Global Technical Advisor - Humanitarian Protection

Concern Worldwide; Ireland; Remote; EUR 58,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Concern Worldwide in Ireland seeks a Global Technical Adviser - Humanitarian Protection to lead protection programming and GBV prevention across humanitarian and development contexts, emphasizing survivor-centered approaches.

You will provide technical guidance to country teams, build capacity, and strengthen safeguarding, data protection, and accountability to affected populations while coordinating with partners, donors, and global forums.

Qualifications

• Degree in gender studies, social sciences, international development or related field with knowledge of GBV standards.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in GBV programming in humanitarian contexts.
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills in French and English.
• Proven experience in programme design, donor engagement and providing technical advice.
• Ability to work in complex and insecure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and technical direction for global protection programming, focusing on GBV prevention and response.
• Guide country teams on protection programming across humanitarian and development contexts.
• Promote gender-transformative approaches and safeguarding in operations.
• Lead design and quality assurance of programmes, ensuring survivor-centered approaches.
• Strengthen GBV risk mitigation across sectors and ensure CHS-aligned practices.
• Build staff and partner capacity through training and mentoring.
• Represent Concern in global GBV and protection coordination forums and engage with donors.

Skills

GBV programming

Donor engagement

Proposal development

Training & capacity building

French language

English language

Technical advisory

Education

Degree in gender studies / social sciences / international development

Job description

About Concern

Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern’s vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.

Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission.

Overview and Purpose

Concern Worldwide is committed to addressing extreme poverty while ensuring that all programmes uphold the safety, dignity, and rights of affected populations. Accordingly, this role is an integral part of Concern’s Safe & Inclusive Programming Unit (SIPU) and will contribute to the Unit’s shared purpose of enabling high quality, risk informed programming.

The Global Technical Adviser - Humanitarian Protection will provide dedicated technical support on protection mainstreaming, protection analysis, with a particular emphasis on GBV response programming. This will include case management support and tool development, filling a critical gap in specialist coverage for countries delivering highly technical protection and GBV programmes. This role requires proficiency in French as it will include support to Concern’s programming in French-speaking countries.

Reports to: Director of Safe & Inclusive Programming

Department: Emergency Directorate

Terms: 2 years, fixed term

Location: Ireland (remote) with frequent travel to any of Concern’s countries of operation.

Salary: GB6 - €57,683 - €64,092

Requirements: Total travel time may be for up to a total of 120 days across the course of the year.

Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership and Technical Direction

• Lead the development and implementation of Concern’s global approach to protection programming, particularly around GBV prevention and response.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance to country teams on protection programming across humanitarian and development contexts, with emphasis on GBV prevention and response.
• Work closely with Equality and Conflict Advisors to promote gender and conflict-transformative approaches that address root causes of GBV, including inequality and harmful social norms.

2. Programme Design and Quality Assurance

• Support country teams in the design of programmes, including standalone and integrated approaches.
• Ensure programmes are aligned with international standards and best practices, including survivor-centred approaches.
• Review proposals, logframes, and reports to ensure strong integration of GBV risk mitigation and response.

3. Integration and Mainstreaming

• Lead efforts to integrate GBV risk mitigation across sectors such as livelihoods, health and nutrition, WASH, and education.
• Contribute to strengthening linkages and cohesion between GBV, protection mainstreaming, safeguarding, conflict sensitivity, and equality as core functions of SIPU, ensuring our protection and GBV programming aligns with CHS commitments.
• Support the use of safe, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive programming approaches.

4. Capacity Building and Technical Support

• Develop and deliver training and capacity strengthening initiatives for staff and partners on GBV prevention and response.
• Provide ongoing remote and in-country technical support and mentoring.
• Build the capacity of teams to safely identify, refer, and respond to GBV cases in line with ethical standards.

5. Accountability

• Promote safe referral pathways and confidential, ethical data management practices.
• Strengthen accountability to affected populations, particularly women and girls.

6. Knowledge Management and Learning

• Lead the documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and innovations in GBV programming.
• Contribute to organisational learning, research, and evidence-building initiatives.
• Support the development of tools, guidance, and case studies.

7. Representation and External Engagement

• Represent Concern in global GBV and protection coordination forums such as IC-GBV.
• Engage with donors, partners, and inter-agency networks.
• Contribute to advocacy initiatives on GBV and protection.

Role Holder Requirements

Essential

• Degree in gender studies, social sciences, international development, or related field, together with strong understanding of global GBV standards and guidelines (e.g., Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for GBV).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in GBV programming in humanitarian response work, preferably in conflict or insecure environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in GBV prevention and response, including survivor-centred approaches.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and report-writing skills in French and English
• Proven experience and impact in programme design, proposal development, and donor engagement.
• Proven experience in providing technical advice and support to field programmes and implementing partners.
• Proven experience in training, facilitation, and capacity building of staff and partners
• Ability to work in complex and insecure environments.

Desirable

• Experience working at regional or global level within an INGO.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, protection mainstreaming, conflict sensitivity and gender equality programming.
• Experience of working in fragile or conflict-affected contexts.

Applications for this role will close on November 16th.

Important Information

Concern has an organisationalCode of Conduct supported by three Associated Policies: TheProgramme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been designed to ensure the highest level of protection for everyone the organization engages through its work.

The policies set out the behaviours and responsibilities that Concern staff, and all its representatives (including consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, partners, visitors, ambassadors and Board members) are expected to uphold. They also articulate Concern’s commitment to safeguarding and protecting adults and children from harm in all aspects of our work. We will therefore do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

In this context, all staff and representatives of Concern have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies.

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