Technical Lead - Child Protection/Children on the Move at "Save the Children" (Greece& Balcans)

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children.

The organization seeks for:

Technical Lead - Child Protection/Children on the Move -Greece

Qualifications and experience:
Essential:
- Master's degree in Social Work, Human Rights, International Relations or relevant field, or BA with equivalent field experience
- Extensive experience of Child Protection programme management in emergency, fragile state or development contexts and at least 3 years of experience in the management of programmes specific to Child Protection in Emergency
- Previous experience of managing a child protection team at national level
- Previous experience in setting up organisational child safeguarding systems in humanitarian contexts
- Experience of remote managing programmes in complex settings
- Proven capacity to supervise, and coach staff in child protection technical skills and programme management
- Experience of, and commitment to, working through systems of community participation and accountability
- Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, ECHO, OFDA and other major donor projects and understanding of donor compliance
- Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
- Excellent understanding of the Monitoring and Evaluation processes and methodologies - with specific technical trainings in these areas.
- Proven ability to represent the organisation to donors and other stakeholders
- Familiarity with key international standards for humanitarian work (e.g. Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, SPHERE, MHPSS IASC guidelines, Inter-agency guiding principles on UASC, etc.).
- Team player who is able to work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children including willingness to abide and enforce the Child Safeguarding Policy. In particular, a good understanding of the mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable:
- Language skills in Arabic
- Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
- Experience working and building the capacity of partners on technical issues.

Contract length: 6 months, poistion based in Greece (with 80% travel throughout Balkans)

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