Norway: Senior Adviser Child Protection

Child protection is a key thematic area for Save the Children. We work across the globe in development and humanitarian settings to prevent and respond to violence against children. Through child rights programming based on the UN Convention on the rights of the child we work to strengthen child protection systems, including case management and community-based child protection. We ensure safe schools and address violence against children, including SGBV, in homes, schools and communities.

We are now in a process of scaling up our child protection work and will strengthen our team with a Senior Adviser Child Protection with independent, challenging and rewarding areas of responsibility. The adviser will be a key contributor to innovate and further develop Save the Children’s child protection work. He or she will provide thematic support and programmatic guidance to country offices and humanitarian responses and contribute to donor engagement and strategic planning. The position is placed in the Section for Child protection, health and nutrition and will collaborate closely with highly competent national and international colleagues within child protection, child rights, health and nutrition, education and other thematic areas.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Provide technical advice and mentoring of staff and partners in country offices to support quality interventions at country level
• Technical lead on proposal development and support donor engagement including humanitarian innovation
• Contribute to the global CP thematic development work in SC
• Develop and improve child protection in our long-term development and humanitarian work
• Seek innovative and strategic ways of capacitating in-country technical teams and partners, including planning and delivering capacity development and trainings and facilitate shared learning of thematic programme work between countries
• Provide oversight of implementation of SC supported programmes, gather lessons learnt and support analysis to improve the impact of the programmes
• Contribute to documentation and dissemination of knowledge
• Ensure that child protection programmes are inclusive and gender sensitive/transformative with a focus of reaching the most marginalized children
• Support results measurement, analysis, documentation and reporting on child protection

Education and experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience from working with child protection, child rights or related area in both development and humanitarian settings
• Knowledge of Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and principles of child protection system strengthening
• Field experience is an asset
• Academic qualifications at master’s level in a relevant discipline (extensive relevant experience may compensate for lack of academic qualifications)
• Excellent skills in proposal writing, programme design, monitoring, results documentation and reporting
• Knowledge of the donor landscape for child protection
• Experience with designing and delivering capacity building/mentoring and follow up of thematic staff in-country
• Experience with promoting gender equality and inclusion of marginalized groups
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Spanish, French and/or Arabic skills are an asset. Understanding Norwegian is an asset

We are seeking a person who:

• Quickly understands and analyses complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments
• Acts on own initiative, makes things happen and accepts responsibility for the results
• Co-operates well with others; shares knowledge, experience and information and supports others in the pursuit of team goals
• Are open to change, produce new ideas and come up with innovative solutions
• Communicates in a clear, precise and structured way, speaks with authority and conviction and presents effectively
• Knows his/her own strengths and limitations, and continuously want to improve

The position is based in Oslo, but extensive travel to Country Offices will be required, and as much as 25% travel time must be expected. This is not an expat position. The successful candidate will be hired on a national contract.

Save the Children is committed to diversity. Men are especially encouraged to apply to this position.

The Senior Adviser will work among highly competent and engaged colleagues. We do meaningful and enriching work in a dynamic organization. Save the Children Norway offers good career opportunities and a positive work environment. Terms and conditions will be agreed during the recruitment process.

Upon appointment Save the Children requires a certificate of good conduct from the police.

For more information regarding the position, please contact Hanne Lotte Moen, Director Child Protection, Health and Nutrition

Application with resume needs to be completed through our electronic application system online.

To apply, follow the link: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1559&ProjectId=143716&DepartmentId...