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 the highest levels of integrity.
• Always acts in the best interests of children.

Qualifications

• Must be matriculation exam passed for this post.
• Ability to communicate in Burmese and Rakhine (if applicable).
• Ability to read and write in Burmese.
• Ability to have basic computer skills such as Word, Excel, Internet, etc.

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Advanced computer proficiency, especially in the MS Office suite.
• Have experience working with children using child-friendly approaches and techniques.
• A commitment to children’s rights, children’s participation, and non-discrimination.
• Fluency in both oral and written communication in Myanmar, fluency of local language is an asset.

Desirable

• Fosters collaboration, creativity, positivity, and flexibility in the workplace.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment & independently.
• High motivation to work with difficult circumstances.

Skills and Experience

• Less than or equal to 1 year of experience in child protection or humanitarian works.
• Knowledge about INGOs/NGOs.

Education

• Secondary school education (Matriculation).

Communication and Technical Skills

• Excellent/Strong/Good Myanmar communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environments according to travel requirements.

General

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children.
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values, and principles.
• Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy.

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.

All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to:

• Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct, and Local/Country Procedures.
• Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
• Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinising their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”.
• Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general.
• Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.

All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring:

• Their staff are doing the above.
• That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.

Safeguarding Our Staff

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety

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

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.