Senior Advisor, Child Protection (P4)

*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

In collaboration with the Child Protection Team, the MHPSS Team, and Country Offices:

- Draw on lessons learned across countries and contexts to inform Child Protection and MHPSS program design

- Provide technical assistance to program teams, assisting with complex problems and bringing multi-country perspectives

- Lead the development of context-specific Child Protection and MHPSS strategies

- Provide assessment, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation support to country offices

- Build capacity of country offices and other sector staff to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate quality programs

- Monitor new developments in Child Protection and MHPSS programming, management, and evaluation to ensure that program teams apply best practices

- Elevate the importance of Child Protection and MHPSS with internal and external stakeholders

- Prepare and present relevant research at thematic conferences

- Liaise with key partner agencies, task forces and working groups as appropriate

- Support new/existing relationships with key donors (headquarters and regional/country level) and relevant SC colleagues

- Contribute to agency knowledge and decision-making concerning pursuit of funding opportunities

- Lead the development and submission of high-quality Child Protection proposals

- Support country offices to develop case studies, reports, and other multi-media documentation of program innovation and successes

- Liaise with communications teams within Save the Children and our partners to share multi-media assets and support local, regional, and global advocacy

- Minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, child protection, or related field or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of experience in direct implementation of MHPSS programming with children and/or families, or other relevant experience

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of key MHPSS, Child Protection, Humanitarian Assistance, and Global Development issues including disaster response, humanitarian assistance, conflict affected populations, and other related areas

- Proven experience providing technical support and management MHPSS and/or broader focused Child Protection programs

- Demonstrated knowledge of public and private funding streams, including key donors such as US Government funding

- Proven experience in program design and proposal development for private foundations, bi- and/or multilaterals, and/or US Government funding

- Demonstrated knowledge of development and humanitarian crisis impact on children's protection, health, education, and overall well-being

- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 40% of the time, often to complex and difficult environments

- Previous emergency response or humanitarian experience is preferred

- Second language proficiency - Spanish, Arabic, French or other relevant languages

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

- Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $119,425 - $133,475 base salary

- Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $107,525 - $120,175 base salary

- Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $96,050 - $107,350 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here ).

- Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities

- Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family

- Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits

- Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees

- Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)

- Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events

- Employee Assistance Program : free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services

- Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships