United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Social Protection Advisor

London + international travel up to 30% annually

We are looking for an experienced individual to join us as Social Protection Advisor. You will play a key role in guiding and supporting our social protection work to scale-up social protection approaches and improve impact for children.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our UK and Global Programmes department delivers humanitarian and development programmes, builds partnerships with institutional donors – including governments, multi-laterals and trusts – and drives lasting change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential. As Social Protection Advisor you will lead the design and support implementation of high-quality child sensitive social protection programmes and will further develop our programme portfolio by seeking new, strategic opportunities. In addition you will:

• Actively contribute to the strategy development and implementation of the social protection portfolio across the PPQ department


• Promote the sharing of good practices, global tools and learning across country offices and the PPQ department


• Lead and support the development of innovative and high-quality social protection programmes, including research activities in close collaboration with country teams and thematic advisers


• Support country offices in effective HR planning and management, including identifying and addressing technical capacity gaps related to social protection


• Conduct research and produce programme policy reports.

To be successful you will have demonstrated understanding and experience of key issues in social protection, and how they relate to child-sensitive programmes. You should also have understanding and experience of analysis of national social protection systems and an academic/professional qualification at post-graduate level or equivalent in economics or social development. In addition you will have:

• A proven track record of institutional funding success, either for research or programming


• Significant international experience in social protection policy, research and programmes; including design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation


• Strong advisory skills, including the ability to guide and influence from a distance


• Highly-developed analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically


• The ability to analyse complex data in social protection and poverty.

At Save the Children our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 29^th May 2016