Child Protection and Gender Technical Specialist

TITLE: Child Protection and Gender Technical Specialist TEAM/PROGRAMME: SCI Zambia, Department of Programme Development LOCATION: Lusaka, Zambia with some travel GRADE : NAT 2 Safeguarding: Save the Children does not tolerate any form of exploitation, abuse, or harassment against any person. It is the responsibility of all employees and representatives to protect all people who come in contact with our organization. Save the Children commits to applying the same standards to all its employees and subject them to the same processes regardless of their position, influence, or reputation within or outside of the organization. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Save the Children International’s Diversity Policy, aims to promote equal opportunity in employment and to ban any kind of discrimination based on sex, age, social class, disability, HIV status, religion, race and ethnicity. Role Purpose The Child Protection and Gender Technical Specialist will provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and quality assurance for Save the Children Zambia’s child protection and gender equality programming. The role ensures that all interventions are aligned with the Country Strategic Plan, Global Breakthroughs for Children, and Zambia’s country office Child Safeguarding policy. The Specialist will lead efforts to prevent and respond to violence against children, promote gender equality, and strengthen protection and safeguarding systems across all thematic areas. SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Programme Director Dimensions: Save the Children works in the Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition and Child Rights Governance across the emergency and development spectrum, humanitarian response. The program has highly integrated multi-sectoral approaches to address some of the most complicated issues affecting children in Zambia, including child marriage, education quality, chronic and acute malnutrition and multi-dimensional poverty. Education Number of direct reports : None Ke