Regional Resilience and Conflict Sensitivity Advisor – Middle East, North Africa, & Eastern Europe

The Opportunity

The Regional Resilience and Conflict Sensitivity Advisor provides technical leadership and support to SCI’s country programs in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe (MENAEE) region in line with Country Office, Regional and SCI global priorities. Working in close coordination with the regional technical, advocacy and operations Advisors, this position will play a key role in strengthening SCI’s programming capacities with approaches that are relevant to longer term aspirations of conflict and crisis-affected children and their communities, strengthen local systems and structures, build social cohesion, and are responsive to conflict dynamics.

The Advisor will support country offices working across a range of contexts, including in acute crises, protracted crises, and post-conflict contexts. This will largely be achieved through providing hands on technical assistance, including supporting COs to pilot initiatives and capture learning; strategic and programmatic support; capacity building; development of technical guidance notes (in collaboration with other technical advisors); and fund raising and proposal development support. Entry points for strengthening practice will vary, including from area-based approaches, thematic approaches, and mainstreaming good practice across the project cycle. The Regional Advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical and operational expertise to contribute to building capacity and fostering networks across country office staff, and support building innovative, integrated practice.

The Regional Resilience and Conflict Sensitivity Advisor also plays an active role in SCI’s global and regional coordination mechanisms, and in contribute to advancing SCI’s broader regional priorities including program integration, gender equity, social inclusion, nexus programming, disability inclusion, mental health and psychosocial support and child participation.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the post holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

The position includes regular travel to SCI’s programs in the MENAEE region.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Masters degree in in international relations, migration and displacement, conflict management / mitigation or a related field
• At least 7 years’ experience of working internationally in international program settings, including field experience in diverse acute and protracted crisis settings
• Substantial track record in early recovery programming, and/or conflict sensitive programs and/or social cohesion programming
• Experience in integrated programming, preferably including with one or more of the following: Education, Child Protection, MHPSS, Health, and Cash and Voucher Assistance
• Successful track record in project design and proposal development.
• Significant experience in provision of technical support, training, capacity building, and mentoring
• Demonstrable understanding of M&E, beneficiary accountability, and learning
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability inclusion; migration and displacement
• Fluent in English with high level of English writing skills
• Fluent in a language used widely in the region (desirable).

A copy of the full role profile can be found through the following link: Regional Resilience and Conflict Sensitivity Advisor – MENAEE

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:

Interested candidates are requested to apply through the following link: Regional Resilience and Conflict Sensitivity Advisor – MENAEE

Save the Children is a global humanitarian organization committed to diversity and inclusion, working towards empowering and protecting children worldwide and in the countries where it operates. Save the Children highly encourages and welcomes receiving applications from qualified candidates regardless of their diverse gender, orientation, disability, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origins, religion and beliefs. Save the Children has a global policy on anti-harassment as well as zero tolerance for discrimination, bullying, sexual exploitation and abuse. All applications will be looked at and treated with the strictest confidentiality and transparency regardless of the diversity of candidates.

Please note that only applications received through the above link will be accepted and applications received by emails will not be considered.

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

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.