Climate Change and Education Technical Advisor

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Climate Change and Education Technical Advisor in Australia or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office.

Role Purpose:

In this fulltime, maximum term 18 month role (with strong potential for extension) you will play an integral part of the delivery of the Climate Smart Education Systems, Strategic Capability Initiative was launched by the Global Partnership for Education in June 2023.

Working alongside UNESCO, UNESCO-IIEP and our Save the Children county offices you will be part of a multidisciplinary climate and education team with experts in policy and planning, financing, coordination, data management, infrastructure, school management and curriculum and play a key role supporting Ministries of Education think through what support they want from the project to further the integrate climate change into the education sector.

You will make an impact by:

• Sharing your experience and expertise in the multidisciplinary team to help identify opportunities to support ministries of education.
• Being the expert in coordination, financing, school management, or infrastructure.
• Traveling to selected countries to work with the UNESCO and Save the Children local teams so support the Ministries of Education to identify what more they could be doing to address the impacts of climate change.
• Building the capacity of Ministry staff and our country colleagues to better understand how climate change will impact children’s education and what we can do about it.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 5 years’ experience working in climate change and education.
• You must have extensive experience and expertise in at least one of the follow areas as they relate to the climate change in the education sector: Policy and planning, coordination, financing, school management and or infrastructure.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills supported by strong analytical capabilities.
• Experience operating within a complex environment and dealing with ambiguity.
• A friendly, communicative, accessible and positive personality.
• Fluent spoken and written English and / or French. 

We can offer circa £90,000 AUD per annum (If based in Australia) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the Australia, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in Australia or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation

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 environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A full copy of the role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

Applications close 4pm AEST, Friday 18th August 2023.

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 employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.