TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Development, Quality and Impact (PDQI)

LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 80% of travel to the field

GRADE: TBD (Competitive Package)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Ethiopian national

Level 3:  the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. 

The Child Protection and Migration Advisor is responsible for technically leading Save the Children (SC) Ethiopia’s child protection (CP) and migration (within the context of protection of migrant and displaced children) programs, both in humanitarian and development contexts, working closely with relevant units. The Advisor is primarily responsible to ensuring quality implementation of the country office CP programmes and programs that target migrant and displaced children, working closely with program implementation teams and other relevant thematic sectors.  The Advisor is also responsible to technically contribute for designing of multi-year CP and migration strategies; and contribute in the designing of CP and migration programs for funding.  That include producing and utilizing high quality and well-articulated project evidence and research work for learning and the continued development of the CP and migration program portfolio and multi-year strategy development, and for advocacy.  She/ He is also responsible to ensuring the mainstreaming and quality implementation of CP into other thematic sector programs, both in humanitarian and development contexts. 

The Advisor is also responsible for developing strong external relations with donors, government and strategic partners; and represent Save the Children Ethiopia Country office by taking active part in relevant CP and migration networks, and relevant meetings and forums.  This will include building a strong professional network on behalf of the organization at national and regional/local level. 

Reports to: Thematic Director of Child Protection and Migration

Staff directly reporting to this post: no direct reports but expected to provide coaching and mentoring support to program implementation team and local partners

Budget Responsibilities: None

Dimensions:  The role is expected to foster relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Save the Children members, the Country Office Programme Development, Quality and Impact, and programme implementation team, advocacy colleagues, Regional Advisors, technical counterparts in other organization, donors, academia etc. The role is also expected to engage with internal technical working groups and communities of practice. 

Context: Humanitarian and development 

Scope: The role will be based at the country office and will demand 80% of level of efforts for travels to the field.  Save the Children works in all regions in Ethiopia, and Addis Ababa and Diredawa City Administrations.  We work in humanitarian and development contexts to meet needs of children. And in the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to travel to the field and vary working hours accordingly.

Primary Technical area: Child Protection 

Other technical area: Migration and displacement 

Key Areas of Accountabilities

The key areas of accountability apply to the Save the Children’s child protection and migration work in emergencies and in development settings. 

Technical Advisory Support and Programme Quality (80% LoE)

• Identify and provide technical support to ensure quality implementation of CP and migration projects, working closely with colleagues in Programme Implementations and with MEAL.  This requires joint operational planning with the field team, regular periodic supportive field visits to project sites to monitor progress of project implementation and understand what works well and the gaps, monitor quality, provide support as needed, and also capture lessons for use in new project development.

• Identify technical support requirements, inclusive of field visits, as and when necessary, and ensure adequate support is provided and recommendations are followed up.

• Working closely with MEAL unit, provide guidance, advice and support to program managers to actively engage them in conducting assessments (both quantitative and qualitative), reviews and evaluations; as well as while conducting workshops or trainings as necessary.

• Support the development and implementation of capacity building activities for staff involved in CP and migration projects across the organization based on capacity needs assessment.

• Coordinate and review quality periodic reports of projects, including reports to donors, working closely with the field team.

• Strengthen linkage and integration of CP programming with relevant thematic interventions, including of local partners and relevant government agencies

• In cooperation with PDQ Learning and Knowledge Management, ensure proper documentation of experiences and lessons learned in CP and migration projects under supervision.  Work with MEAL unit to technically contribute to the development of an M&E framework for the overall CP and migration programme that monitors the impact of projects and progress towards strategic operational and advocacy objectives

• Develop and lead a CP and children on the move community of practice for the country office and partners staff, engaging relevant thematic sector focal points, field level program implementation staff and partners, that will serve as a platform for learning and institutional capacity on CP programming, and programming on protection of migrant and displaced children    

Strategic Programme Development (5% LoE)

• Active technical participation for the Child Protection (CP) and migration strategy development, and jointly plan and implement advocacy/policy engagement activities jointly with other thematic advisors and advocacy team.

• Technically lead development of strategic portfolio of projects and research initiatives required for achievement of the child protection strategic objectives and outcomes. 

• Technically engage in annual operational planning, and regular internal programme planning and review meetings, as well as related inputs to quarterly and annual reports. 

• Document and communicate programme achievements against agreed strategic objectives and milestones for a wide range of internal and external audiences. 

• Ensure the key strategic documents related to CP and migration are understood and internalized by those who are either contributing to the evidence base or responsible for representation of organizational objectives at district, regional or national level. 

• Serve as focal point for CP program of the country office, for coordination with relevant stakeholders including clusters and national taskforces. 

Strategic Fundraising (10% LoE)

• Technically engage in strategic fundraising to support resourcing the CP Strategic Plan and migration programs, and related Advocacy Plan.  This includes funding for projects, research and advocacy to support policy change objectives. 

• Build on technical knowledge, research and current/previous programming to contribute for development of proposals for new programme initiatives and institutional learning in close coordination with the relevant staff.  This includes conducting/overseeing situational analyses, concept note development, and opportunity identification, and technically engage in proposal development for funding working closely with program development unit and other relevant thematic sectors.  

• Contributing to the development of programs material, brief papers and info notes with a view to attract donor’s interest for Save the Children activities;

• Ensure that each proposal and annual implementation plan contains a (funded) research and policy dimension to it that directly feeds into the agreed Thematic Advocacy Plan and lead the implementation of research necessary for evidence-based advocacy. 

• Accompany and facilitate donor visits and provide relevant background materials in collaboration with the program implementation team.     

Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change (3% LoE)

• Provide technical support to the development, implementation and evaluation of Save the Children’s evidence-based advocacy strategies related to CP and migration to ensure that the voices of children guide advocacy and policy changes and related activities.

• Develop policy papers and advocacy asks (or related material) based on research evidence, technical learning from projects, policy gaps’ analysis, and the development of good practices. 

• Identify key influencing moments and engage in CP and protection of migrant and displaced children related technical discussions and represent the Organization in technical meetings and roundtables to ensure that children’s specific needs and vulnerabilities are included.

• Engage in planning for the development and/or roll out of the policy and related action plans.

External representation (2% LoE)

• Participate in relevant Save the Children’s regional and global CP working groups and learning initiatives

• Represent SC at relevant technical external task forces, working groups, seminars or other meetings / forums which have been identified and approved by line manager and the PDQI Director, and use these meetings to negotiate strategic, and advocacy positions.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds him/herself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values

• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same

• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters

• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

• Willing to take disciplined risks 

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency 

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Social Science field, master’s degree preferred 

• Technical expertise in CP programming in both in emergency and development contexts. 

• Knowledge on migration and displacement related issues in Ethiopia, and technical expertise on programming on protection of children in migration and displacement 

EXPEREINCE 

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant progressive experience in an international NGO or similar environment. Experience and skill in child protection programming (Child Protection Technical Competencies at accomplished and leading-edge level) and on programming for children in migration and displacement. That include:

• Experience in designing CP and migration related strategies and proposals in development and humanitarian context across different sub-thematic areas, including on sexual and gender-based violence against children, appropriate care, harmful child work, children in migration and displacement and child protection systems.

• Significant experience in providing expert advice for effective implementation of projects in development and humanitarian context 

• Experience in working with government counterparts and other partners at various levels - federal to district.  This includes experience in technical support, capacity-building and in promoting effective coordination and linkages between informal and formal parts of the child protection system at different level

• Strong programmatic and analytic skills in child protection and migration.  That includes demonstrated experience of research in child protection and migration (children on the move), capacity building, M&E and knowledge management, programming and advocacy

• Proven technical knowledge on child rights programming, and in child protection systems building

• Experience in policy, advocacy and/or fundraising is desirable

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY

• Substantial knowledge of CP and migration related national policies, strategies and other initiatives affecting children

• Excellent working knowledge of government, public policy making and implementation to engage impactfully with policy makers, decision makers and opinion formers on CP and migration related issues that can change the lives of children and young people affected by or at risk of protection concerns. 

• Strong data collection, analysis and communication material/proposal/report writing skills.

• Strong analysis of CP and migration related data and ability to summaries and communicate this to a range of audiences.  

• Proven advocacy and representation skills 

• Excellent writing, communications, facilitation, capacity building and networking skills

• Ability to develop strong professional relationships and collaborations externally with stakeholders, and internally across functions, projects, and teams

• Understanding and experience in monitoring and evaluation 

• Good presentation, training and facilitation skills

• Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically

• Good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to train and mentor staff

• Ability to work effectively in a complex, fast-paced, matrixed, and multi-cultural environment

• Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload

• Strong organizational skills

• Experience with major donors such as USAID, the US Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration, UNHCR, SIDA, DFID, and the EU.

• Willingness to travel to remote field locations including refugee camps 

• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches 

• Good spoken and written English, fluency in Amharic

Scope & complexity of decision making 

• Able to make decisions within a range of established alternatives

PERCENTAGE OF TRAVEL (Out of duty station if applicable).

• Estimated 80% travel to the field including some difficult locations, including in conflict affected areas, camps for internally displaced people and key migrant transit border locations 

COMPETENCIES 

SC Values are: Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. To meet the value system the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following Competencies on ongoing basis:

Leading 

• Delivering results: Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/organization.

• Developing Self and Others: Invest time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realize their full potential and to build the organization capability for the further. 

Thinking 

• Problem solving and decision making: Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organization and making appropriate judgements.

• Innovating and Adapting: Develop and implement innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in an ever-changing uncertain work and global environment. 

• Applying technical and professional expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the organization.

Engaging 

• Networking: Builds and use sustainable relationship to support the work of Save the Children 

• Working effectively with others Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives; knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross-boundary working.

• Communicating with Impact: Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence; promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building confidence and trust with others.

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