Global Strategic Policy Lead at Save the Children

Principal Accountabilities
Strategic Advocacy and Diplomacy

• Design and implement a 5-year global advocacy and diplomacy strategy to advance the campaign’s objectives into 2030 with the support of the Campaign Coordinator and Steering Committee. 
• Lead high-level engagement with governments, Permanent Missions, UN agencies, regional bodies, while ensuring synergies across key capitals where coalitions are active 
• Identify opportunities for influence within international fora and processes, and through bilateral advocacy with missions to broaden access to states, particularly those not otherwise reached by campaign partners and positioning the campaign strategically. 
• Provide strategic support to doctor delegations and other healthcare workers to advance advocacy related to Gaza’s healthcare system and related priorities (around 10% of total time)

Campaign Leadership 

• Facilitate and Co-Chair the Steering Committee together with the Campaign Coordinator. 
• Design, coordinate, and implement advocacy priorities across a diverse global coalition, ensuring alignment and coherence. 
• Provide political analysis and recommendations to the Steering Committee and alliance members. 
• Represent partners at international meetings, conferences, and media engagements. 
• Ensure regular feedback loops and accountability to campaign partners, including coalition leads in key markets.

Partnerships & Coalition Building 

• Strengthen relationships with civil society allies, humanitarian actors, and policy influencers. 
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with key external stakeholders, including UN agencies and UN-led coordination mechanisms, local authorities, local NGOs and civil society organizations, donor/diplomatic community and media. 
• Facilitate dialogue and build consensus among partners with diverse mandates and perspectives. 
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant external stakeholders and coalitions, including but not limited to NGO fora in OPT as well as other market-level and global coordination groups, to proactively identify influencing local and international opportunities and promote joint advocacy. 
• Provide strategic oversight and support to coalition-led advocacy in key markets (e.g., EU and Netherlands), ensuring coherence and linkages with New York-level advocacy. 

Communications & Influence 

• Oversee production of advocacy materials, policy briefings, and diplomatic talking points. 
• Draft, update and contribute to policy and advocacy documents including briefing notes, position papers, press releases and operational guidelines. 
• Work closely with the campaign and NGO partners’ communications and media teams to align messaging across public and private diplomacy channels. 
• Develop and disseminate advocacy products for members and external stakeholders. 

Monitoring, Learning & Adaptation 

• Follow relevant local, regional and international political developments, humanitarian trends, human rights issues and development policy to inform the campaign’s work. 
• Track political developments, risks, and opportunities relevant to the campaign. 
• Ensure real-time adaptation of advocacy tactics based on evolving context. 
• Integrate monitoring, evaluation, and learning into advocacy strategies. 
• Conduct policy/advocacy research, present findings and recommendations to the Steering Committee and relevant committees/working groups. 

Experience and Skills
Essential

• Exceptional political judgment, coalition-building skills, and the ability to operate in a sensitive and fast-moving geopolitical context are essential.
• Strong relevant experience in international advocacy, humanitarian diplomacy, or foreign policy. Experience working in advocacy for a consortium or coordination platform is strongly preferred. 
• Strong existing networks within the UN system, governments, and international NGOs, with the ability to open new entry points to states less engaged at the capital level 
• Demonstrated track record of influencing global or regional policy processes, ideally in conflict or humanitarian contexts. 
• Strong reporting and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data and political developments into clear, actionable insights. 
• Strong understanding of international humanitarian law, protection of civilians, and multilateral diplomacy. 
• Proven ability to design and lead advocacy strategies with measurable outcomes. Exceptional negotiation, and consensus-building skills. 
• Experience working with diverse coalitions, including Palestinian partners and those from the region. 
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, politically sensitive environment, balancing discretion and impact. 
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, conflict sensitivity, and inclusive approaches. 
• Deep understanding of the operational culture, priorities, and constraints of humanitarian and development actors, particularly INGOs and local/national partners. 

Desirable

• Familiarity with the Palestinian context.
• Experience managing and improving established processes, including advocacy planning cycles, coordination mechanisms, or donor engagement routines. 
• Ability to resolve diverse, often non-repetitive challenges through sound judgment and contextual understanding. 
• Experience addressing occasional complex or politically sensitive issues, with an ability to recommend adaptive strategies or procedural changes. 
• Capacity to manage and interpret diverse sources of information, identify inconsistencies, and provide accurate analysis under pressure. 
• Understanding of how advocacy and policy work can influence broader organizational or inter-agency dynamics. 
• Experience engaging in internal and external negotiations, particularly within multi-agency coordination frameworks or with governmental stakeholders. 

Education and Qualifications 
Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience in International Relations, Human Rights, Political Science, Social Sciences, Humanitarian Policy, or related field.

Desirable

• Master’s degree in relevant discipline. 
• Proficiency in Arabic or another UN language highly desirable.