Child Centred Social Protection, Cash & Market TA

TITLE: Child Centred Social Protection and Cash & Market TA

**TEAM/PROGRAMME:**Programme Development & Quality

LOCATION: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

GRADE: 2

CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 2: the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Child Centred Social Protection and Cash & Market TA will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to define and deliver our strategic ambition for Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) and Cash & Market-based Programming in Burkina Faso.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Programme Quality & Development Director

Staff reporting to this post: No direct reports but expected to provide coaching and mentoring support to operational and other technical colleagues and local partners

Budget Responsibilities: None

Role 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 team, advocacy colleagues, Regional Advisors, technical counterparts in other organisation, donors, academia, etc.

Context : Humanitarian and development

Scope: Burkina Faso

Primary Technical area: Child Poverty

Primary Sub technical area: Child-sensitive Social Protection, Market-based programming for child outcomes / Shock-responsive social protection

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

A Technical Leadership

B Ensuring Programme Quality (Design & Implementation)

C Networking & External Engagement

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Economics, Social Protection, Social Policy International Development, Public Administration, Agriculture and Food Security, or equivalent experience.
• Certified CaLP trainer (preferable)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 5 years’ experience in social protection policy, research and programmes, including design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation related to social protection.
• At least 5 years’ experience of working internationally in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors (beyond Food Security & Livelihoods)
• Understanding of the social protection sector of Cash & Voucher Assistance in Burkina Faso.
• Experience with complementary/cash “plus” approaches to social protection to improve impact on children. Ideally experience with shock-responsive/adaptive social protection, and/or graduation programming would be an advantage.
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at national level in order to hold duty bearers to account to children’s right to social protection.
• Fluent in spoken and high level writing skills in French and English.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Technical competencies:

• Demonstrates understanding of/ Trains and advises others on the life-cycle and rights based approach to social protection and how it contributes to outcomes for children
• Identifies strategic CSSP programme and advocacy opportunities based on analysis of government policy and schemes
• Champions increased investment in, and development and improvement of, CSSP and emergency CVA policy and practice
• Trains and advises others on Standard Operating Procedures and best practices related to the set-up and implementation of cash & voucher assistance
• Works with thematic experts on the design of sector-specific (e.g. WaSH, Nutrition, Health, Education, Child Protection, and FSL) and cross-sectoral programmes using cash & voucher assistance

Generic Competencies

• Being the Voice of Children: Promotes evidence-based policy and public engagement that includes the voices of children and their communities
• Advancing Equality & Inclusion: Displays a commitment to ensuring everything we do considers the most deprived and marginalised children
• Building & Strengthening Partnerships: Promotes working with diverse partners as critical to delivery
• Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers