The world’s six leading child-focused NGOs – ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages, Terre des Hommes and World Vision – agreed in 2017 to come together to collaborate on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This collaboration, called ‘Joining Forces’, centres on two key projects:

• Ending Violence Against Children – a national-level effort, focused on 5 pilot countries, to increase our programme impact in protecting children from violence (SDG 16.2)
• Child Rights Now! – a national and international level advocacy push in up to 20 countries to renew political commitment to children’s rights, reflected in SDG implementation and support for the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

These two projects each have a steering group made up of senior staff from the six organisations, with a rotating chair. Twice a year these groups report to, and receive a steer from, the international CEOs of the child-focused NGOs.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced and committed individual who can drive delivery of the Joining Forces Initiative, and lead the project management of both of these workstreams, to fulfil their strategies, objectives and work plan. This will be done in close collaboration with the steering groups that have been created for the two projects.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced and committed individual who can drive delivery of the Joining Forces Initiative, and lead the project management of both of these workstreams, to fulfil their strategies, objectives and work plan. This will be done in close collaboration with the steering groups that have been created for the two projects.