Senior Advisor, Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response (P4)

As the Senior Advisor, Gender-based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response, at Save the Children US (SCUS), you will shape and advance Save the Children's efforts to address GBV through a lens of decoloniality and social justice. You will drive technical excellence, programmatic innovation, and impactful partnerships to create lasting change. Anchored within the Gender Equality and Social Justice team, you will provide leadership to the SCUS GBV Taskforce to ensure integration of best practices and evidence approaches across Save the Children’s thematic areas, such as health, livelihoods, education, child protection, ensuring a holistic approach to addressing GBV. You will drive program development to secure resources in support of GBV prevention and response globally. You will spearhead the identification and development of strategic partnerships at global, national and grassroots levels, fostering collaborations that amplify the impact of GBV prevention and response efforts. You will also play a leadership role in fostering research and learning related to GBV prevention and response.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Technical Leadership (50%)

• Serve as SCUS' senior technical expert on GBV prevention and response, ensuring integration of best-practices and evidence-based approaches.
• Provide leadership to the SCUS GBV taskforce, fostering culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and learning.
• Lead integration of GBV prevention and response strategies across thematic areas, including but not limited to health, livelihoods, child protection, education, etc.
• Lead the identification and development of strategic partnerships with global, national and grassroots organizations.

Program Development & Resource Mobilization (30%)

• Spearhead efforts to mobilize resources for the development of a robust GBV program portfolio, leveraging your experience and networks to secure funding from diverse sources.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise in the development of proposals to US government, foundations, and private donors.

 Research and Learning (20%)

• Facilitate learning events related to GBV prevention and response fostering dialogue, knowledge generation and exchange across the organization,
• Support the development and implementation of GBV-related research and data collection, including the development of GBV research guidance and ethics review processes to ensure rigor.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, social anthropology, law and women’s rights, sociology, gender, cultural studies or related field or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Track record of technical leadership and coordinating diverse stakeholders.
• Understanding and application …