Evidence, learning and advocacy manager - child protection

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Overview

Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Coordinator, the Evidence, Learning and Advocacy Manager - Child Protection will lead evidence generation, learning capture, technical documentation, external reporting support, advocacy and policy engagement, and strategic government engagement for IRC Ukraine's Child Protection department. The position will serve as a key support to the Child Protection Coordinator for national-level positioning, regular engagement with government counterparts, coordination mechanisms, donors, UN agencies, and other strategic stakeholders.

The position will translate programme data, assessments, partner and field learning, and operational experience into high-quality external reports, analysis, briefing materials, presentations, learning products, policy and advocacy outputs, and technical documentation. The role will maintain a strong understanding of Ukraine's child protection system, institutional architecture, policy and reform environment, and key government and coordination processes, and will help ensure that IRC's Child Protection evidence and programme experience are consistently reflected in external engagement and sector-level discussions.

The role will support a complex Child Protection portfolio covering child-focused victim assistance, reintegration support for children returned from occupied territories and institutional care, alternative care and deinstitutionalization, justice for children, violence against children, case management, MHPSS and PSS, social service and systems strengthening, capacity strengthening, and integrated programming with other sectors. The position will help ensure that learning from field implementation is systematically captured, analysed, and used for programme adaptation, proposal development, donor engagement, government engagement, coordination leadership, and sector-level influence.

The position will work closely with central and field Child Protection teams, MEAL, Grants, Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications, and other technical sectors. The role is not intended to replace MEAL, Grants, Communications, or field implementation functions; rather, it will bridge these functions by ensuring that Child Protection evidence, external reporting, learning, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement are technically sound, ethically documented, strategically used, and followed through.