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Senior Advisor – Child Centred Climate Change Adaption

High profile international organization
• Competitive Salary and Salary Packaging available
• 24 month full time contract
• East Melbourne location

About us

Save the Children is the world’s largest independent child rights development organisation, making a difference to children’s lives in more than 100 countries. From emergency relief to long-term development, Save the Children secures a child’s right to health, education and protection.

About the role

The role of the Senior Advisor – Child-Centred Climate Change Adaptation is to build, support and oversee a strategy for Save the Children to expand its Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) programming. This position will work with key stakeholders within Save the Children, International NGOs, donors, UN and multilaterals to ensure the development and delivery of a high quality programs, accountability mechanism and impact measurement systems. Through this role Save the Children aim to effectively integrate high level analysis and appropriate actions across its programs. By doing this we aim to ensure communities we work with have the support they need to plan for, and adapt to, the uncertainties arising due to the projected impacts of climate change.

Save the Children are willing to consider sponsorship for Australian visa applications for suitable international applicants.

How to apply

A full position description can be obtained from the Save the Children website at www.savethechildren.org.au at “Careers with Us”

Please forward your application via email to careers@savethechildren.org.au Before COB 5th August 2011.
We work with children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will therefore be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.