WCA Joining Forces Intern

The Organization We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday · All children learn from a quality basic education and that, · Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

TITLE: West and Central Africa Joining Forces Intern

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Joining Forces WACA

LOCATION: Dakar

GRADE: NAT5

CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year, renewable

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: The West and Central Africa Joining Forces Intern will be supporting the coordination and implementation of the WACA Joining Forces Plan of Action including the global, regional and national coordination. This role will support the implementation of the regional plan, support the coordination between the regional, national and global work, monitor progress and support with the overall communication, coordination and administrative aspects of the technical and Regional Directors meetings. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to the Technical Chair of the West and Central Africa (WACA) Joining Forces (JF)

Day to day reporting line: Reports monthly to the technical team

Joining Forces is composed of the six largest child-focused agencies – ChildFund Alliance; Plan International; Save the Children International; SOS Children’s Villages International; Terre des Hommes International Federation; and World Vision International who have joined forces to use their collective to accelerate change to secure children their rights and end violence against them, by piloting and scaling innovative and effective approaches worldwide that are driven by the voices and needs of children.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

I) Support the Implementation and coordination of the JF WACA Plan of Action

• Support the implementation of an annual regional Plan of Action including the coordination and monitoring of the implementation, working with the regional technical coalition, as well as the national coalitions, other regions and global colleagues.
• Proactively help connect the national JF’s work with the regional JF’s work.
• Provide direct support to key moments and initiatives in the regional JF’s plan.
• Provide coordination and administrative support across the 6 WACA JF Member organizations

II) Communication

• Support communication initiatives including content development, annual report and social media engagement under the leadership of the technical group
• Support the internal communication to National, Global and East and Southern Africa Joining Forces.

III) Reporting and knowledge management

• Prepare meeting reports and monthly updates to the technical group.
• Draft reports required by the global JF Alliance liaising with all necessary stakeholders and ensuring all requirements and deadlines are met, are produced to a high standard.
• Support the process of learning and evidence generation.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree in a relevant social science, communication, campaigning, advocacy, child protection and rights or humanitarian studies, or equivalent relevant work experience.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Passionate and motivated about campaigning, advocacy and/or communication.
• Experience working in a junior role or internship in development, social services or community organization and willingness to expand knowledge about child rights campaigning.
• Demonstrated understanding of the child protection and child focused sector.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in French and English.
• Demonstrated high-level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, social and political issues.
• Computer proficiency in general office software (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, social media platforms and content development tools).

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.