Regional Humanitarian Advisor – Middle East, North America and Eastern Europe At Save the Children

The Opportunity

This role is responsible for providing support (program, management and operational) to a designated portfolio of countries & humanitarian responses in the MENAEE.

As a key member of the regional office operations team, the Operations Advisor is the regional office coordinating focal point for humanitarian issues in designated countries (between key stakeholders within the country, the region, with Save the Children Members and with Save the Children centre). Key responsibilities include providing support to enable Country Offices (CO) to effectively deliver programmes, ensuring effective information flows between relevant parts of the organization, monitoring key performance indicators and supporting countries in adhering to established program quality and management standards and procedures, in addition to support in relation to broader risk management at the Country Office (CO) and RO level.

The post-holder will work closely with relevant countries and support them in planning, resourcing, staffing and funding humanitarian response and development programmes and strategies, as well as support in the design and implementation of operations systems, processes and activities so that programmes are delivered on time according to organisational and donor requirements and within allocated budgets. S/he will play a key role in advising and supporting countries in the effective scale up and management of Save the Children response programmes to increase impact and enable positive change for children in the MEEE region and will support in the strengthening of the operational capability of the region to respond effectively to both immediate acute and medium to longer term chronic needs**.**

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• A postgraduate degree in an appropriate technical field.
• Excellent English language skills, and Arabic language preferred (but not essential).
• Substantial senior-level field experience in the humanitarian aid and development sector working in a senior humanitarian operations role in at least 2 different contexts.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian context and application of humanitarian principles.
• Thorough understating of emergency response sector and processes to achieve the result effectively.
• Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain collaborative relations at all levels of management / leadership, must be capable of summarising and communicating complex information and data.
• Effective leadership skills to support the Country and Regional senior management teams.
• In depth understanding of how to operate safely and securely in humanitarian response.
• Skills to manage and operate in a pressured and changing environment.
• Ability to be flexible and to travel around the region, as and when necessary/possible.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s vision, mission, and values.

A copy of the full role profile can be found through the following link: Regional Humanitarian Advisor – MENAEE

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

Application Information:

Interested candidates are requested to apply through the following link: Regional Humanitarian Advisor – MENAEE

Save the Children is a global humanitarian organization committed to diversity and inclusion, working towards empowering and protecting children worldwide and in the countries where it operates. Save the Children highly encourages and welcomes receiving applications from qualified candidates regardless of their diverse gender, orientation, disability, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origins, religion and beliefs. Save the Children has a global policy on anti-harassment as well as zero tolerance for discrimination, bullying, sexual exploitation and abuse. All applications will be looked at and treated with the strictest confidentiality and transparency regardless of the diversity of candidates.

Please note that only applications received through the above link will be accepted and applications received by emails will not be considered.

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

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.