The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Disability Inclusion Senior Advisor – Humanitarian Response in the UK (London or Remote) or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
The Disability Inclusion Senior Advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to ensure Save the Children’s humanitarian programming is responsive to the needs of children and families with disabilities.
Sitting in the Humanitarian Rights and Reform pillar, this role will contribute to a vision for transformative action on key areas of making our humanitarian work more rights-based and inclusive. Working collaboratively within Save the Children and across the sector, this role will help establish Save the Children as a sector leader in disability inclusion in humanitarian response.
This role also includes external representation on priority issues including disability rights, inclusive child participation and monitoring of rights, disability data, meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action and disability inclusive health, nutrition, child protection, climate change, education and social protection programming. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Solid experience of leading the design implementation monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian Disability Inclusive programmes
- Experience working directly with children with different types of disabilities and their families.
- Experience working with organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and good relationship and wide network with disability experts and OPDs in at least one country where Save the Children works.
- Significant experience in designing and delivering training, capacity building, and mentoring on Disability Inclusion in at least one of Save the Children’s thematic areas: health and nutrition (including rehabilitation and WASH), child protection, education, or social protection.
- Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children with disabilities, especially disability disaggregated data
- Experience designing and facilitating capacity building trainings on disability rights and inclusive programming.
- Strong understanding of the Disability Rights sector, policy priorities and the situation for adults and children with disabilities in humanitarian contexts in at least one country where Save the Children works
- Demonstrated understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Disability Inclusive Programming, the IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action, Disability Disaggregated data and MEAL, and Universal Accessible Construction standards.
- Familiarity with Disability Situation Analysis, Barrier Analysis, and CRPD monitoring.
- Understanding of protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), safeguarding and safe programming.
- Creativity, problem-solving ability, energy and the drive to create change in a large complex organisation, while constantly adapting approaches.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, inspiring, negotiation and coaching – ability to work with all levels from CEO to junior staff and across all functions.
- Commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion within Save the Children.
- Fluent spoken and written English
- The capacity and willingness to be flexible in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
Desirable:
Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
We can offer circa £50,000 per annum (If based in the UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National Terms & Conditions (including pay and benefits) will apply.
This role can be based in the UK (London or Remote) or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location for the duration of the contract.
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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.
How to apply
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A full copy of the role profile can be found available for download 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.