For this assignment, I was particularly interested in Unicef, Save the Children, and Academy for Professional development. I chose Unicef because of the multiple focus areas that they provide. It is a very multi-faceted organization that has an overall vision to advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future. The job opportunity that I am particularly interested in is Child Protection Specialist (Child Rights & Child Justice) which requires the skills and experience of:
Having an advanced university degree in a related technical field.
Candidate has to have eight years of relevant work experience at the national and international levels in a relevant field.
Fluency in English. Knowledge of one or more languages of the regions an asset.
Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
My second organization of choice is Save the Children. The purpose of this organization is to assist when disaster strikes around the world. The organization is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face daily. It was pretty interesting to find out the many ways to give funds to children in need. They had the option of Wecare.com which allows you to shop online and shopping through certain websites gives a donation of funds to the organization. I thought that was especially cool.
A position of interest is the Director, Food, Division of Humanitarian Response position. It is located in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this position is to provide leadership and oversight to the food programming and logistics functions of Save the Children US. The incumbent will coordinate with cross-functional units dealing with commodity management, logistics, and emergency food aid programs so that they are most effective. S/he will also, on behalf of SC members and SCI, consolidate and build a strategic relationship with the World Food Program. The function is also responsible to ensure rapid provision of technical assistance to emergencies in the area of food programming and logistics I chose this because I have never had the opportunity to see what emergency response is about and this would give the perfect opportunity to give back to those who experience disaster.
The skills and requirements needed to perform this job are:
12 years humanitarian experience, a combination of field and headquarters positions
4 years responsibility for high level relationship building with UN, government donor, or similar entity
Prior management responsibility for headquarters team
Involvement in logistics and food aid programming, with at least 2 working with World Food Programme resources
Master’s degree in related field
Strong understanding of international donor arena and relationships.
Ability to work collaboratively across departments and in teams.
Good representation skills
Tolerance of ambiguity and demonstrated ability to optimistically work for positive change in an environment of rapid organizational change
At this present moment I am not qualified but it seems like a very exciting and very hands-on position to be in.
The last organization I chose to learn more about is Academy for Educational Development. The vision of FHI 360 envisions a world in which all individuals and communities have the opportunity to reach their highest potential. The Mission is to improve lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development. I chose this organization because it focuses on a wide array of practice areas to understand complex issues.
A position of interest in this company is a technical advisor who is responsible for increasing access to and use of quality family planning services across select urban and peri- urban areas in four focus West African countries - Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Togo.
Job Requirements are:
Background in clinical and community-based FP services delivery approaches; working with governments, NGOs, private sector
Experience testing and adapting services delivery models and approaches to a variety of context and organizations
Experience building capacity at individual and organizational level
Experience in policy analysis, developing and implementing advocacy plans/strategies
At least 10 years of experience in a senior technical position for a public health and/or FP/RH project;
Throughout this journey there has been a lot to take in but everything that we have learned focused on children and advocacy. What I have deeply learned is that bias is within everyone. Beginning this class, I has biases and did not even realize it until it was brought to me attention. Biases are not intentional but people have them because of the way they were brought up. 
Another factor that has impacted me are the wide range of policies, including those directed toward early care and education, and family economic supports, that can promote the safe, supportive, and stable, caring relationships that children need. Our children just need caring professionals to make sure they are getting the education that is deserving.
Lastly, intervention is very important in this profession. In society, we cannot afford to postpone investing in children until they reach school age, it may be too late by then. Investing and intervening in children while they are young will improve basic learning and socialization skills.One long-term goal is to open a community based school. Community schools, offers students ways to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for success in adulthood.To my instructor and colleagues,Thanks so much for all the input you have given throughout this course for it has helped me to understand from a different perspective. Getting feedback and insight from others create new ideas and new areas of interest. I am deeply satisfied with all of the great work that I have witnessed of you guys and hope to keep in touch in years to come.God Bless!