The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Global Advocacy Lead Child Rights and Equality in London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
The holder of this position is responsible for leading the development and delivery of Save the Children’s global advocacy strategy for child rights, which will also cover the thematic area of child rights governance and the cross cutting area of equality, in line with our Breakthrough ambitions and the 2022-24 Global Goal Strategies and related plans.
The holder of this position is to deliver the strategy ensuring that they draw from technical expertise, experience and learning across our programmes, research as well as analysis of global trends and actors. The holder will convene and coordinate child rights, including child rights governance and equality, advocacy and policy expertise across the organisation, empower key staff across the organisation to deliver advocacy priorities and support advocacy and campaign staff at all levels to integrate a child rights based approach into their work, including promoting equality across all grounds of discrimination. The holder will represent Save the Children externally ensuring that that our strategies are informed by the most up to date child rights policy and that our policy and advocacy promote a local to global approach and champion country-led efforts.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Proven track record of human/child rights policy development and advocacy at national or international levels with experience in advocacy on good governance and social justice desirable.
- Knowledge and experience of child led advocacy and children’s participation related to child rights and good governance.
- An ability to think strategically, to analyse complex information and offer creative, practical and high impact solutions.
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills with highly developed cultural awareness, including an ability to work with people with credibility, tact and diplomacy.
- Proven ability to build partnerships, train colleagues on advocacy related issues and motivate people towards the achievement of agreed goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with working knowledge of Arabic, French or Spanish desirable.
- Experience of working in complex organisational structure, preferably in a global context
We can offer circa £58,500 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.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations.
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.