The Senior Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser will be responsible for influencing the global humanitarian system in Geneva, with an overall aim to promote improved sector-wide response to children’s rights and needs in humanitarian contexts.

The main focus of the post holder during the six months maternity cover will be to represent Save the Children and position children’s priorities in Geneva in humanitarian agendas like the sector reform (Anticipatory Action/ Grand Bargain, boundary setting), humanitarian diplomacy, Children in Armed Conflict; as well as forced displacement (refugees and IDPs). He/she will advocate for the rights of children in humanitarian contexts so that specific needs of children are met and their rights are protected before, during and after a crisis. Finally, he/she will also play a key role on the agenda of protecting education from attacks.

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