Education and Child Protection Advisor

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With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!Employee Contract Type:Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:The Education and Child Protection Advisor provides technical leadership for World Vision Malawi (WVM)’s education and child protection work across 28 Area Development Programmes (ADPs) in 16 districts, delivered with local partners through sponsorship-funded, grant-funded and humanitarian programming, including Education in Emergencies and child protection in emergencies. As a member of the Business Development and Impact (BD&I) Unit’s technical team, the Advisor works closely with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), Communications, other sector advisors and Operations. The role combines technical quality with resource mobilisation through donor positioning, opportunity development and proposal co-design.Major Duties & Responsibilities1. Donor, Government and External EngagementMaintain an education and child protection stakeholder map covering relevant government ministries, departments and district authorities; bilateral and multilateral donors; development banks; United Nations agencies; World Vision Support Offices; and local and international non-governmental organisations. Record each stakeholder’s priorities, programmes, funding mechanisms, contacts and potential areas for collaboration.Track relevant government policies, strategies, plans and funding priorities for education and child protection at national and district levels. Prepare concise updates on how these affect World Vision Malawi’s programmes, proposals and advocacy priorities.Develop and maintain an annual engagement plan identifying priority stakeholders, the purpose and timing of each engagement, World Vision Malawi’s proposed contribution, the responsible staff member and agreed follow-up. Review and update the plan with Business Development and Impact colleagues and relevant Operations teams.Build working relationships with relevant government counterparts. Arrange and prepare meetings with clear objectives and agendas; document decisions, commitments, responsible persons and deadlines; follow up agreed actions; and record progress.Identify and develop specific collaboration opportunities with government, including programme co-design, technical support and formal partnership arrangements. Work with relevant colleagues to develop or update memoranda of understanding and other partnership documents, and track their approval, implementation and renewal.Participate in relevant education and child protection coordination forums, donor meetings and government discussions to present World Vision Malawi’s experience, evidence and proposed contribution. Share funding and partnership opportunities promptly with the Business Development and Impact technical team, senior leadership team and relevant Operations colleagues.Work with local partners, other sector advisors, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning colleagues, and Communications to prepare or update education and child protection capacity statements, concept notes, briefs, presentations, case studies and other evidence-based materials for external engagement.Keep the engagement tracker current, including meetings held, opportunities discussed, commitments made, action owners, deadlines and outcomes. Use it to update the engagement plan and inform internal decision-making.2. Programme Quality, Learning and Technical SupportProvide technical guidance to World Vision Malawi’s education and child protection programming across its 28 Area Development Programmes in 16 districts, and across grant-funded, sponsorship-funded and emergency interventions delivered with local partner organisations.Lead or facilitate technical consultations at national and district levels with relevant government ministries and departments, Operations teams and partners. Document technical priorities, implementation challenges and agreed actions, and share these with the relevant teams.Develop, adapt and support the use of sector guidance, practical tools and standard operating procedures that promote quality, safe, inclusive and gender-responsive learning and protective environments.Work with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning colleagues to develop and adapt education and child protection assessment, monitoring and learning tools. Ensure these capture relevant technical standards, indicators, inclusion and safeguarding considerations, and are practical for Operations teams and local partners to use.Contribute technical input to grant opening and management meetings. Review programme and donor reports for technical ac