Professor of CSEA Research

Welcome

Welcome you on behalf of Childlight and I am delighted that you are interested in our Professor of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Research and Director of European Hub post.

I expect that you already come with a passion for making the world a safer place for children, and share in our vision that no child should live their life in the darkness of sexual

exploitation and abuse. You are likely an expert in the field of CSEA, with a substantial volume of work, and external recognition for your research. You will be comfortable working with quantitative analysis, or mixed methods, which will allow you to contribute to our two main research products – the Into the Light global index and Searchlight report. As the Director of the Childlight European Hub, you will come with an established network of European contacts across child protection.

Because we know that the scale of CSEA is too large for law enforcement alone to deal with, we would be delighted if you bring a background in epidemiology or public health to shift the focus of CSEA being treated as a global health emergency.

We care about the future of Childlight and our continuing ability to make an impact for children across the world. Our ideal person also has experience of attracting and winning large grants and funding opportunities.

You will be proactive and ambitious, developing and growing not just Childlight as an organisation, but the people within our teams globally.

You might come from a typical academic background – or you might also come from another sector, where a background in similar research roles enables you to bring a complementary perspective to our work, such as that of NGOs.

We hope that you can see in Childlight an organisation that is aligned with your own values, and a real opportunity to make tangible impact through high quality research ad data. If you share our passion and vision, please connect with us for a further conversation.

Professor Debi Fry

• Childlight Global Director of Data
• Professor of International Child Protection Research