The Child Protection Lead provides strategic and thematic leadership for War Child’s Child Protection work and its relate to a specific portfolio of Evidence‑Based Methods (EBMs). The role is accountable for the vision, quality, coherence, innovation, external positioning and continuous improvement in their thematic area and on their assigned EBM portfolio. It ensures alignment with organisational strategy, the Partnership Journey Framework, internal quality standards, sectoral standards, frameworks and humanitarian best practice.
The role has oversight of an assigned EBM portfolio and its related partner onboarding journeys, thematic quality assurance and adaptive learning processes, while line managing thematic coordinators and guiding thematic coordinators. and specialists.
- Provide strategic leadershipand vision in their thematic area of work, liaising with other thematic Leadswhere relevant.This includes driving development anduse of thematic strategies, translatingsectoral trends, evidence and standards into organizational direction andidentifyingemerging risksand opportunities in their thematic domainacross relevantcontexts and conflict phases.
- Shepherd the EBMs in theirportfolio across the Partnership Journey,ensuring coherence, quality, learning and alignment with War Child’s Care System andorganisationalpriorities, andeffectively engagingwithotherdepartments, such asPartnerships &ProgrammeManagement, Research & Development,Engagement, Operations,etc, as well as teams in their own department (HumanitarianandMEAL)to ensurehigh qualitydeliverables
- Providethematicauthority and quality assuranceto War Child’swork, particularlyaround theconsistent application ofprogrammequality standardsduring theEBM Cycle (the formative,development,feasibility and effectiveness phases of the Partnership Journey),aligningwith internal frameworks, sector standards and the Core Humanitarian Standard.
- Maintain strategic oversight ofassignedthematic and EBM portfolios, influencing allocation of resourcesand ensuringprioritization andcoherenceon implementation, scaling,learningand adaptationacrossrelevantcontexts/clusters and with other thematic areas, leads,and their portfolios.
- Maintain strategic oversight of organizational capacityin the assignedEBM portfolio, including strategic thinkingon capacity development and maintenance,and advising onprioritization andresource allocation.
- Drive continuous learning,adaptationand improvementof EBMs, using evidence, qualitydataand learning agendas to inform decisions.This includes leading and/orfacilitatingdevelopment and execution of learning agendas,as well asdocumenting and/or compiling lessons learned across clusters/projects/partners.
- Lead or contribute torelevantthematicand/or EBMlearning activities,taskteams, working groups and/orCommunities of Practice, ensuring effective collaboration,deliveryand shared learning.
- Lead and managethematicCoordinators withintheassignedEBM portfolio, providing direction, mentorship, performanceoversightand professional development, as well as ensuringappropriate waysof working and matrix managementwith other relevant roles,teamsor departments.
- Provide authoritativethematicleadership to partners, country teams and global colleagues, strengtheningprogrammedesign, implementation andevidenceusein all relevant context, including emergency responses.
- Representand build up the profile and reputation of War Child's EBM Care System Portfolioand thematic expertise externallyin global fora, strengthening sector engagement, inter‑agency collaboration andorganisationalcredibility, and contributing to shapingpolicy and sectordiscourse.Thisincludes establishing avision and strategy for external representation influencing together with the appropriateteams and colleagues.
Each staff member is responsible for contributing to creating a culture committed to our mission, vision, internal safeguarding standards, JEDI ((Social) Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion) principles and the CHS (Core Humanitarian Standard) framework and are expected to actively promote this in their work.
These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.
ROLE-SPECIFIC OR CONTEXT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Acts asprimaryinternal and externalthematicfocal point for an assigned EBM portfolio.
- Lead the development, refinement andsocialisationofstrategies,policies, SOPs,toolsand guidance related to the thematic area.
- Lead on thematiccomponents ofEBMs Partnership Packages and standard resources, providing content, inputs and advicein an effective manner and liaising with relevant teams and roles in this process.
- EnsureEBMalignmentwithinternal programming quality standards and sectoral thematicstandards.
- Contribute to mainstreamingsafeguarding, accountability and participation standards within EBM guidance and tools, working closely with safeguarding and accountability and participation experts.
- Contribute with strategic thinkingand collaborate with War Child staff and partners in support of an integrated approach to education, child protection and MHPSSwithin our Care System, as well as programming that accounts for sound MEAL practices and for cross-cutting issues, such aslocalisation,climate change, etc.
- Advise onthe technical/thematiccomponents of partnership agreements related totheEBMsin their assigned portfolio.
- Support scalable learning approaches (e.g.blended learning, training pools,ToT/ToFmodels), driving development of EBM learningtrajectoriesand ensuringappropriate thematic/EBMcontent is provided to L&D experts.
- Contribute toonboardingprocess, includingthematic and/or EBM training and mentoring to staff and/orpartners whereappropriate.
- Supports operationalization andimplementationMEAL processes within their thematic area, includingintegration ofQuality of Careindicators across EBMs.
- Contribute to knowledge and information management processesand deliverables, includingcontent provision to communication materials, websites, newsletters, etc.
- Lead thematic inputs intoorganizational processessuch asdevelopment and delivery of strategies, annual plans,etcat team, departmental andorganisationallevels.
- Collaborate closely withteams in their department (MEALand Humanitarian)and with other relevant departments such asR&D, Partnerships,Engagement and Operations.