INTERNAL ONLY: Cluster Enabling Methods Senior Specialist (Equip, Reach Now) Country Cluster: Lebanon, Yemen, Afghinstan, Ukraine

Your mission

MAIN PURPOSE

The Enabling Methods Senior Specialist ensures the effective coordination, coherence and consistent implementation of a specific portfolio of War Child’s Evidence-Based Methods (EBMs)in a thematic area across an assigned cluster of partners and countries. The role is responsible for translating strategies, standards and methodologies into contextually relevant thematic/EBM support to partners, ensuring that EBM implementation within a cluster is feasible and achieves high quality and impact. The Enabling Methods Senior Specialist oversees EBM quality assurance, partner onboarding, thematic guidance, and adaptive learning within a cluster, connecting thematic and EBM strategy to practice by guiding, aligning and line managing The Enabling Methods Specialists supporting countries and partners in that cluster.

Where relevant, the Enabling Methods Senior Specialist might also be assigned to directly support a country and/or partner.

Clusters

Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ukraine

Syria, Jordan, oPt, Colombia, Global

DRC, Uganda, CAR, South Sudan, Sudan, Chad

POSITION IN WAR CHILD ALLIANCE

Reports to (Solid/Management)

Enabling Methods Lead

Reports to (Dotted/Functional)

Country Cluster Le

• ad
• One or more dotted lines with partnership, project
• management
• and/or engagement functions

Department

Quality & Impact

Unit

Technical / Enabling Methods Cluster

Supervises (list direct reports / roles)

Estimated 3-4 Specialist per Country Cluster

(Operational) Scope

Country Programme / Alliance Shared Services

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain cluster-level oversight of
• thematic
• quality assurance for EBM integration,
• implementation
• and scaling by partners, ensuring high-quality delivery of EBMs.

Coordinate

• thematic
• support
• provided by Specialist
• s
• within a cluster,
• ensuring
• prioritization,

and

• advising on
• resource allocation.
• Ensure operationalization of thematic and EBM guidance and standards

,

to

• guarantee
• contextual relevance to
• tailored support
• to countries and partners.
• Lead and/or
• f
• acilitate
• adaptive learning cycles for EBMs
• at cluster level
• , ensuring learning agendas are
• developed and
• executed
• , lessons learned are documented
• and findings inform practice and strategic direction.

Strengthen

• organisational
• and partner capacity in

Enabling Methods

• EBMs, through training,
• mentoring
• and scalable learning approaches.
• Represent and build up the profile and reputation of War Child's EBM Care System Portfolio and thematic
• expertise
• externally in

the

appropriate

fora

, strengthening sector engagement, inter

agency collaboration and

organisational

credibility, and contributing to shaping policy and sector discourse.

Contribute to the learning agenda for EBMs within your por

t

folio including

gather

and sharing learnings on partner experiences and feedback.

Each staff member is responsible for contributing to creating a culture committed to our mission, vision, internal safeguarding standards, JEDI ((Social) Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion) principles and the CHS (Core Humanitarian Standard) framework and are expected to actively promote this in their work.

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.

ROLE-SPECIFIC OR CONTEXT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as
• primary
• internal and external
• thematic
• f
• ocal
• point for an assigned cluster
• .

Oversee

• thematic
• components of
• partnership
• engagement
• within a cluster, liaising with partnership colleagues
• and with other cluster Coordinators
• where relevant

Colla

borate effectively

with

the Partnership Department

• , ensuring
• appropriate matrix
• management of Specialist
• s and complementary of
• responsibilities
• .

Contribute to

• development
• of EBMs Partnership Packages and other relevant resources.
• Contribute to the strengthening and evolution of

Enabling Methods

EBM Care System portfolio

,

• including through
• compiling
• knowledge
• and lessons learned from
• countries and
• partners
• in the cluster.
• Coordinate and contribute to learning activities,
• task teams,
• working
• groups
• and Communities of Practice related to
• their
• t
• hematic

a

rea

and

EBMs

• .
• Support scalable learning approaches (
• e.g.
• blended learning, training pools,

ToT

• /ToF models)
• , including
• by compiling cluster-level
• inputs

to

training content, and learning materials.

Coordinate

• support to
• MEAL processes within
• a cluster
• , including
• compliance with
• Quality o
• f Care
• indicators.

Provide

• thematic/EBM
• surge support
• in emergencies or priority contexts where needed.
• Contribute with thematic inputs into organizational processes such as development and delivery of strategies, annual plans,
• etc
• .
• at team, departmental and
• organisational
• levels
• , leading on cluster-level inputs where relevant
• .
• Lead cluster-level reporting
• organisationa
• -wide reporting processes related to the EBMs in their portfolio and contributes to grant/project reporting processes, where relevant
• .
• Collaborate closely with
• teams in their department
• (MEAL and Humanitarian) and with other relevant departments such as R&D, Partnerships, Engagement and Operations.
• Act as a
• back-stop
• for Specialists where necessary.
• Your profile

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE

Education

• Relevant academic background
• or a closely related field.

Experience

• Relevant experience in the thematic area, including in humanitarian or post‑conflict contexts.
• Experience working with partners on co‑creation and delivery of programmes.
• Demonstrated experience in programme design, needs assessment, learning cycles and quality assurance.
• Experience developing methods, tools, guidelines,
• training
• and learning materials.

Experience

• facilitating
• trainings,
• workshops
• and virtual learning.
• Programme or grant management experience is an asset

Languages

• Fluency in English is
• required
• for this role.

Additional

languages may be useful depending on stakeholder groups and organisational context, for example Arabic, Dari, French, Spanish, or Ukrainian

(Technical) Knowledge

• Strong understanding of quality standards, evidence‑based
• programming
• and MEAL integration.
• Knowledge of cross‑sectoral integration (Education, Child Protection, MHPSS).
• Understanding of localisation,
• accountability
• and participation principles.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration and learning tools (e.g. Mural, Miro, SharePoint, MS Teams).
• What we offer

Eligibility

This vacancy is open to internal candidates only.

Location

We operate in a global context, with team members based across multiple countries. War Child currently works in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine (registration in progress), and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Preference is given to candidates who reside in one of these locations and hold valid work authorisation. War Child does not provide relocation support.

Type of contract

This is a locally contracted position. Salary and secondary employment conditions are aligned with the applicable in-country salary scale, and local terms and conditions will apply.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their applications (CV and motivation letter in English) by

21-August-

2026

.

We are reviewing submissions on a rolling basis, so early applications are strongly recommended.

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Disclaimer

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