Global Policy Lead

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Global Policy Lead to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

- Co-own delivery of the Advocate, Campaign & Mobilise enabler.

- Establish a globally aligned and relevant policy and advocacy agenda for the movement, always elevating & centring the voices of children, partners and countries.

- Embed child rights-orientated approach across the I&I department. 

- Drive our external engagement, ensuring our influencing works across local-global and maximises the voice of stakeholders across the Movement (COs, NOs, Members).

Lead a unified UN strategy and AO team across New York & Geneva 

Accountable for shared leadership of I&I strategy

Role Purpose

To coordinate and drive the development and implementation of advocacy strategies and policy positions aimed at achieving specific global targets in accordance with Save the Children's Global External Engagement Strategy. This role requires close collaboration with policy and advocacy leads, as well as key relationship holders within the organisation, including account holders and corporate partnerships teams, to further Save the Children’s policy, advocacy, and campaign priorities. By fostering effective relationships and leveraging diverse partnerships, the Senior Manager Global Policy will play a crucial role in championing Save the Children's goals and ensuring the realisation and alignment of strategic advocacy efforts and policy positions. This role will play a critical role in bridging and workiong across the I&I, RMCE and OHT functions at the global level to support the external engagement in high risk contexts to ensure consistency in voice, impact and delivery in close collaboration with the respective country office teams.

Job Title: Global Policy Lead

Reports To: Director of Child Rights, Policy and Advocacy

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available 

Contract Length: Permanent

Grade: P5

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Any

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment. 

International Travel Requirements: Yes, up to 20% 

Budget Responsibility: None

People Management Responsibility: None

Principle Accountabilities

• Coordinate and drive development and implementation of advocacy strategies and global policy positions for specific global targets based on a Global External Engagement Strategy in close collaboration with relevant policy and advocacy leads and key relationship-holders within Save the Children, including account holders and corporate partnerships teams to further Save the Children’s policy, advocacy and campaigns priorities 
• Develop and update policy positions across all thematic areas and contexts that are globally relevant, ensuring consistency across all contexts.  Drive visibility on policy gaps and updates.
• Contribute to building Save the Children’s reputation with global influencers and thought leaders as relevant in collaboration with relevant policy and advocacy leads and ensuring synergies with the Global External Engagement Strategy
• Coordinate the development and implementation of  specific cross-cutting advocacy strategies and global policy positions as necessary to deliver our organisational priorities and key messages
• Contribute to the development and implementation of different advocacy tools and approaches, i.e. Speaking Out and Strategic Litigation
• Coordinate and manage SC's global policy work, in collaboration with colleagues across the Movement
• Coordinate the external engagement in high risk contexts across global functions to ensure support to the respective country offices and with members where needed.

Experience and Skills

Essential

Experience

• Foundation of Experience: Experience in global policy and advocacy work, particularly in international development or child rights.
• Proficient Experience: Demonstrates a history of successful policy and advocacy efforts across all contexts, contributing significantly to global campaigns and initiatives.
• Considerable Experience: A track record of managing and implementing advocacy strategies and development of complex policy positions at an international level, with a keen understanding of global political dynamics.
• Extensive Experience: Experience working within a global NGO or similar setting, managing high-stakes relationships, risk and ensuring strategic alignment across multiple teams.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Committed experience in advancing DEI principles within their advocacy work, ensuring that policies and strategies are equitable and inclusive.
• Crisis Management and Resilience: Experience in managing advocacy efforts in complex, high-pressure environments, demonstrating resilience and adaptive problem-solving
• Significant experience working across advocacy, comms, campaigns and media in various contexts with a strong understanding and grasp of policy issues and risk management

Education and Qualifications 

Essential

• Master’s Degree in International Relations, Political Science, Public Policy, Development Studies, or a related field is preferable.                                               

Working at Save the Children International

Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation, 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.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Our recruitment process:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks

We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.