and implement child protection programmes in ongoing emergency responses, protracted crisis and conflict settings. The role includes field work though both deployments and capacity building missions to WCUK country offices with about 30% travel per year.
The Advisor contributes to external coordination efforts and initiatives to develop WCUK's sector leadership and profile globally. The role also collaborates with staff in country programmes and at head office to develop strategies and proposals that will drive growth and quality in War Child’s child protection work and that contribute to our global advocacy.
How to apply:
For a full JD and an application form, please go to our website: https://www.warchild.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/child-protection-%28global%29-advisor