Humanitarian Action Advisor (CPiHA)

Requirements

• Master's degree in social sciences, Child Protection, Psychology, International Development, Humanitarian Action, or related fields.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in child protection and humanitarian programming, including at least 2 years in international emergency settings.
  
• Experience working with multi-country programmes and humanitarian coordination mechanisms, including Protection Clusters and Child Protection Sub-Clusters.
  
• Demonstrated experience in programme design, proposal development and review, donor engagement, and technical advisory support.
  
• Willingness to travel up to 30%
  
• Excellent written and spoken English.
  
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish, or Arabic is an asset.
  

Technical Leadership and Standards

• Lead the integration of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPiHA) standards, child protection principles, gender equality, and inclusive approaches throughout programme design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
  
• Review humanitarian project proposals and related documentation to ensure compliance with the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), providing technical recommendations where required.
  
• Develop, adapt, and maintain operational guidance, tools, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to support the consistent application of CPiHA across humanitarian programmes.
  

Programme Quality, Innovation, and Technical Support

• Monitor and enhance the quality of child protection interventions through field missions, technical reviews, and follow-up actions.
  
• Provide technical guidance to Member Associations (MAs) during project inception and implementation, ensuring robust safeguarding measures, gender mainstreaming, and conflict-sensitive approaches.
  
• Support the development of programme indicators and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) frameworks in collaboration with the MEAL Advisor to effectively measure protection-related outcomes.
  
• Promote innovation in child protection programming by testing new approaches, documenting lessons learned, and supporting their replication and scale-up.
  

Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Sharing

• Design and deliver targeted training, coaching, and technical support to MA and regional teams based on identified capacity gaps and programme monitoring findings.
  
• Facilitate cross-learning and peer exchange through webinars, case studies, communities of practice, and dissemination of lessons learned and promising practices.
  
• Strengthen staff competencies in child safeguarding gender analysis, and the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
  

Accountability, Participation, and Safeguarding

• Promote meaningful participation of children and young people in programme assessments, design, implementation, and monitoring processes.
  
• Support the establishment and strengthening of child-friendly feedback and complaint mechanisms, in collaboration with the MEAL Advisor, ensuring feedback informs programme adaptation and improvement.
  
• Ensure gender-responsive, inclusive, and safeguarding-centred approaches are integrated across all phases of the project cycle, including the effective application and monitoring of PSEA standards.
  

Representation and Sector Engagement

• Represent SOS Children’s Villages in relevant humanitarian coordination mechanisms, including the Protection Cluster and AoRChild Protection ), advocating for child rights child protection priorities.
  
• Engage with external stakeholders and partners to contribute to sectoral standards, influence policy discussions, and strengthen the visibility of SOS Children’s Villages’ expertise in CPiHA.
  

Safeguarding Responsibilities

As a representative of SOS Children’s Villages, you are expected to contribute to a safe, protective, and inclusive environment for children, young people, adult programme participants, and staff. This includes:

• Demonstrating commitment to the Code of Conduct and continuously reflecting on the safeguarding implications of your work.
  
• Actively participating in team discussions to identify safeguarding risks and implement preventive and mitigation measures.
  
• Integrating safeguarding principles into daily decision-making and programme activities.
  
• Promptly reporting safeguarding concerns in accordance with established procedures.
  
• Promoting a values-driven culture of accountability and a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, exploitation, and harm.
  

Responsibilities to Uphold Safeguarding (standards) and Promote a Safe Environment

As someone working for or on behalf of SOS Children’s Villages, you are responsible for helping to create and maintain a safe and protective environment for staff, as well as for the children, young people, and adult programme participants supported and cared for by SOS Children’s Villages. You are expected to:

• Commit to the Code of Conduct and reflect on the safeguarding implications of your work on an ongoing basis.
  
• Actively participate in team discussions to identify risks and share and apply preventative and mitigation measures and strategies.
  
• Integrate safeguarding principles into your daily decisions and tasks.
  
• Report any safeguarding concerns promptly and in line with procedures.
  
• Promote values-based culture, accountability and zero tolerance of harm.