Global Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Director

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Global Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Director.

Role Purpose:

To lead Save the Children’s Global Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns, in line with our mission, and contribute to creating a high performing top team with both general leadership and sector-specific knowledge, insight and networks at the highest levels.

Save the Children’s 2022 – 2024 strategy explicitly recognises and emphasises the significance of advocacy and campaigning as critical to driving lasting change for children. We can achieve significant change for children through the foundation of our direct programing, but we will not change the world one programme at a time. Advocacy and campaign efforts leverage evidence gathered from our and our partners programmes and research to ensure governments invest in children and strengthen their own laws, policies and programmes to help secure children’s rights. That is how we achieve impact at scale.

As we work with civil society organisations, social movements, the media, the public and others (including children themselves) to generate crucial commitments to children, we amplify the results of our work exponentially and far beyond our own sphere of control. Engaging and building broad support for our work ensures Save the Children remains a relevant, high impact organisation that challenges the power structures to stop the marginalisation and deprivation of children.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that our policy, advocacy and campaigns efforts are strategic, aligned with the 4 global goals and well-resourced in country offices as well as the centre and in members, in order to achieve the organisation’s Ambition for Children 2030. This entails working closely with stakeholders across a global federated organisation, strengthening Save the Children’s engagement with the public, championing innovation and thought leadership, and helping drive one consistent voice across Save the Children.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proven global leadership at the highest levels
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing
• Experience of successfully operating in a complex global organisation and an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Experience of building, leading and developing staff with different backgrounds and expertise
• Experience of building personal networks at senior levels, resulting in securing significant new opportunities for the organisation
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Experience of advocacy and campaigning resulting in significant impact
• Experience of, and willingness to travel in, developing countries

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.