Lead, Humanitarian Advocacy at Save the Children | Nairobi, Kenya
Company/Recruiter: Save the Children
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Opportunity type
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Location
Kenya, Nairobi
Work arrangement
Location-based; remote work not stated
Compensation
Not disclosed
Employer
Save the Children
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Lead, Humanitarian Advocacy
- Employer: Save the Children
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Job Type: Full Time
- Closing Date: November 27, 2026
About the Employer
Save the Children is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief, and helps support children in developing countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic support and leadership for Save the Children's humanitarian advocacy agenda globally, developing organizational positions on major humanitarian crises.
- Contribute to thought leadership in humanitarian advocacy, policy, and practice, and work to influence key external stakeholders, including governments, UN agencies, donors, and humanitarian leadership bodies.
- Ensure advocacy efforts are coherent, evidence-based, and impactful, advancing children's rights and humanitarian outcomes by working across various teams and offices.
- Offer strategic influence, external representation, and technical expertise, fostering alignment and enhancing global organizational influence.
- Lead humanitarian horizon scanning and strategic analysis to identify emerging risks, trends, and opportunities, integrating field perspectives into organizational policy.
- Support the development and implementation of advocacy strategies, influencing plans, and messaging during emergencies for Country Offices, Regional Offices, Members, and Global Teams.
- Represent Save the Children in global humanitarian forums and engage with governments, UN agencies, and other stakeholders to advance advocacy objectives.
- Prepare analysis, briefings, talking points, and positioning to support senior engagement with inter-agency humanitarian leadership and emergency coordination fora.
- Act as a spokesperson on specific humanitarian issues and major crises when delegated, reinforcing Save the Children's credibility and influence.
- Provide coaching and technical guidance to humanitarian advocacy colleagues and participate in global humanitarian advocacy networks.
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all work, ensuring interventions are accessible and effective for everyone.
Requirements
- Extensive experience leading humanitarian advocacy in major and complex emergencies, including cross-regional or system-wide crises.
- Considerable experience developing and implementing advocacy strategies, positioning, and messaging in fast-moving humanitarian contexts.
- Strong technical knowledge of humanitarian access, protection, displacement, conflict, and international humanitarian law.
- Demonstrated experience representing organizations in senior external forums, high-level consultations, and policy dialogues with governments, UN agencies, donors, and multilateral institutions.
- Experience engaging and influencing across a wide network of internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience conducting horizon scanning and strategic analysis to identify emerging humanitarian risks, trends, and advocacy opportunities.
- Ability to translate complex evidence and analysis into clear, actionable advocacy positioning.
- Experience acting as a spokesperson or public-facing representative on humanitarian issues, including with media.
- Experience coaching, mentoring, or providing technical guidance to advocacy colleagues across a large, matrixed organization.
- Experience working collaboratively across teams, regions, and organizational levels to align advocacy positioning.
- Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with experience advocating for marginalized groups.
- An advanced degree (Master's or higher) in International Relations, Human Rights, International Development, Law, Political Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of international humanitarian law, human rights, or child protection is highly desirable.
- Arabic, French, or Spanish as an additional language is desirable.
What We Offer
- Full-time employment
- The opportunity to contribute to advancing children's rights and humanitarian outcomes globally.
- The chance to work with an international non-governmental organization dedicated to children's welfare.
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Closing Date: November 27, 2026
How to Apply
- Carefully review all stated requirements for the role.
- Prepare an up-to-date CV and any other necessary documentation.
- Submit your application by clicking the "Apply Now" button on this page.
- Ensure your application is submitted before the closing date of November 27, 2026.
Application Tips
- Highlight your extensive experience in leading humanitarian advocacy within complex emergency situations in your application.
- Provide specific examples of your success in developing and implementing advocacy strategies in challenging humanitarian contexts.
- Detail your experience representing organizations in high-level external forums and policy dialogues.
- Showcase your technical knowledge of humanitarian access, protection, displacement, conflict, and international humanitarian law.
- Emphasize your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and any experience advocating for marginalized groups.
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