Country: United States of America
Closing date: 21 Nov 2014
This is your opportunity to use your expertise in development or child protection related experience in various developed and developing country contexts to help improve the lives and futures of some of the world's most vulnerable children.
You can do this by joining World Vision (WV)–a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being and protection of children everywhere by empowering them, their families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.
The Senior Technical Advisor - Child Protection is critical to WVI achieving global leadership mandates, to defining how we pursue our work toward child protection, and positioning WVI as a global leader in the field of child protection. The Senior Technical Advisor provides technical leadership for action across the Partnership in order to improve practice, lead innovation, foster ongoing learning and build evidence around our programmatic and advocacy efforts to achieve child protection outcomes. This position will be responsible for strengthening the collaboration, participation and implementation of such practices by key stakeholders and ministry sectors within World Vision, so aligning with the overall Partnership strategy.
We believe that every child is a precious gift to the entire world and that their well-being concerns us all. We will not rest while children suffer in situations that can be changed. We are looking for people who share our beliefs and our passion.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Drive and facilitate innovation and ongoing learning around the child protection programming and advocacy, guided by the Child Protection (CP) Theory of Change.
- Develop innovative approaches to capacity building for child protection, including a re-envisioning of what capacities are needed for effectiveness. Engage with Regional and National Offices in order to help direct their priority and efforts into capacity building for child protection. Develop an assessment for offices to measure what capacities are needed in order to promote maximum of effectiveness of the child protection programming.
- Develop and coordinate a global CP evidence and learning strategy, focused on integrated efforts toward the CP Theory of Change and establishing WVI as a global leader in child protection.
- Coordinate strategic efforts with Grant Acquisition Management (GAM) and Support Office (SO) Programming and Marketing teams to grow funding for child protection programming and advocacy across the Partnership.
- Manage GC CP technical staff to provide technical guidance and advice to strengthen World Visions child protection work across sectors and themes, contributing to the end results, including testing and improvement of CP Project Models.
REQUIRED SKILLS INCLUDE:
- Master’s Degree in a related field, i.e. child protection, social work, child or youth development related discipline, sociology, anthropology, education, law, complex systems change.
- Understanding of complex systems change.
- Working knowledge of core competencies like Health, Education, Gender, Economic Development, Advocacy, HEA and Christian Impact.
- Must have demonstrated ability to lead through networks, build consensus and mentor other leaders across a broad range of professional disciplines.
- Field based programming: 10 years of development or child protection related experience in various developed and developing country contexts. A minimum of 5 years of implementing child protection related programmes in the developing world.
- Personal experience of acquiring and managing large external bi-lateral and multi-lateral grants.
- Experience developing innovative/pilot approaches.
- The position requires the physical ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
If you believe you have the skills and experience to fulfil this vital and challenging role that will enhance the lives of vulnerable children around the world, we'd love to hear from you.
How to apply:
Find the full description**and apply online by the closing date 21 Nov 2014. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website:**www.wvi.org**.**
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