Job Description

The role

The CP & SGBV Technical Advisor owns and drives the national strategy, resourcing, technical quality, and overall impact of Save the Children's entire child protection portfolio across DRC—covering both humanitarian and development contexts.

S/he leads technical design and implementation of high-quality programmes; drives national advocacy and influencing; and builds strategic partnerships to mobilize resources from diverse donors. The TA ensures all programming—whether emergency response or long-term system strengthening—promotes the centrality of protection, child wellbeing, and a sustainable pathway to national ownership.

Working closely with operations and local partners, the TA builds capacity, fosters agency of national organizations, and externally represents Save the Children on priority issues: ending violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children while strengthening an effective, sustainable child protection system across DRC.

Qualifications and experience

• A child protection professional with a master’s degree in social work, law, protection or relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Significant professional experience, at least 3 years of working at a senior level in child protection and or SGBV for international NGOs, UN or government
• Excellent understanding of the child protection sector within the DRC context, including release and reintegration, alternative care, family tracing and reunification, and response to SGBV
• Experience with child protection programming in humanitarian settings as well as experience in writing donor funding proposals for large institutional grants in excess of US$1 million.
• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
• Experience providing technical support across multiple, diverse geographic contexts within one country (e.g., simultaneous emergency, post-crisis, and stable development settings).
• Demonstrated ability to lead national-level strategy that is coherent and standardized while allowing for contextual adaptation at provincial level.
• Experience managing a distributed technical team (remote management across multiple field offices) with equitable support and accountability.
• Strong understanding of DRC's national governance structures (central ministries in Kinshasa, provincial divisions, territorial entities) and how to navigate advocacy at each level.
• Fluency in French required; working proficiency in at least one national language (Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba, Kikongo) strongly preferred due to national scope.
• Given the national mandate, the TA must be willing and able to travel to any Save the Children intervention province in DRC, including remote and insecure locations, on short notice.
• Good communication (speaking and writing), and interpersonal skills in English required;

Contract length:

12 months

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 workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as contrary to the values and practices of our organization.