Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

This is a high profile, externally facing team, with responsibility for the global influencing agenda, which will actively engage in global politically linked engagements on development, humanitarian and global issues. This team will coordinate and lead the development of a proactive global policy and advocacy agenda in order to unify and amplify our strategic voice and influence across all thematic areas and contexts, while ensuring consistent and coherent external representation. By fostering collaboration within the organisation and engaging effectively with international bodies and influencing spaces including UN, Gulf and African Union, we aim to establish Save The Children as a key partner in shaping international norms and influencing national policies. Our work supports and enhances the movement”s local to global advocacy efforts, ensuring our message and tactics are consistently applied, and our high-level external engagements reflect a unified stance.

This role supports the development and facilitation of policy positions, analysis and supporting material. The role will also support the communication and understand of policy positions and provide expert advice on policy positions to drive global advocacy.

Location

Hybrid – Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

Remote – United States

Travel

International travel required – Yes

Percentage of required for travel – Up to 40%

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Support the development and facilitation of policy positions and analysis ensuring alignment with Global strategy and 3 year PAC plan.
• Engage with internal and external experts to drive a collaborative approach to policy development and implementation processes.
• Support or directly produce key policy positions, analysis and supporting material (including reports, briefs, messages) across development, nexus and humanitarian context and informed by current trends and evidence.
• Support the communication and understanding of key policy positions.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability in steering complex policy analysis initiatives to drive global policy and advocacy initiatives.
• Able to synthesise complex information from diverse sources, develop comprehensive policy positions and briefs and other advocacy material.
• Policy Development & evidence-based research and analysis
• Research across development, nexus and humanitarian context
• Proven ability to identify the need for enhanced collaboration for better results.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strategically important relationships and foster collaborations that amplify impact for children in critical areas.
• Ability to strengthen capacity on key priority policy and advocacy issues
• Ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures.
• Demonstrated leadership in designing inclusive practices for policy analysis and development, ensuring that diverse voices and perspectives are integrated into advocacy efforts.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Advanced degree in a relevant field such as International Relations, Law, Politics, Social Sciences, or related discipline.
• Additional language of French, Spanish or Arabic preferred

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

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