Program Leader â Civil Society Strengthening for Childrenâs Rights Program LIMA
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THE OPPORTUNITY
The Program Leader is responsible for directing the comprehensive implementation of the Civil Society Strengthening for Childrens Rights Program () ensuring high-quality results sustainability and accountability. The role focuses on strengthening civil society organizations capacity to monitor childrens rights generate evidence and influence public policies laws budgets and services ensuring that the voices of children and adolescents are meaningfully included in decision-making processes.
The position also plays a pivotal role in positioning Save the Children Peru as a reference in equitable partnerships and localization consolidating the Country Office as a frontrunner in implementing collaboration models that prioritize mutual accountability fair power distribution and locally-led leadership.
As the designated Localization & Equitable Partnerships Champion the Program Leader facilitates the adoption of the Equitable Partnerships Framework ensuring that Peru models and leads the transition towards inclusive sustainable organizational practices based on trust capacity transfer and recognition of the added value of local organizations. The post holder also serves as a bridge between national and global levels generating two-way learning and sharing experiences that inform the rollout of localization and equitable partnership tools in other Country Offices.
In emergency contexts the post holder is expected to demonstrate flexibility and adapt to organizational needs supporting priority response actions when required.
Some points you have to consider:
- Work modality: Hybrid.
- Work location: San Isidro.
Qualifications and Knowledge:
Essential
- Professional education or academic background in Social Sciences Political Science International Relations Human Rights Development Studies or other relevant fields.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and analytical tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in Spanish; advanced English proficiency (bilingual desirable).
Desirable
- Postgraduate studies in Human Rights Democratic Governance Gender Equality Climate Justice or Civil Society Strengthening.
- Knowledge of national and international frameworks on civil society child participation and international cooperation.
Experience and Skills:
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years experience in development human rights or civil society strengthening programs preferably with NGOs or international cooperation agencies.
- Demonstrated experience in advocacy and child rights monitoring with emphasis on child protection gender or climate justice.
- Advanced time management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple priorities in dynamic environments.
- Proven ability to take initiative set priorities and lead processes independently and within teams.
- Strong interpersonal skills: inclusive consensus-builder and bridge-builder with the ability to develop trust-based relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced environments delivering high-quality results under pressure.
- Positive leadership that motivates partners colleagues and children to engage in advocacy and monitoring agendas.
Desirable
- Experience or interest in civic space organizational development environment and climate change gender and non-discrimination.
- Experience participating in international or multilateral fora related to civil society democracy or childrens rights.
- Skills in managing cultural change and institutional strengthening processes.
Key areas of accountability:
1. Program Implementation Leadership
- Direct overall program delivery ensuring alignment with the theory of change and institutional objectives.
- Guarantee that civil society strengthens its capacity to monitor commitments generate evidence and effectively advocate in policies laws budgets and services impacting childrens lives.
- Mainstream gender climate justice and child participation throughout all programmatic actions.
2. Capacity Strengthening of Civil Society and Local Partners
- Drive processes of localization institutional sustainability and autonomous leadership of partners.
- Ensure meaningful safe and influential participation of children and adolescents in advocacy and monitoring of rights.
- Facilitate collaboration and networking spaces among organizations to enhance collective impact.
3. Program Quality Compliance and Accountability
- Oversee technical financial and administrative management of the program and partners ensuring compliance with Save the Children and donor standards.
- Ensure that monitoring processes generate robust verifiable evidence translated into policy proposals and effective accountability mechanisms.
- Identify risks and lead corrective and preventive measures to strengthen program sustainability.
4. Representation and Strategic Positioning
- Represent Save the Children in advocacy childrens rights monitoring gender equality climate justice and civil society strengthening spaces nationally and internationally.
- Position the program as a regional reference in innovative evidence-based methodologies for advocacy and monitoring of childrens rights.
- Develop strategic alliances with government civil society donors and multilateral organizations to expand the programs reach and legitimacy.
5. Localization & Equitable Partnerships Champion
- Lead the implementation of the Equitable Partnerships Framework within Save the Childrens Country Office in Peru ensuring that partner relationships are built on trust transparency mutual accountability and equity.
- Document and systematize lessons learned sharing them regionally and globally positioning Peru as a Champion Country in the localization and equitable partnerships agenda across the Save the Children movement.
- Actively participate in global working groups on Localization and Equitable Partnerships contributing to the development piloting and feedback of institutional frameworks and tools across the movement.
- Drive organizational cultural change towards practices that recognize strengthen and transfer power to local leadership as the foundation of sustainability.
6. Team Leadership and Institutional Coordination
- Lead a multidisciplinary team fostering diversity inclusion collaboration and technical excellence.
- Establish inter-functional synergies across Programs Partnerships MEAL Communications and Finance for coherent implementation.
- Ensure the programs advocacy and child rights monitoring agenda is aligned with Save the Children in Perus country strategy and global frameworks.
LA ORGANIZACIN
Save the Children es una organizacin internacional independiente y sin fines de lucro fundada en 1919 que trabaja en ms de 120 pases alrededor del mundo. Tiene como visin la de un mundo en el que todos los nios y nias tengan asegurado el derecho a la supervivencia la proteccin el desarrollo y la participacin. Su quehacer y la toma de sus decisiones se basan en el mandato del Inters Superior del Nio en contextos de desarrollo y de ayuda humanitaria.
En Per SC trabaja desde la dcada de 1980 con poblaciones que tienen sus derechos vulnerados. Sus acciones se realizan en los mbitos de Educacin Salud y Nutricin. Asimismo SC trabaja en el campo de la Proteccin para que nias nios y adolescentes vivan en una sociedad libre de violencia abuso y castigo fsico y humillante. Otra importante rea de intervencin institucional es la de Gestin para la Reduccin de Riesgos de Desastre con enfoque inclusivo y desde la comunidad. En los ltimos tres aos SC interviene para la mitigacin de los efectos negativos de la movilidad humana por el tema de migracin venezolana.
Save the Children tiene como responsabilidad individual y colectiva asegurar que todos losnios nias y adultos estn protegidos de actos deliberados o no intencionales que conducen ariesgos o a daos reales con especial atencin en aquellos que forman parte de nuestras intervenciones. Por ello la organizacin cuenta con Polticas de Salvaguarda un Cdigo de Conducta y herramientas de programacin segura para prevenir riesgos y cualquier dao que pueda ser causado a los beneficiarios de nuestros programas por parte de personal propio representantes consultores socios voluntarios contratistas o visitantes.
Al postular a esta posicin usted declara haber ledo y aceptado las polticas disponibles en el siguiente enlace: Polticas : Save the Children en Per.
- Durante el proceso de seleccin se evaluar a las personas candidatas en relacin con la lectura y comprensin de las polticas que forman parte de nuestro marco de salvaguarda las cuales incluyen:
- Poltica de Salvaguarda de la Niez.
- Poltica de Proteccin de los nios y nias frente a la Explotacin el Abuso y el Acoso Sexual.
- Poltica sobre la Trata de Personas y la Esclavitud Moderna.
- Poltica contra el Acoso la Intimidacin y el Hostigamiento (Bullying).
- Cdigo de Conducta.
- Poltica frente al Fraude Soborno y Corrupcin.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
