Senior Advisor, Children, Digital and AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Formulate and articulate World Vision's strategy regarding children in digital spaces and AI, encompassing digital rights, data governance, AI systems that impact children, and their involvement.

• Monitor and assess international policy, regulatory, and multilateral trends pertinent to children and AI/digital spaces.

• Offer strategic advice to CLAD, GP&I, and A&EE leadership.

• Create thought leadership materials including papers, briefs, op-eds, speaking notes, and public statements.

• Represent World Vision International at external policy forums, multi-stakeholder discussions, regulatory activities, and events.

• Lead or coordinate efforts in key external coalitions and multi-stakeholder networks.

• Develop and sustain stakeholder maps while identifying opportunities for influence.

• Negotiate and implement engagement strategies with external collaborators.

• Commission, synthesize, and produce evidence and analysis related to digital environments, AI, and children’s rights.

• Establish and uphold policy positions concerning children and digital/AI matters.

• Incorporate children's lived experiences and insights from the field into evidence and external communications.

• Collaborate with Safeguarding, CPP, and digital/technology teams on policy stances.

• Provide expert advisory support to CLAD, GP&I, PACC, CPP, L2G, and other A&EE teams.

• Advise the Senior Director, CLAD on developments in digital and AI.

• Contribute digital and AI expertise to the design, delivery, and reporting of Shift 3.

• Assist in enhancing internal capabilities on digital and AI literacy for advocacy staff and field offices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in international development, law, public policy, digital rights, communications, human rights, or a related discipline.

• Minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in digital rights, AI policy, online safety, children's rights advocacy, or similar areas.

• Experience within an international NGO, policy, regulatory, or civil society setting.

• Proven success in creating and disseminating thought leadership content, including policy briefs, op-eds, speaking engagements, consultations, or publications.

• Experience engaging with multi-stakeholder coalitions, regulatory processes, UN or multilateral organizations, or digital governance forums.

• Excellent policy analysis and writing capabilities.

• Skill in translating complex technical and regulatory matters into clear and persuasive advocacy materials.

• Experience collaborating across teams and with senior leadership on external positioning and coalition strategies.

• Proficient in spoken and written English, with outstanding professional and technical communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively across various cultures, geographies, faith traditions, and time zones.

• Willingness to travel nationally and/or internationally up to 25% of the time.

• Capability to participate in extended virtual meetings across different time zones.

• The successful candidate must affirm World Vision's core documents and uphold conduct consistent with Christian principles, where legally permissible.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work remotely or from home.

• Flexible working hours to facilitate meetings and collaboration across various global time zones.

• Chance to collaborate with a globally distributed international team.

• Opportunities for professional and policy thought leadership.

• Engagement in World Vision's Christian humanitarian mission and values-driven work environment.

• Participation in team and office devotions, chapel, and prayer gatherings according to host-location policies.