Protection & Safeguarding Tech Lead: Emergencies (Remote)

World Vision International (New); United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision is seeking a Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies Technical Advisor to provide technical leadership for a donor-funded project delivering rapid, life-saving humanitarian assistance in response to disasters. The role blends sector leadership (75%) with safeguarding (25%), building a culture of safeguarding across partners, staff, and field offices.

The position may be based in the WVUS DC office or work remotely from within the US, with up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• 6 years of international relevant technical experience or related professional/research experience.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication.
• Ability to establish strong relationships cross-culturally.
• Proven work experience securing and/or managing significant funding from institutional donors.
• Deep technical knowledge in one sector.

Responsibilities

• Provide sector-specific training and technical support to the project consortium and implementation teams in protection and safeguarding.
• Collaborate with consortium partners and World Vision US to design and monitor quality interventions across sectors.
• Lead research, learning and evidence-building in protection in humanitarian settings.
• Give strategic technical guidance to ensure best practices and lessons learned are incorporated into programming.
• Lead safeguarding across the program and advocate for adequate resources.

Skills

Multi-country projects

Grants management

Cross-cultural teams

IT skills (MS Office, etc)

Education

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Lotus Notes

Databases

Job description

World Vision is seeking a Protection and Safeguarding in Emergencies Technical Advisor to provide technical leadership for a donor-funded project delivering rapid, life-saving humanitarian assistance in response to disasters. The role blends sector leadership (75%) with safeguarding (25%), building a culture of safeguarding across partners, staff, and field offices.

The position may be based in the WVUS DC office or work remotely from within the US, with up to 25% travel.