Regional Child Rights Governance (CRG) Advisor for ESA at Save the Children

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

Essential

• Master's degree in in political science, social science, international development or relations, public administration, governance, law, human rights, or similar, or equivalent experience.
• Professional qualification in law, public administration, public financial management, social policy

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 7 years' experience of working internationally in the design and implementation of programmes on child rights governance, human rights (preferably children's rights), social accountability or public investment
• Understanding of the Child Rights and the Governance sectors in East & Southern Africa region
• Familiar with some or all of the following tools: political economy analyses, gender analyses, child rights situation analyses, and participatory research methodologies. Also familiar with human rights led approaches to programming (and particularly child rights programming approaches). As well as one or all of the following conceptual frameworks Child Rights and Business Principles or '.
• Familiar with applying rights-based approaches into programme design and implementation. Also, with integration of human rights and governance as foundational components education, health & nutrition, child protection or social protection, programmes.
• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
• Experience of the regional context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children's rights.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn't work for children.
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; disability; migration and displacement.
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Track record in successful business development/fundraising and donor engagement with regional donors as relevant and other donors, such as SIDA, DANIDA, NORAD Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, USAID / DoS, UK FCDO, Irish Aid, Global Affairs Canada, Green Climate Fund, World Bank & African Development Bank, EU EIDHR, EU CSO EU Instrument contributing to Stability & Peace, Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute & corporate foundations.
• Experience of strategy development and planning.
• Fluent in English and high level of English writing skills.

Location: A suitable location in the East & Southern Africa region where there is a SC presence Contract duration: 2 year