Regional Coordinator Access to Justice Programme - Africa
We offer you an exciting and varied, useful and meaningful job, within a team that wants to make a difference for children in situations of great vulnerability.
Start date: 1.08.2026
Duration: 24 months
Activity rate: 100%
Place of work: Dakar, Senegal
Deadline for sending applications: Terre des hommes does not set a deadline for applications for this position, recruitment is open until the position is filled.
Terre des hommes (Tdh):
The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with its headquarters in Lausanne and its office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss children's rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We are committed to working with children to guarantee their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through our innovative programs in the areas of health, migration and access to justice, designed to have a positive and lasting impact.
Background:
Tdh is reorganising its organisational model in order to get closer to children and young people in vulnerable situations. In Tdh's new organisational model, the head office takes on the role of a centre of expertise to act effectively in favour of the respect, protection and promotion of children's rights and to ensure overall steering, strategy, policies, monitoring and compliance as well as thought leadership. The regional offices play a central strategic role in Tdh's new organisational model. Their main mission is to strengthen the relevance, quality and impact of interventions as well as the representation and development of strategic partnerships at the regional level. As part of the opening of its Africa regional office in September 2025, Tdh is recruiting a regional coordinator for the Access to Justice (A2J) programme.
The Foundation's activities are structured on the basis of three priority programmes (access to justice, children and young people on the move, maternal and child health) as well as on two cross-cutting areas of expertise (child protection and water/sanitation). In Africa, Tdh intervenes directly and in partnership with civil society organisations in 8 countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal) and via partnerships in 8 other countries (Benin, Cameroon, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, Uganda, Tunisia and Togo).
Systems strengthening, as Tdh practices and envisages it at the level of the justice programme, refers to an approach that aims to sustainably improve all the components of a judicial system (state and customary institutions, human capacities, coordination, accountability), rather than financing isolated interventions. Tdh and its national partners stimulate local ownership and alignment with national strategies. They invest in the foundations of the system so that progress is widespread, inclusive, and sustainable over time.
Tdh places the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of its action and considers children as rights holders: States and actors (local authorities, social services, NGOs, private sector) are debtors of obligations and are therefore liable. Tdh's interventions are based on the principles of non-discrimination, the best interests of the child, the right to survival and development, and the participation of the child in decisions that concern him/her.
For this position, the main responsibilities are as follows:
- Strategic management: contribute to the definition, deployment and monitoring of the regional strategy in Access to Justice, in line with institutional orientations (theories of change, programmatic management, reference to the Institutional Strategic Plan).
- Program coordination: overseeing a portfolio of projects, ensuring the quality, coherence and impact of interventions, as well as their alignment with regional priorities.
- Monitoring and performance: ensuring the measurement of results, the monitoring of indicators, the analysis of data and the implementation of corrective actions if necessary.
- Quality and technical support: support field teams to strengthen the quality of projects, disseminate the organization's standards, methodologies and approaches.
- Resource mobilization: Identify funding opportunities, contribute to the development of proposals, and maintain relationships with donors at the regional level.
- Partnership development: building and consolidating strategic partnerships with local, institutional and international actors, and supporting the localisation of aid.
- Advocacy and Representation: Contribute to advocacy strategies, coordinate regional initiatives, and represent the organization in specialized networks and forums.
- Knowledge management: promote capitalization, the sharing of best practices and the strengthening of the technical capacities of teams.
- Management: supervise technical teams, participate in recruitment and promote a work culture in line with the values and policies of the organization.
**The full Job Description will be shared with shortlisted candidates**
Profile sought:
Education:
- Master of Laws (compulsory)
- Project Management Training (mandatory)
- Gender and leadership training appreciated
Experience / Skills:
- At least 7 years in the field of access to justice for children and young people, including coordination, advice and technical support functions, with proven practice in international contexts (humanitarian aid and development).
- Proven experience in project/program development and management, expertise development and knowledge management, as well as capacity building and support for justice professionals.
- Experience in advocacy and legislative/policy reforms at national and regional levels, with the ability to analyze complex policies and draft policy briefs for influence, advocacy and reform.
- Strong ability to lead and motivate a diverse and remote team, leadership skills grounded in strong values, open-mindedness, and ability to make strategic decisions.
- Highly developed spirit of collaboration and transversal leadership.
- Strong knowledge of the needs and A2J actors of the region and the countries of intervention.
- Excellent ability and ease to speak in public (conference, workshop) and adapt to interlocutors (governments, local authorities, national and international partners as well as young people and children).
Languages:
Compulsory written and oral languages: French and English
IT Knowledge:
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office package
Tdh's Global Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies:
- Commits to promoting and respecting the Global Code of Conduct, to systematically report any breach of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and to deal with any breach of procedures and processes appropriately.
- Educates the Foundation about the risks of policy violations, violence and abuse, and the rights that come with it, for children, community members, and our own employees.
- Commits to complying with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguard Policy, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activity, as well as workplace behavior.
- Is committed to putting values and principles into practice by behaving in an exemplary manner, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always following established procedures and processes.
- Is committed to developing a compliant and informed management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.
Procedure:
Only complete applications (CV + cover letter) posted on our official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact the selected files for the rest of the recruitment.
References:
Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and criminal record checks and counter-terrorism financing checks. Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or on incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left his or her employment.
Apply Here: https://jobs.tdh.org/jobs/7812131-coordinatrice-ou-coordinateur-regional-e-programme-acces-a-la-justice-afrique