Global Technical Lead – Decent work and Social Protection

Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.

**Title**: Global Technical Lead – Decent work and Social Protection

**Location**: Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and Senegal

**Contract**: 1-year fixed term contract

**Salary**: Local Terms and Conditions apply

**Responsibilities**

- Lead the design and technical oversight of programmes focused on decent work, labour rights and social protection for people with disabilities
- Provide expert technical guidance to country teams, ensuring programmes reflect best practice and emerging evidence
- Build and strengthen relationships with trade unions, worker organisations and social protection stakeholders
- Support partnerships between organisations of people with disabilities (OPDs) and labour movement actors
- Develop and deliver training and capacity building for staff and partners
- Contribute to the development of inclusive social protection approaches that are accessible, comprehensive and responsive to risk
- Identify and help secure strategic funding opportunities, working closely with fundraising teams
- Develop tools, guidance and learning materials to support programme delivery across countries
- Contribute to research, policy, advocacy and communications to strengthen Sightsavers influence in this area
- Represent Sightsavers externally at global, regional and national forums
- This role includes travel of up to 12 weeks per year

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

**Jobholder Requirements**

**Essential**

- Significant experience leading programmes in decent work, labour rights or social protection, ideally in the Global South
- Strong understanding of current debates and trends in labour rights, informal economies and social protection systems
- Experience working with, or alongside, trade unions, worker organisations or social protection actors
- Proven ability to build partnerships and influence stakeholders at different levels
- Experience of securing or contributing to funding proposals
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to work with complex information
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas clearly
- Experience working across multiple countries
- A strong commitment to disability inclusion, equality and social justice

**Desirable**

- Experience working on disability rights and inclusion specifically
- Existing networks within labour movements or social protection systems at national or global level
- Experience working within trade unions, worker organisations or similar bodies
- Experience influencing donor priorities or leading larger funding bids
- French language skills