Location: Remote
Organization: ChildFund
Deadline: Jul 01, 2025
Job Description
Position title: Senior Technical Advisor, Livelihoods | Location: Flexible, United States or Africa Region |
ChildFund office: International Office | Manager/Supervisor title: Vice President, Program Resources & Institutional Learning |
Position type: Full-time regular | Work environment: Remote |
About ChildFund |
ChildFund is a child-focused international development organization that works in 23 countries to connect children with the people, resources and institutions they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled, and safe, no matter where they are. ChildFund’s Values ChildFund’s Commitment |
About This Role |
This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates in the United States or in a ChildFund location in Africa: Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Uganda, or Zambia. To be considered, candidates must submit: 1) a CV, 2) a cover letter, and 3) a short (2-5 page) professional writing sample. The role of the Global Livelihoods Senior Technical Advisor at ChildFund International encompasses several key elements that are crucial for the success of the organization’s global livelihoods program portfolio. The Global livelihoods Senior Technical Advisor provides technical support and leadership to strengthen ChildFund International’s global Livelihoods program portfolio, enhancing program quality and ensuring that Livelihoods programs are designed with the latest best practice and ChildFund’s impact evidence. The Global Livelihoods Senior Technical Advisor works closely with the Director of Program and Product Design to ensure that grant proposals are well-crafted and aligned with ChildFund’s Results Framework, key sectoral and global practices, and evidence of global impact. These elements are integral to the role and contribute to the overall effectiveness and impact of ChildFund International’s global livelihoods programs. The role requires working closely with the Business Development and the Grant Acquisitions teams to expand and diversify resources for ChildFund livelihoods programs, which is essential for securing funding and creating new opportunities for the organization’s Livelihoods initiatives and global aspiration of positively impacting 100 M children and their families around the world. The Global Livelihoods Senior Technical Advisor, jointly with the Grant Acquisitions Advisor, lead the Livelihoods grant acquisition portfolio, focusing on proposal development, which includes proposal development, proposal management, technical design, and documentation of best practices, capacity statements, and technical approaches among others. The Global Livelihoods Senior Technical Advisor also partners with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) unit to guide ChildFund’s livelihoods program evidence and impact assessment needs, priorities, and thought leadership product development. |
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