Humanitarian Advocacy and Policy Lead at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Humanitarian response represents roughly half of Save the Children International’s global portfolio. Typically Save responds to circa 100 global humanitarian crises each year. Building our humanitarian affairs, influencing and policy capability is at the core of our strategy to achieve immediate and lasting change for the most deprived children.

The role holder is responsible for developing the organisation’s advocacy and policy agenda on famine prevention and response with a thematic focus on influencing changes in policy and practice on anticipatory action and the humanitarian-development- peace nexus. The role requires substantial experience of advocacy, campaigns and policy and highly developed research, power analysis and influencing skills.

This role requires the ability to convene advocacy and programme expertise across humanitarian and development portfolios; define and lead the advocacy agenda on anticipatory action and design an all-context advocacy strategy that influences change for children in the short-term and contributes to transformative change in the sector. The role requires substantial experience of advocacy, campaigns and policy and highly developed research, power analysis and influencing skills.

The Lead is a member of the Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group and represents HAWG in the Hunger Task Force and Generation Hope Leadership Group. The post-holder works closely with the Anticipatory Action Team and Rights and Reform Team to ensure that advocacy strategies are informed by evidence and learning, reflects organizational priorities and is evidence-based.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Senior leadership experience with proven ability to work across a network of international stakeholders to influence changes in policy and practice.
• Significant experience working directly in humanitarian responses including in complex contexts to design, implement and evaluate advocacy and campaign strategies.
• Solid experience in management experience driving results and impact, while fostering a supportive and positive work environment
• Expert level knowledge and analysis of global debates in humanitarian sector and international development, children’s rights specifically in relation to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus and localisation.
• Proven ability to build relationships with and influence decision-makers and policy specialists, including politicians and donors, and other key actors globally
• Thorough knowledge and track-record of influencing public and programme policy and advocacy agendas to promote response in line with children’s rights.
• Excellent networking and experience of building coalitions and working with civil-society actors to achieve change
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to inspire and engage with a wide range of audiences

Closing Date : Sep 15, 2022