Child Protection Technical Adviser,
Beirut, Lebanon,
Save the Children
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The role
The Child Protection Technical Advisor is a critical position for Save the Children in Lebanon and will play the lead role in ensuring the design, implementation and monitoring of high quality child protection programmes for thousands of children across the country.
The Child Protection Technical Advisor provides technical leadership to all our work in the child protection sector, with responsibility for developing clear strategic and operational plans, identifying fundraising needs and leading the development of technical proposals, forging strong partnerships with Government, UN, NGO and local civil society counterparts, as well as providing technical support to our field teams across four different field locations in Lebanon.
Qualifications and experience
- Master's degree in human rights, child rights, international law or other relevant social science degree
- A minimum of 5 years in a technical role in Child Protection for an NGO or UN agency
- Proven experience leading child protection work and specific experience in Child Protection in Emergencies
- Experience participating in emergency coordination forums (clusters, working groups etc)
- Proven experience raising funds and developing proposals
- Excellent understanding of the Monitoring and Evaluation processes and methodologies
- Strong report writing skills, including experience in writing funding proposals and donor reports.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
- Knowledge of key areas of programme operations, logistics and grant management
- Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
Contract length: 12 Months
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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
