Child Protection & GBV Advisor (Global) Maternity Cover

The Global Child Protection and GBV Advisor will lead on high quality technical and advisory support to child protection and gender-based violence programmes in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic to support the safety and quality of our global Child Protection and GBV programmes. The technical support will span the entire project cycle, from supporting and reviewing needs assessments, programme design, the technical implementation of projects and evaluation and lessons learned. The role will also represent WCUK globally in inter-agency coordination structures and ensure War Child remains up to date with best practice and trends in the sector. The role is part of a team of technical advisors and works closely with these colleagues to set global best practice and standards, as well as country teams for technical support and capacity development as needed. This role has expected travel up to 30% of the time to country offices (subject to security considerations).

If you share our values and believe that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you.

About us

War Child, the specialist charity for children affected by conflict. For more than two decades we’ve delivering high-impact programmes that are rebuilding lives across Afghanistan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic and Yemen. We understand children’s needs, respect their rights, and put them at the centre of the solution – from reintegrating children formerly associated with armed groups and armed forces (CAAFAG) in the Central African Republic to reuniting children with their families in Afghanistan. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

Child safeguarding and Adults at Risk

Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm.

Your role:

The Global Child Protection and GBV Advisor will lead on high quality technical and advisory support to child protection and gender-based violence programmes in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic to support the safety and quality of our global Child Protection and GBV programmes. The technical support will span the entire project cycle, from supporting and reviewing needs assessments, programme design, the technical implementation of projects and evaluation and lessons learned. The role will also represent WCUK globally in inter-agency coordination structures and ensure War Child remains up to date with best practice and trends in the sector. The role is part of a team of technical advisors and works closely with these colleagues to set global best practice and standards, as well as country teams for technical support and capacity development as needed.

The Child Protection and gender-based violence (CP/GBV) Global Advisor – Maternity Cover is responsible for providing guidance and technical support to WCUK child protection and gender based violence programmes.

A member of the head office-based Programme Quality team, the Global CP/GBV Advisor provides hands-on support to child protection and programmes staff in War Child country offices to develop, position and implement child protection and gender-based violence programmes in ongoing emergency responses, protracted crisis and conflict settings. The role includes field work though both deployments and capacity building missions to WCUK country offices, with about 30% travel per year.

The Advisor contributes to external coordination efforts and initiatives to develop WCUK’s sector leadership and profile globally. The role also collaborates with staff in country programmes and at head office to develop proposals that will drive growth and quality in War Child’s child protection and gender-based violence work and that contribute to our global advocacy.

Your responsibilities

• Represent War Child UK at key technical, coordination and donor meetings, providing proactive leadership where necessary both at HQ and globally, including on the Steering Committee of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.
• Identify and support relevant partnerships and opportunities with donors, humanitarian agencies, academic institutions and private sector to develop War Child’s child protection and gender-based violence profile, funding opportunities and quality approaches.
• Contribute to and ensure technical quality in the design of donor proposals.
• Provide capacity building support to staff members from country offices on CP and GBV priority areas, specifically psychosocial support, case management and community level protection.
• Provide capacity building and training to external partners and institutions on child protection in conflict , including MoD, FCDO, NATO in UK, and overseas
• Travel to insecure environments to provide technical support to all elements of the project cycle, as needed and capacity development
• Ensure that relevant global advocacy messages and initiatives are informed by sector expertise.
• Oversee the quality and timely implementation of the overall CP/GBV response and that programmatic objectives are reached.
• Work in close collaboration with War Child Holland CP and PSS colleagues, to find synergies and benefit from cross-organisation learning and best practice.
• Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.

You are:

• Proven experience in designing, supporting, monitoring and evaluating child protection programming, gender-based violence programmes in complex emergencies and/or post conflict situations, in designing, supporting, monitoring and evaluating child protection programmes in complex emergencies and/or post conflict situations.
• Proven experience in designing, supporting, monitoring, and evaluating gender-based violence programmes in complex emergencies and/or post conflict situations.
• Significant technical experience in areas such as psychosocial support, community-based child protection and case management, and significant advantage if technical experience on children in armed conflict specifically children associated with armed groups and forces
• Excellent Knowledge and implementation of the global Child Protection and GBV guidelines and minimum standards (CPMS, GBVMS etc.)
• Strongly skilled in coordination, networking and relationship building with key partners including government, donors, INGOs, national and local organizations, and UN agencies.
• Excellent and engaging trainer and capacity builder of diverse groups including civil servants, NGOs, serving military.
• Excellent writer with excellent and confident verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate complex information in an effective way.
• Skilled in qualitative and quantitative research methods report-writing, documentation, and dissemination of learning.
• Significantly experienced in proposal development with an ability to effectively mainstream child protection and gender-based violence programming within the education, food security and livelihoods and youth engagement thematic areas.
• Positive with professional attitude and the ability to lead and work well in a culturally diverse team setting and with multiple partners. Strengths include listening, empathy, flexibility, and creativity.
• This position requires full working proficiency in English and French.
• Arabic or Dari language skills a strong advantage