Salary Range: $75,543.87 To $90,652.65 Annually (18-month contract) Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share. Save the Children Canada is a hybrid workplace based in Toronto Ontario Canada. This recruitment is open to all applicants residing in Ontario. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE: Reporting to the Senior Advisor, Partnerships and Technical Quality, the Senior Humanitarian Advisor is responsible for providing high-quality technical support to humanitarian projects and emergency responses, ensuring alignment with quality and accountability standards. The role involves actively pursuing new humanitarian funding opportunities, cultivating relationships with Canadian humanitarian donors, demonstrating contextual knowledge of crises, and providing thought leadership on best practices. The Senior Humanitarian Advisor will also engage in humanitarian networks in Canada and within SCI to promote program quality and innovation, and offer targeted support for public engagement, communications, and advocacy efforts related to Children in Crisis. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Provide high-quality technicalinputto program teams, ensuring alignment with humanitarianbest practices and quality standards. In coordination with SCI,



develop and promote tools to strengthen program quality; contributetechnicalexpertiseto evaluations and reviews. Develop andmaintaineffective relationships with the Global Team, Country Officesandkey SCI focal points. Support humanitarian responses by reviewingrelated policies and proceduresthrough a rights-based and gender-sensitive lens. Represent Save the Children Canada as a subject matter expert indomestic and internationalhumanitarian forums and working groups,asappropriate,contributing contextual analysis and technical insights. Humanitarian Business Development Monitor emerging crises and providetimelyanalysis to inform programmatic and donor decisions. Engage withinstitutional and non-institutionaldonors to pursue humanitarian funding aligned with organizational strategy. Together with Country Office Technical Advisors, lead technical design of humanitarian projects, including logical frameworks and contextual inputs. Collaborate with theResources Development and BusinessDevelopment teamsto ensuretimely, high-quality humanitarian proposals that meet donor requirements. Cultivate relationships with key donors, peer agencies, partners, and sector leaders.Together with Country Offices and relevant Save the Children Canada teams, proactively lead on prepositioning efforts.



Support development of emergency appeals and drawdown funding mechanisms, such as the Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund (CHAF). Operational Implement response protocols for new emergencies in line with Save the Children Canada’s Humanitarian SOPsincluding review of the process, crisisinterest holdercoordination, post- response evaluation. Represent Save the Children Canada in Canadian humanitarian networks, public engagement. Acts as a media spokesperson for Save the Children on relevant humanitarian contexts and crises, asrequired. Contribute tothe development and execution of advocacy plansby producing thought leadership andrepresentingSave the Children at external events. As required, perform tasks related to SCC and sector humanitarian capacity building. Ensure regular and transparent communication on strategy and policies, uphold SCC’sCode of Conduct, Policies, Leadership Charter, Reconciliation, Equity, Anti-Racism,Diversity, Inclusion (READI),Health and Safety standards, integrates Child Safeguardingpractices, models competencies, and skilled and ethical behavior. Qualifications include (but are not limited to): Post-secondary education inarelevant field or equivalent experience Minimum5-7 yearsofexperiencein International Development, Non-Governmental Organization(NGO/INGO),orothernot-for-profit sectorsisrequired. Advancedknowledgeand understandingof humanitarian principles, practices, and coordination architecture. Technicalexpertisein one or more of Save the Children’s priority sectors: Nutrition,Health, Child Protection, Food Security & Livelihoods, WASH, Cash

📌 Senior Humanitarian Advisor (Toronto)
🏢 Save the Children
📍 Toronto