Un Lead, Geneva

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a **_UN Lead, Geneva _**to join our global team.

**Team and Job Purpose**

This is a high profile, externally facing team, with responsibility for the global influencing agenda, which will actively engage in global politically linked engagements on development, humanitarian and global issues. This team will coordinate and lead the development of a proactive global policy and advocacy agenda in order to unify and amplify our strategic voice and influence across all thematic areas and contexts, while ensuring consistent and coherent external representation. By fostering collaboration within the organisation and engaging effectively with international bodies and influencing spaces including UN, Gulf and African Union, we aim to establish Save The Children as a key partner in shaping international norms and influencing national policies. Our work supports and enhances the movement's local to global advocacy efforts, ensuring our message and tactics are consistently applied, and our high-level external engagements reflect a unified stance.

Role purpose

The UN Lead will play a key role in driving Save the Children’s advocacy across both the humanitarian and child rights agendas at the United Nations. The postholder will support efforts to ensure that Save the Children’s cross-thematic priorities are reflected in relevant international human rights and humanitarian mechanisms, global processes, and UN fora. They will coordinate engagement with and contribute to influencing the UN system, Permanent Missions, and other key stakeholders to advance children’s rights in both development and crisis contexts, ensuring that the specific needs and rights of children are protected before, during, and after emergencies. The UN Lead will contribute to the delivery of Save the Children’s global child rights and humanitarian agendas, while enabling strong local-to-global linkages in our advocacy work.

**Job Title**:UN Lead, Geneva

**Reports To**:Director Global Diplomacy, Engagement and UN representative

**Work Pattern**:Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available

**Contract Length**:Permanent

**Grade**:P5

**Location**:Geneva. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers

**Time Zone**( _that the role holder _**_must _**_be available to work in _)**:Geneva

**Language Requirements**:English, French Desirable

**International Travel Requirements**:up to 5%

**People Management Responsibility**:Number of people managed in total: 1

Manager of a team: no

**Principal Accountabilities**

- Support the development and coordinate delivery of integrated UN advocacy strategies covering humanitarian and child rights agendas to influence key UN events and multilateral processes.
- Directly undertake or remotely support a range of engagements to inform and persuade key stakeholders of the value of Save the Children’s asks and policy recommendations.
- Develop and cultivate strategic relationships with key stakeholders in Permanent Missions of Member States, UN Agencies, the NGO sector, civil society and think tanks, in coordination with colleagues across the team.
- Represent, coordinate or support external advocacy coordination, forums, meetings or opportunities with other key stakeholders and allies, including NGO & CSO networks linked to the UN.
- Liaise closely with staff in the Global, Member and Country-facing teams to integrate and coordinate key global advocacy opportunities and processes, ensuring strong local-to-global linkages.
- Contribute to monitoring and analysis of issues impacting children’s rights in humanitarian and development contexts, to help inform priorities.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of influencing strategies for policy and practice change in relevant UN processes, ensuring alignment with Save the Children’s global priorities.
- Monitor and document the outcomes of advocacy initiatives to support continuous improvement and share learning across the movement.
- Produce or manage the production of briefing papers and presentations for internal and external audiences, in line with the joint UN advocacy strategy and wider Global Strategy.
- Support the engagement of the SCI CEO, UN representatives and other senior leaders in global influencing spaces, including planning meetings, priority events, and publication launches to promote Save the Children’s organizational priorities and key messages with UN policymakers and decision makers.Ensure that voices of children are integral to the advocacy work of Save the Children

**Experience and Skills**

**_Essential _**
- Strong and relevant experience in humanitarian and/or child rights advocacy and policy work either within an NGO, UN agency, donor or policy think tank.
- A good understanding of key and current humanitarian and child rights processes
- In-depth knowledge of humanitarian principles and standar