Child Protection & MHPSS Technical Advisor

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities

1. Technical Programme Quality, Design & Development

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for the design, implementation and continuous improvement of Child Protection and MHPSS programming.

• Lead and contribute to the development and contextualization of CP and MHPSS technical approaches, project models, guidance, quality standards and tools.

• Provide technical inputs to needs assessments, project designs, proposals, ToCs, logframes, indicators, budgets and implementation plans.

• Ensure programming is aligned with WV standards, CPMS, relevant MHPSS guidance, donor requirements and national/sector standards.

• Promote integrated programming and technical linkages with Education, Cash/Livelihoods and other relevant sectors.

2. Technical Support, Quality Assurance, Monitoring & Learning

• Provide ongoing technical support to project teams and partners throughout the project cycle.

• Conduct regular technical monitoring and quality assurance of CP and MHPSS interventions.

• Identify implementation gaps and provide practical recommendations and corrective actions.

• Work closely with Operations and MEAL to review programme performance, indicators, evidence and beneficiary feedback.

• Capture and disseminate lessons learned, good practices and evidence to support programme adaptation and improvement.

• Support quality technical reporting and documentation.

3. Capacity Building, Partnership & Localization

• Assess technical capacity needs of WV staff and implementing partners and develop appropriate capacity strengthening plans.

• Deliver training, coaching, mentoring and technical accompaniment on CP and MHPSS approaches, standards and project models.

• Support partners in contextualizing and applying technical tools, approaches and quality benchmarks.

• Promote partner ownership, localization and sustainable technical capacity.

• Facilitate peer learning and exchange of good practices among WV teams and partners.

4. External Engagement, Coordination & Representation

• Represent WV Ukraine in relevant Clusters, Working Groups, technical forums and coordination mechanisms.

• Maintain effective technical relationships with humanitarian actors, authorities, service providers and other relevant stakeholders.

• Contribute WV technical experience and evidence to sector discussions, standards, guidance and advocacy priorities.

• Coordinate with partners and external stakeholders to promote complementarity, referrals and harmonized approaches.

• Support technical engagement with donors and consortium partners, as required.

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only