MEEE Regional Civil Society Partnership Advisor

TITLE: MEEE Regional Civil Society Partnership Advisor
TEAM/PROGRAMME: the Middle East and Eastern Europe
LOCATION: A suitable location in the region where there is an SCI presence

Funding Duration 2 years
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children (SC) works across a broad range of partners as per our Theory of Change and our partnership principles. However, this position will focus on driving forward the partnership agenda with local civil society organizations in the countries where we programme.
Civic space for civil society, including child rights organizations, is increasingly being challenged, but Save the Children believes that a strong civil society is crucial to promote, defend and demand accountability for children’s rights. To increase efforts, improve coordination programme quality, technical leadership in the civil society engagement arena is required. This includes providing systematic capacity strengthening support to country offices and staff, including through the development of CO specific approaches to engaging with civil society and local civil society partner organizations, as well as strengthening of civil society as part of long-term programming efforts in all contexts. This role will also facilitate learning from other related initiatives to increase localization efforts and strengthen partnerships with civil society organizations in our programming.
Part of this role has a direct link to Save the Children Sweden´s global civil society strengthening programme and thus a dotted line in terms of accountability for that part.
In addition, this role will play a broader regional role, providing technical leadership and support to SCI’s country programs in the Middle East and Eastern Europe region in line with Country Office, Regional and SCI global priorities. Working in close coordination with other regional advisors, this position will play a key role to strengthen SCI’s civil society partnership capacity, primarily through hands-on technical assistance, strategic and programmatic support, coordination, advocacy, fund-raising, and capacity building (training / mentoring /coaching). The post holder will work very closely with counterparts in the regional office as part of a broader effort to drive forward the “partnership” agenda at the RO level, including through driving forward efforts to embed a cross-functional approach to partnership management across the region. This position will also contribute to advancing SCI’s broader regional priorities including nexus programming, the localization agenda, gender equality, disability inclusion, and child participation.