The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Senior Policy and Legal Advisor – Accountability for grave violations affecting children in the Netherlands or any SC location. You will be reporting to both the Senior Programme Manager and the Save the Children Netherlands Advocacy Director.
Role Purpose:
Since its Centenary anniversary, Save the Children has significantly developed its advocacy and programmatic approach towards the fight against impunity and accountability for grave violations affecting children in situations of armed conflict. This area of work is both innovative and sensitive. It requires specific expertise in relevant international legal frameworks and instruments, notably international criminal law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international, continental, regional and national accountability mechanisms.
Following the prioritisation of accountability by the Global Strategy 2022-24 and the associated Policy, Advocacy & Campaign Ambition, the Humanitarian Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Technical Leadership Group (TLG) affirmed the continuation of awork stream on accountability to ensure the delivery of the relevant objectives and indicators within humanitarian settings. This builds from a strong foundation of work on accountability that most recently was prioritised under the Protecting Children in Conflict (PCIC) centenary commitment and Stop the War on Children campaign, at country, regional and global levels.
The Policy and Legal Advisor is part of the One Humanitarian Team and will contribute to the development of our work on accountability. The post will report to the Senior Programme Manager-Accountability lead, participate in the Accountability working group and support the implementation of some of the activities as designed in the programme approach.
The role will contribute to provide legal advice and develop policy positions and discussion papers on issues related to our accountability work, ensuring that the organisation contributes to the strategic debates in the sector and positions itself to remain fit for purpose.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Excellent knowledge of International Criminal Law, International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law and issues related to accountability and fight against impunity. Strong knowledge of children’s rights is desirable;
- Excellent knowledge of the institutional and legal framework governing international judicial and non-judicial accountability mechanisms;
- Strong analytical skills, and an ability to distil large amounts of information and communicate it effectively;
- Minimum 5 years of related experience, including in the NGO sector;
- Track record of developing and influencing policy;
- Significant ability to produce high-quality policy documents (briefs, key messages, guides, etc.) with short deadlines;
- Attention to detail and ability to follow tasks and ideas through to completion;
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills to tackle complex problems;
- Able to operate effectively and flexibly within an evolving portfolio of work;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with colleagues in a dispersed, creative and multicultural professional environment;
- Strong organisation skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines;
- Self-motivated and able to take initiative, working with limited supervision
- Ability to maintain high attention to detail in pressurised environments.
- Ability to work on own initiative with a ‘can do' attitude.
- Fluency in English; other languages desirable
- Commitment to the values and principles of Save the Children
We can offer circa £50,000 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.
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.