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About the Role

This role supports Save the Children’s global policy, advocacy, and strategic influencing agenda across priority global issues and contexts. The role will help identify emerging policy issues, strengthen policy coherence, develop influencing strategies, and ensure movement-wide alignment on advocacy priorities. The postholder will contribute to policy analysis, stakeholder and power mapping, advocacy coordination, and the development of strategic policy products, while also providing governance and coordination support to global advocacy governance groups.

Responsibilities

Support global policy development and coherence by drafting policy papers, briefing notes, position papers, executive briefings, and advocacy products on global issues and contexts.
Support the design and implementation of strategic influencing plans for high priority global issues and contexts with strong analysis, evidence base, clear opportunities for engagement with governments, multilateral institutions, coalitions, and other influential actors.
Support influencing coordination to ensure coherence and alignment across global, regional, member, and country office advocacy initiatives.
Monitor emerging global political, humanitarian, development, economic, and geopolitical trends affecting children.
Support the establishment of monitoring, evaluation, learning and promotion of our humanitarian advocacy work to ensure learning, best practices and engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
Provide strategic planning and core administrative support to Save the Children global advocacy governance structures and other leadership sub-group, including setting up monthly calls, ensuring participation, drafting agendas, taking minutes, developing an action tracker and coordinating an annual face-to-face meeting.

Requirements

Significant experience in policy development, advocacy, strategic influencing, or public affairs within an international NGO, multilateral organisation, government institution, think tank, or similar environment.
Strong understanding of global policy processes, international institutions, and the political, economic, and geopolitical dynamics that shape outcomes for children.
Demonstrated ability to conduct policy analysis, synthesise complex information, and produce clear, evidence-based recommendations for senior decision-makers.
Experience supporting the design and implementation of advocacy and influencing strategies, including stakeholder mapping, power analysis, and political economy analysis.
Strong understanding of how policy and political change occurs at the global level, with experience supporting engagement with governments, multilateral organisations, civil society, and other external stakeholders.
Proven ability to coordinate across multiple teams and functions, build consensus, and foster collaboration within complex, matrixed organisations.
Excellent research, analytical, and written communication skills, with experience producing high-quality policy briefs, reports, executive briefings, talking points, and other influencing products.
Strong interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and build effective relationships across diverse cultures and stakeholders.
Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, coordinate competing workstreams, and deliver high-quality outputs under pressure.
Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging policy developments, identify strategic risks and opportunities, and translate them into practical influencing priorities and recommendations.
Experience working on large global contexts, including the occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan, or Ukraine, or others.
English language proficiency.
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based, for the duration of employment.

Skills

Policy development
Advocacy
Strategic influencing
Public affairs
Policy analysis
Stakeholder mapping
Power analysis
Political economy analysis
Research
Analytical skills
Written communication
Interpersonal skills
Presentation skills
Facilitation skills
Organisational skills
Project management
French
Spanish
Arabic

Location

Any approved Save the Children International office location

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote
Fixed Term Contract (1 year)

Experience Level

Significant experience in policy development, advocacy, strategic influencing, or public affairs within an international NGO, multilateral organisation, government institution, think tank, or similar environment.
Experience working on large global contexts, including the occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan, or Ukraine, or others.

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience

About the Company

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 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.