Child Protection & MHPSS Technical Advisor (Kyiv or Dnipro)

World Vision International (WVI)—a leading international non-governmental organization — is looking for Child Protection & MHPSS Technical Advisor.

World Vision’s focus is 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 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

World Vision is committed to safeguarding children and adult beneficiaries believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation and expects all employees, interns, volunteers and all WV affiliates share the same commitment. WV takes diligent measures to screen out all people who might seek to use WV to harm children or adult beneficiaries, or whose past actions indicate an unacceptable risk of such harm. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedures include extensive identification checks prior to employment or engagement with WV in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.

Join a highly motivated team of world-class international and local humanitarian professionals to establish, build, and grow World Vision’s presence in Ukraine. You will work alongside global professionals, improving your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a multinational organization that will prepare you for work in the world’s best-in-class companies in the future.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

1. Technical Programme Quality, Design & Development

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for the design, implementation and continuous improvement of Child Protection and MHPSS programming.

• Lead and contribute to the development and contextualization of CP and MHPSS technical approaches, project models, guidance, quality standards and tools.

• Provide technical inputs to needs assessments, project designs, proposals, ToCs, logframes, indicators, budgets and implementation plans.

• Ensure programming is aligned with WV standards, CPMS, relevant MHPSS guidance, donor requirements and national/sector standards.

• Promote integrated programming and technical linkages with Education, Cash/Livelihoods and other relevant sectors.

2. Technical Support, Quality Assurance, Monitoring & Learning

• Provide ongoing technical support to project teams and partners throughout the project cycle.

• Conduct regular technical monitoring and quality assurance of CP and MHPSS interventions.

• Identify implementation gaps and provide practical recommendations and corrective actions.

• Work closely with Operations and MEAL to review programme performance, indicators, evidence and beneficiary feedback.

• Capture and disseminate lessons learned, good practices and evidence to support programme adaptation and improvement.

• Support quality technical reporting and documentation.

3. Capacity Building, Partnership & Localization

• Assess technical capacity needs of WV staff and implementing partners and develop appropriate capacity strengthening plans.

• Deliver training, coaching, mentoring and technical accompaniment on CP and MHPSS approaches, standards and project models.

• Support partners in contextualizing and applying technical tools, approaches and quality benchmarks.

• Promote partner ownership, localization and sustainable technical capacity.

• Facilitate peer learning and exchange of good practices among WV teams and partners.

4. External Engagement, Coordination & Representation

• Represent WV Ukraine in relevant Clusters, Working Groups, technical forums and coordination mechanisms.

• Maintain effective technical relationships with humanitarian actors, authorities, service providers and other relevant stakeholders.

• Contribute WV technical experience and evidence to sector discussions, standards, guidance and advocacy priorities.

• Coordinate with partners and external stakeholders to promote complementarity, referrals and harmonized approaches.

• Support technical engagement with donors and consortium partners, as required.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in Child Protection and/or MHPSS programming, preferably in humanitarian, emergency or conflict-affected contexts.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and providing technical support to Child Protection and/or MHPSS programmes.
•  Experience in providing technical guidance, coaching and capacity building to staff and implementing partners.
• Experience in project design and proposal development, including technical approaches, indicators, logframes and activity plans.
•  Experience working with local/national partners and other stakeholders.
•  Strong analytical, communication, coordination, facilitation and report-writing skills.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• University degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences, Humanitarian Studies, Protection, International Development, or another relevant field.
• Relevant professional training or certification in Child Protection and/or MHPSS is an advantage.

• Valid certificate of good conduct.
• Possess Police Clearance Certificate

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and relevant humanitarian and protection standards.
• Good knowledge of MHPSS standards, approaches and community
• based psychosocial support interventions.
• Experience in contextualizing and implementing Child Protection and MHPSS project models and evidence-based approaches.
•  Knowledge of child safeguarding, PSEA, safe referrals and protection mainstreaming.
•  Experience in programme quality, monitoring, learning and evidence-based adaptation.
• Experience representing an organisation in Clusters, Working Groups and other technical coordination mechanisms.
•  Experience in integrated and cross-sectoral programming, including linkages with Education, Cash/Livelihoods and other relevant sectors.
•  Strong capacity building, facilitation, mentoring and partnership engagement skills.
• Experience with institutional donor-funded programmes and proposal development is an advantage.
•  Good digital literacy, including MS Office and relevant programme/data management tools.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong verbal communication, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written communication and report-writing skills.
• Strong analytical, assessment, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills.
• Strong community engagement and stakeholder relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), Power BI, and digital data collection platforms (e.g., Kobo).
• Ability to translate evidence, monitoring findings, and lessons learned into programme improvements.
• Ability to work effectively in complex, dynamic, and rapidly changing environments.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, professional maturity, adaptability, and resilience.
• Good organizational and planning skills, including coordination of trainings, workshops, and meetings.
• Ability to seek, incorporate, and act upon feedback to improve programme quality and capacity-strengthening efforts.

Additional Information

• Official employment according to Ukrainian labour law
• Medical insurance
• WVI Institutional trainings
• Travel up to 25% is likely
• Only candidates with Ukrainian citizenship or authorization to work in Ukraine will be considered
• Submit resume and cover letter IN ENGLISH using the  link Child Protection & MHPSS Technical Advisor

World Vision UCR is committed to safeguarding children and adult beneficiaries. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation and expects all employees, interns, volunteers and all WV UCR affiliates share the same commitment. WV UCR takes diligent measures to screen out all people who might seek to use WV UCR to harm children or adult beneficiaries, or whose past actions indicate an unacceptable risk of such harm. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedures include extensive identification checks prior to employment or engagement with WV UCR in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.