Policy & Advocacy Advisor, Children's Rights in the Digital Environment

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment to join our global team.

Team Purpose
To advocate for and influence European Union policies and funding to create lasting positive impacts on children's lives, focusing on reducing child poverty, responding to humanitarian crises, and protecting children's rights in conflict and migration. Our team works to strengthen partnerships with EU institutions, ensuring that children's voices are heard and considered in decision-making processes that affect their futures. By collaborating with Save the Children offices across Europe and globally, we aim to break cycles of poverty, inequality, and conflict, investing in the health and education of children both within and beyond Europe’s borders.

Role purpose

To champion the protection of children's rights in the digital environment by leading and coordinating advocacy efforts on the Child Sexual Abuse regulation and directive within the EU context, empowering Save the Children members to influence decision makers, while upholding our values of integrity, collaboration, and accountability.

Job Title: Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment

Reports To: Head of EU Domestic Advocacy & Partnerships

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available 

Contract Length: 2 years Fixed Term Contract with possibility of extension

Grade: P3

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location in Europe. If based out of Belgium, successful candidate will be travelling at least once a month to Brussels for business purposes). 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): Europe time zones

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

Language Requirements: English required, French desirable

International Travel Requirements: up to %5

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead the implementation of Save the Children's European advocacy strategy on children’s rights online, ensuring that policy messages align with Save the Children's values of accountability, ambition, and collaboration.
• Coordinate messaging and guidance for influencing the CSA regulation and directive, empowering Save the Children's members and offices to effectively monitor and contribute to policy implementation.
• Develop and deliver training sessions to strengthen the advocacy capacity of interested Save the Children's colleagues in Europe, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation in advocating for children's digital rights.
• Establish and nurture advocacy networks both within Save the Children and with external allies, recognising the importance of collaboration to achieve shared goals in the context of children’s rights in the digital environment.
• Represent Save the Children in external engagements, including with NGO networks and coalitions, to advance child rights in the digital environment while championing SCI's commitment to integrity and transparency.
• Monitor advocacy outcomes and contribute to reporting systems, ensuring the initiatives align with Global Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns strategies whilst embedding the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Demonstrable advocacy experience in child rights, protection, and online protection.
2. Knowledge and understanding of EU policies on children’s rights in the digital environment.
3. Networks of influence, and an ability to manage diverse professional relationships, thereby securing significant new opportunities for the organisation.
4. A proven advocacy track record; the ability to speak and communicate effectively, and to tailor messages to different audiences.
5. Experience of successfully operating in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
6. A full appreciation of the value of cooperation within a team environment.
7. Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
8. Commitment to Save the Children’s values.
9. Ability to work and write in English.

Desirable

• Experience in preventing and combatting child sexual abuse, e.g. giving trainings, planning campaigns, or providing support.
• Knowledge and experience of child participation and/or child led advocacy.
• Ability to speak and write French

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Education to Master’s level, with a qualification in international relations, economics, politics, law, or a related EU policy field is desirable. Education to Bachelor’s degree level is essential
   

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.