Senior Advisor for Child Protection in Emergencies

13 Aug 2026 Senior Advisor for Child Protection in Emergencies at World Vision Kenya Recruit candidates with Ease. 100% recruitment control with Employer Dashboard.We have the largest Job seeker visits by alexa rankings. Post a Job Company: World Vision Kenya Location: Kenya State: Nairobi Job type: Full-Time Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Kenya Resubmit your Resume Today. Click Here to Start

• Master’s degree in social work, International Development, Child Development, International Relations, Humanitarian Protection, Human Rights, or other relevant degree. • Certification or other similar qualifications of capacity to facilitate trainings and provide coaching and supervision to key Protection, Child Protection technical packages (i.e. Case Management Training Package, Protection Mainstreaming Minimum Standards, Child Protection Minimum Standards, Unaccompanied and Separated Children Toolkit, Community Based Complaints and Reporting Mechanisms), • Minimum 7 years of experience in a technical position related to child protection in humanitarian settings. • Experience mentoring and coaching staff to improve CP technical quality, as well as mainstreaming in key sectors such as Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, Health & Nutrition etc. • Experience in donor related project design and proposal development, including grant acquisition with public and private donors such as USAID/BHA, ECHO, FCDO, GAC, ADH, etc. • Demonstrated experience in developing and facilitating training across different cultures and language contexts including developing curriculum, session plans and training materials • Experience living and working in a fragile/humanitarian context preferred. • Experience and understanding of the humanitarian architectures, clusters’ approach, standards and humanitarian funding cycle is essential. • Effective written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, preferred. • Ability to travel to/within domestically and internationally as required, including up to 60% travel for deployments and technical assistance assignments. • Long working hours often exceed 12 hours per day during the onset of the response • Responses are often mounted in insecure or natural disaster-prone contexts, which may disrupt normal work patterns and generate staff safety issues • Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment, food availability and hygiene • A valid HEAT certificate is required, and/or the candidate should be willing and able to attend a WV-facilitated HEAT training within 3 months of joining. • Previous experience working in other sectors (i.e. Education, ECD, MHPSS, Food Security or Cash) in addition to CHILD PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES will be favorable.