Director, Child Protection, Equality & Gender Justice

As the Director, Child Protection, Equality & Gender Justice, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. YLead the Live Free From Violence Goal and the Equality and Gender Justice crosscutter, and ensure the integration of Migration and Displacement across all thematic areas aligning with the global strategy and grounded in Save the Children theory of change, impact agenda, gender transformative and child rights based integrated approach, empowering the movement to design and deliver high-quality, evidence-based programming and influencing.

• Lead implementation of the Live Free From Violence Goal and the Equality and Gender Justice crosscutter, and ensure the integration of Migration and Displacement across all thematic areas.
• Enable the Movement to design and deliver high quality, evidence-based programs and influencing for impact and deliver our breakthroughs/strategic goals.
• Lead Save the Children Gender Transformative approach across programming and influencing in all thematic areas.
• Connect our thematic portfolios in country offices with global thought leadership and strategic
• Shared accountability for Global TE architecture & leadership of I&I
• Connect country offices with global thought leadership and strategic partnerships to achieve impactful breakthroughs and strategic goals.
• Accountable for I&I leadership and DEI commitments, ensuring inclusivity, innovation, and collaboration across all thematic portfolios.
• Accountable for delivery on the ‘Live Free from Violence’ Goal and for delivery on the strategic direction of our Equality, Gender Justice, and Migration & Displacement work, as well as contributions to the other strategic goals and enablers. Ensure the development, delivery, and demonstration of ambitious Goal Plans, integrating Equality & Gender Justice as crosscutting priorities. Overall accountability for the development as well as the delivery of Save the Children’s global thematic portfolio results framework in line with our Theory of Change.
• Champion Save the Children’s Equality & Gender Justice vision, strategy, positioning and influencing to: 1) amplify what’s working and relevant across the sector to drive impact at scale; 2) anticipate future trends and forward-thinking solutions; 3) deepen quality and commitment to gender justice, equality and inclusion across the movement
• Accountable for the shared leadership of the Goals and Crosscutting area plans, particularly ensuring Equality & Gender Justice are crosscutting priorities embedded across all the Global Goals. Collaborate with the Director of Climate & Sustainable Solutions and other Breakthrough Directors to ensure these areas are mainstreamed effectively into all programming and influencing efforts, further strengthening cross-sectoral integration.
• Based on a deep understanding of Save the Children’s portfolio across countries, provide thought leadership in the areas of Child Protection and on crosscutting issues. Lead and inspire the movement to set and maintain technical standards, to innovate and to demonstrate technical excellence through evidence-based, child-rights programming, promoting gender-transformative approaches and solutions. Bring the best of Save the Children’s expertise, thinking, and evidence to generate impact in the world.
• Understand and respond to country office technical needs on cross cutting issues, driving programme and influencing integration to achieve country strategies: Coordinate with Breakthrough Directors to provide comprehensive and integrated technical support that addresses the multi-faceted needs of COs. Ensure that country offices (and where appropriate, Members) have access to technical expertise needed to deliver on their strategies, meet surge needs, and tees up Save the Children for funding opportunities over time.
• Engage with country teams to understand their Child Protection; Equality, Gender Justice & Inclusion, and Migration & Displacement portfolio, and identify opportunities and needs to provide strategic support (programs models packaging, experience and capacity sharing, strategic partnerships, donor engagement, evidence generation and use…) in line with country strategies. Work closely with our member organisations and new business development team to monitor, grow, and strengthen our programs portfolio in line with Save the Children’s Theory of Change.
• Work closely with the Evidence & Learning function and CO teams to design and support effective strategies for the generation of evidence, the filling of evidence gaps, and the uptake and utilization of the latest evidence in program design and influencing. Ensure that the latest Child Protection; Equality, Gender Justice & Inclusion, and Migration & Displacement elated research and data are incorp