National Child Participation Coordinator

The National Child Participation Coordinator provides technical support and coordination to ensure meaningful, safe, and ethical child participation across Save the Children Somalia’s programmes, advocacy/campaign and governance processes. The role ensures children’s voices inform programme design, policy influencing and internal decision-making, while strengthening systems, staff capacity, and partner engagement in line with organisational frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and coordination to ensure meaningful, safe, and ethical child participation across programmes, advocacy/campaign and governance processes
• Ensure children’s voices inform programme design, policy influencing and internal decision-making
• Strengthen systems, staff capacity, and partner engagement in line with organisational frameworks
• Contribute to strategy, programme quality and fundraising
• Engage at national-level policy and coordination platforms
• Work closely with global/regional technical advisors (matrix support)
• Coordinate across Programme Implementation Units (PIUs), MEAL/REALM and CPAC/ Communications teams
• Contribute to budget planning; no direct approval authority
• Frequent field travel

Requirements

• Degree in Social Sciences, Child Development, International Development or related field
• Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience, including demonstrated experience in child participation, child rights programming
• Proven experience in designing and implementing child participation approaches, including application of recognised standards and safeguarding principles
• Strong experience in training and facilitation, including delivering workshops or capacity-building sessions for staff, partners, or children
• Demonstrated experience in child-centred programme design and/or advocacy initiatives, including contribution to proposals, programme development, or campaign activities
• Experience working with NGOs, civil society organisations, and/or government stakeholders, with proven ability to coordinate across diverse partners
• Proven ability to coordinate across teams and contribute to proposal development, donor reporting, or programme documentation
• Experience working in humanitarian or fragile contexts (desirable)
• Knowledge of Somali systems and operating context (desirable)

Skills

• Child Participation
• Child Rights Programming
• Child-Centred Programme Design
• Advocacy Activities
• Training Facilitation
• Workshop Delivery
• Capacity Building
• Program Development
• Proposal Development
• Donor Reporting
• Programme Documentation
• Stakeholder Coordination
• NGO Collaboration
• Civil Society Engagement
• Government Coordination
• Safeguard Principles
• Humanitarian Experience
• Child Protection Standards

Languages

English