Senior Technical Advisor - Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies

Senior Technical Advisor - Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies

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World Vision is hiring a Senior Technical Advisor, Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies for an anticipated global emergency response project.

Role: Senior Technical Advisor, Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies

Reports to: Director, Emergency Funding

Location: Washington, DC, or remote

Duration: 12 months contract (Limited Term)

Minimum Requirements: Master's degree required. International relevant technical experience, related professional experience, or research institution experience required; 6 years. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Must be able to establish strong relationships cross culturally. Proven work experience securing and/or managing significant funding from institutional donors. Deep technical knowledge in one sector is required. Proficiency in a language other than English preferred.

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.A for any employer.

Travel: Domestic and international travel up to 25%. May require trips to hazardous locations.

Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project. Selection of the final applicant is subject to donor approval.

World Vision is seeking a Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies Technical Advisor to provide technical leadership in an upcoming donor funded project. The project ensures delivery of rapid, life‑saving humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters and complex emergencies. The program responds directly to increasing frequency, intensity, and complexity of rapid‑onset disasters and protracted crises while addressing persistent gaps in timely response, geographic coverage, and support to underserved populations.

The Senior Technical Advisor will bring best practices in Protection and Safeguarding to World Vision humanitarian response interventions especially for vulnerable populations in humanitarian crisis. The position will be approximately 75% focused on protection sector leadership in the consortium and 25% dedicated to our commitment to safeguarding.

The individual will actively build a culture of safeguarding, where program affiliates (partners, staff, etc.) are informed and empowered to discuss key issues, report, and take action on safeguarding. The position requires strong collaboration with consortium partners as well as World Vision field offices and external representation of World Vision’s programming in humanitarian settings. This position may be based in the WV US DC office or work remotely from within the US.

• Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.
• Provide sector‑specific training and technical support to the project consortium and implementation teams, in the areas of protection and safeguarding in humanitarian settings.
• Collaborate with other consortium partners and World Vision US in designing and monitoring quality interventions for protection in humanitarian settings and ensure that protection principles are mainstreamed through all sectors.
• Design and lead on research, learning and evidence building in protection in humanitarian settings.
• Give strategic technical guidance on sector‑specific issues to ensure that promising practices, new developments, and lessons learned are incorporated into the project programming.
• Participate in the technical oversight of grant‑funded projects and portfolios, including setting standards, tools development, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Review and provide sectoral feedback on implementation reports and Post‑Distribution Monitoring.
• Support the development and dissemination of evidence and best practices, primarily in the area of protection in humanitarian setting.
• Actively build a culture of safeguarding, where program affiliates (partners, staff, etc.) are informed and empowered to discuss key issues, report, and take…