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Interim Global Lead – Disability Inclusion

The Global Lead for Disability Inclusion leads on the implementation of Disability Inclusion policy and sets the technical direction across the global organisation in alignment with our organisational strategy. This includes leading the global Disability Inclusion Technical Working Group, managing a small team of Disability Inclusion technical advisors and collaborating with technical staff in Disability Inclusion across country, regional, centre and member offices. Additionally, this position collaborates closely with teams across thematic/cross-cutting areas in humanitarian and development contexts, as well as across different functional teams, to ensure Disability Inclusion is effectively mainstreamed and truly cross-cutting in what we know and do.
The post holder stays abreast of and engages in industry developments and identifies, develops and maintains relationships and coalitions with key players in the Disability Inclusion space, including with representative organisations of persons with disabilities, other expert disability organisations, donors and the global disability movement. They represent Save the Children at global, regional and country level fora as relevant, showcasing Save the Children’s Disability Inclusion work. This will involve working across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, including children and young people with disabilities themselves, as well as external stakeholders including INGOs, UNICEF, global partnerships and other agencies.
This is a leadership position which requires superior technical knowledge, management expertise, and programme development. It sits within the Child Rights, Equality and Social Justice team which includes Global Leads in other equality seeking areas.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:

Significant prior experience within development and/or humanitarian work, with a rights based approach, including experience within a country programme or equivalent.
Demonstrable experience of a focus on people/children with disabilities in development and/or humanitarian context, including across multiple thematic areas (health and nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and/or child rights governance).
Conceptual and theoretical understanding of the UNCRPD, the UNCRC and the application of the Washington Group Questions and UNICEF Child functioning Modules, accompanied by the ability to inspire, motivate, and build capacity and confidence in this in others.
Demonstrable ability to co-ordinate and work across an organisation to change behaviours and deliver results.
Experience of training and capacity building with a track record of building in-country understanding and skills for Disability Inclusive programming
Proven senior level experience leading diverse, complex initiatives and virtual teams to achieve agreed objectives.
Good theoretical understanding and practical experience with planning, monitoring and evaluation tools commonly used in the development and humanitarian sector and disability inclusive programming (e.g. the logical framework approach and results based management)
Excellent writing, communication, and networking skills in English
Strong ability to build internal and external partnerships, guide and motivate people towards the achievement of agreed goals
An ability to provide high-level external representation.
Ability to prioritize when working under pressure, along with strong problem-solving skills.
Self- motivated, collaborative, can share capacity, innovative, adaptable to complex situations and able to work with high degree of autonomy.
Willingness and ability to travel up to 15% of time.

Desirable

Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
Experience with project and/or process management
Robust analytic skills and demonstrated knowledge in MEAL, including indicator development, preferably related to children with disabilities and disability disaggregated data.
Experience in fundraising, new business development (NBD), finance management and IT.
Experience working within a complex and matrix organisation structure.
Lived disability experience

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October 29, 2024
Senior Project Manager – The SCI Website Redevelopment New Business Development Manager – Humanitarian Surge Team Nutrition Adviser – Humanitarian Surge Team

Role Purpose:
Transformation Delivery is responsible for the delivery of projects across Save the Children with a focus on providing Project and Change resources with the oversight of a Portfolio Management team.
The SCI Website is a very important digital platform for Save the Children to engage and communicate information with the public to drive campaign support and fundraising. The platform of Save the Children International’s website is currently on an older version of Drupal which is reaching its end of life and so needs to be moved onto a newer version. The functionality and content within the website also needs to be upgraded to it better enables Save the Children’s Global Digital Engagement function to meet its strategic objectives. The redevelopment of the SCI Website will ultimately drive an increased number of people to it, which will lead to increased numbers of donations, greater levels of brand awareness, and improved campaigns support.
To be successful, the Senior Project Manager should be open to rolling up their sleeves to really understand the SCI Website and what the key requirements are of the Global Digital Engagement function to redevelop it.
The role of the Senior Project Manager of the SCI Website Redevelopment project will be to initiate and deliver on our priorities for this initiative, to include ensuring we have a clear strategy and plan to reach our defined outcomes whilst also prioritising delivering the required redevelopment in the timeline that has been defined. The Senior Project Manager will be accountable for defining the start-up approach, which will include setting up the governance, ensuring the required team / reference groups are in place, working with a BA to complete the current and future state analysis, leading vendor selection, identifying and proposing mitigations for project risks and issues, define the costs and benefits and coordinate the required governance to move the project through the stage gate process.
The role holder will be responsible for establishing project management practices utilising SCA’s Project Lifecycle, managing relationships with key stakeholders and driving continuous improvements. This role also requires the holder to work closely with the Global Digital Engagement function within SCI.
Prior experience in delivery of global transformation initiatives is therefore essential for candidates applying for this role, in either the INGO sector or the private sector.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential:

An extensive track record of successfully managing large and complex projects, including CMS redevelopment projects, and programmes that include strategy development, design, systems, processes and operating model changes.
Demonstrable experience and in-depth knowledge of content management and e-commerce platforms and standards.
Ability to work in a diverse and international environment.
A proven ability to deliver projects on time / on budget, using project management processes and tools including risk management, benefits management, financial management and quality assurance
A proven ability to apply excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and to work collaboratively to deliver of effective solutions to project related issues. This will include taking on hands on analysis activities to support the wider team as required
Highly developed organisational awareness and ability to understand any sensitivities within a complex multi-stakeholder structure; and think creatively and strategically to overcome obstacles to cooperation and progress
Strong team leadership abilities with the ability to motivate and mobilise individuals outside their reporting line
Excellent communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the organisation
Able to demonstrate instances of initiative that have delivered organisational benefits

Desirable:

Advance experience /knowledge using Drupal technology
Remote working experience

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October 29, 2024
Global Talent Acquisition Business Partner (Maternity Cover) Global Communications Officer Global Digital Trends and Insights Manager

Role Purpose:
The role holder will partner with the business to ensure best practice recruitment and the sourcing and selection of high calibre talent that supports the delivery of our organisational strategy. The Global Talent Acquisition Business Partner will manage both UK and international recruitment campaigns for a variety of business functions, including interim and permanent, and up to mid-senior level; ensuring recruitments highlight alignment to our mission and values, follow Talent Acquisition best practice (policy and process adherence), and our Reward principles.
This role will also support / lead on projects linked to continuous improvement initiatives and the building of tools, templates, trainings etc. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essentials

Significant experience of recruiting across a range of functions at all levels and including interim staff, ideally in an international and complex environment
A demonstrable track record of sourcing, attracting, and recruiting staff across different geographies
A demonstrable ability to add value and influence hiring managers to ensure appropriate JD’s, recruitment strategies, best practice, process and policy adherence
A demonstrable passion and drive to connect with and secure high calibre talent
Proven experience of, and commitment to, ensuring an excellent candidate experience
A flexible and adaptable approach, able to work autonomously in a fast paced environment, and effectively manage a busy workload and conflicting priorities
Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate fluently in English (both verbal and written) and work across cultures respecting diversity and inclusion
Quality focussed, with strong attention to detail
A collaborative and solution orientated approach
Previous experience managing external vendors
A commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of Oracle Recruitment Cloud (ORC) e-recruitment system
Training and capacity building experience
Strong project management skills

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October 29, 2024
Research and Evaluation Specialist Research and Evaluation Officer

Job Description
Save the Children’s growing Research and Evaluation Unit is now seeking applications from Research and Evaluation Specialists (Principal Investigators / Leads)

Work from home with this rare opportunity to conduct research, assessments and evaluations across the globe in the fields of climate & resilience, child poverty, protection, education, health, nutrition and rights! Apply now and be considered for current and future opportunities.

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October 29, 2024
Executive Assistant

Role Purpose:
To develop and provide a proactive and comprehensive administration, information and support service to the Chief People Officer (CPO) and, as needed, other HR Leaders.
The role holder will provide professional and expert administrative support, including complex diary management and the organisation of travel itineraries, and internal and external meeting coordination.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Demonstrable experience in a similar role, preferably within an international environment
Understands the need for confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information and correspondence
Strong skills in Microsoft Office with particular strengths in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Good time management and coordination skills. Ability to plan ahead, devise and manage work plans, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles
Sound judgement and an ability to effectively prioritise and juggle the requirements of multiple stakeholders in a constantly changing environment
Highly developed organisational skills
Maintain a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
Proven ability in adopting a pro-active approach and offering solutions as appropriate
Experience of dealing with diary management and international travel arrangements
Experience of planning and organising meetings, with a strong attention to detail
Strong written and oral communication skills, fluent in English, with an eye for detail
A positive, flexible and collaborative approach; ability to engage with a broad range of people at all levels, across different cultures and to act with confidence, credibility, discretion and diplomacy
Self- motivated with ability to work autonomously.
Ability to work effectively at senior level, gaining trust and confidence with stakeholders
Thorough and trustworthy, takes pride in delivering high quality work and gives a high level of attention to detail
Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

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October 29, 2024
MEAL Assistant Finance and Awards Officer

ROLE PURPOSE:
Under the general guidance and direction of the Research and MEAL Specialist; the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistant will work as part of the county M&E team responsible for program quality assurance, accountability, documentation and learning. S/he will be involved in day to day implementation of the M & E system sub-county level including data collection, colation, entry, analysis and use for decision-making. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage information generated through MEAL activities, such as complaints databases, action tracker.
Organize field visits to monitor program activities / interventions against Quality Benchmarks/Quality Checklists and produce & share reports with program team as well as management team based on quality and accountability findings.
Support program staff to strengthen joint planning and monitoring with stakeholders.
Contribute to the quality of program design – reviewing log-frames, results frameworks, project plan, strategic plans, MEAL Plan etc.
Ensure that the agreed action plans are followed in timely manner by program team and that the feedback loop is closed.
Share all information (monitoring reports, CFM databases, preliminary verification reports, case studies etc.) with the support of Research and MEAL Specialist.
Share MEAL findings & CFM issues in each monthly meeting
Support in roll-out of USAID Nawiri monitoring and evaluation strategy and tools at the Sub County level.
Collect program routine monitoring data and follow-up with the program team on data collection and reporting.
Support roll-out and supervision of data collection through Annual Surveys, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) and Quality Inquiry Surveys.
Timely entry of monitoring data into mobile and computer-based data collection systems and working with MIS officers to resolve data quality issues observed.
Support Monitoring and Evaluation activities to ensure that program-based monitoring activities are being performed according to schedule.
Support in conducting Quarterly data review meetings and Routine Data quality Assurance.
Support and collaborate with the M&E Officer to provide timely reports and data summaries.
Assist to maintaining a clear and transparent filing system at the Sub County level office.
Support the process of testing and adopting relevant technologies for improving the efficiency of the program’s MEL function at the Sub-county level.
Strengthen Sub-County government M&E and Data Use Platforms including Review Meeting, Data Quality Assurance, Mentoring and Supportive Supervision.
Other duties as assigned from time to time by supervisor

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.

Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must hold at least a diploma in Social Sciences, Public Health, Development Studies, or Population Studies, or relevant field (with coursework in M&E, research and evaluation methodologies, statistical analysis or organizational development) or similar field of study. Undergraduate in similar faculty is an added advantage.
At least 1-3 years of program monitoring and evaluation experience ( Entry Level Fresh Graduate)
Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation from UoN, AMREF or KIM will be an added advantage
Proven experience of undertaking evaluations/research with outstanding skills in qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis using relevant software such as STATA or SPSS and ATLAS.ti
Good communication skills in English and Kiswahili. Local language (Turkana or Samburu) preferred

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Minimum of 3 years of experience working in INGO’s and or UN Agencies in developmental or in humanitarian programmes, with 2+ years in field postings, and 2+ years working for an international agency on monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Experience working with USAID funded project and familiarity with USAID/FFP M&E guidance and requirement is an added advantage
Experience of, and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
Demonstrated strong monitoring and evaluation skills, including planning/participating in evaluations
Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
Technical expertise in various data analysis software and proven experience using mobile technology for data collection with experience of electronic data collection using tablets or other devices.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and experience with statistical/graphical software or spatial software.
Proven experience with current technologies, such as web-based data management and analysis tools, digital data collection, mapping, Google applications, data visualization, interactive dashboards, etc
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working in multicultural, multi -location, values driven teams.
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children International’s aims, values and principles.

Desirable

Experience working in arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) settings preferred.
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Experience working with complex/large USAID funded project and familiarity with USAID/FFP M&E guidance and requirement is an added advantage
Experience of managing private and international donor funded projects
Experience of training and capacity building
Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.

Closing: 7 Feb 2023

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October 29, 2024
Sponsorship Communications and Marketing Manager

The primary objective of the Sponsorship Communications and Marketing Manager is to develop a communications and marketing strategy for internal and external audiences that will help ensure a clear understanding of the new Sponsorship model and its importance in delivering on our strategy.
The role will also oversee the production of consistent, audience-friendly messaging and communications materials that reflect the impact that children, communities and staff experience with Sponsorship in the 21 countries where the program is implemented.
Success will be a regular stream of communication from those who participate in our programs, and clear communications materials to facilitate staff and Members in promoting, growing and evolving our Sponsorship programs.
In order to be successful you will bring/have:
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Passion and experience in international development work
Fundraising / Marketing copywriter with strong English skills
Knowledge of mass audiences, medium/high value donors and corporates
Understanding of programming and ability to translate complex programmatic information into external / donor facing language
Research skills to search, identify and interrogate existing information to improve for future use.
Ability to brief and manage a freelance graphic designer to create infographics and designed templates and documents / reports
Ability to liaise with external translators to manage the translation of all documents into key global languages.
Ability to brief and manage a freelance web page designer to create home for sponsorship on external site
Demonstrated ability to cultivate, build, influence and maintain strong working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives including programmatic, policy and advocacy technical experts that may have low capacity in business and finance acumen.
Track record of storytelling, visualization & prototyping of ideas successfully & efficiently
High level of fluency in English, both verbal and written.
Proven ability to build strong collaborative networks and influence, externally and internally
Strong remote-working abilities with global teams based in different time zones.

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October 29, 2024
PMO Analyst

Role Purpose:
The PMO Analyst is a key member of the Portfolio Management Office team. This team is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for portfolio management within the organisation, across 60 Country and Regional offices and 29 Member organisations.
The PMO Analyst will be the PMO business partner for a sub-set of the projects within the Transformation Portfolio and is responsible for:

Driving development and adoption of good practice
Coaching Project Managers and Project Leads in the application Transformation Delivery Lifecycle and PMO controls to their projects, including stage gate preparation
Oversight of projects’ delivery status, risks and issues and plans, ensuring effective management of interdependencies, and escalation and intervention to senior leadership as required.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Knowledge of project, programme, and portfolio management practices, standards, and methodologies.
Significant prior experience in a PMO role, ideally in a programme or portfolio management office.
Experience in the use of project and portfolio management tools such as Project Online.
Experience of supporting tools and good practice adoption.
A proactive and solutions-orientated approach; excellent problem solving skills, and the ability to identify and implement solutions.
Able to build strong relationships within the organisation and influence others.
Flexible and pragmatic attitude to work, happy to support others to achieve team goals.
Ability to work at pace while maintaining high quality standards.
Excellent communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English.
Confident user of standard Microsoft applications, including MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
A commitment to Save the Children values.

Desirable:

INGO experience.
A second language. Preferably French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.

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October 29, 2024
Regional Humanitarian Policy Advocacy Manager Humanitarian WASH Advisor

As a key and senior role in the Advocacy, Campaign, Communications and Media as well as Humanitarian Team, the regional Humanitarian Advocacy and Policy Manager role is responsible for leading on humanitarian, advocacy and policy work, as well as for developing and producing key trends and situation analysis’ products, reports and updates, aimed at enabling and supporting our overall humanitarian advocacy and the Humanitarian programming and emergency response delivery across the ESA region.
The role holder will collaborate effectively with support and program functions in ensuring that up-to-date information is communicated, shared and used at all segments of the humanitarian programming cycle in the region and work closely with the regional Humanitarian Info Comms Manager. S/he is responsible for monitoring key trends and context analyses as well as transforming large sets of data and information so that they can be coherently summarized written pieces, dashboards, and other various forms of visualization that will feed better-informed response strategies and programming with key advocacy outcomes. In addition, the role will support response-related special projects, which include media visits, report publications, milestone celebrations, partner liaisons and representation, as needed.
The post-holder will work as part of the ACCM team in the regional office, where and when needed will be seconded to and/or will work closely with the Emergency Response team(s) in any Country Office to produce high-quality analyses, advocacy and policy products, summaries, reports, dashboards, and other related materials. The post holder will also lead on managing inputs and outputs for the humanitarian information and communication manager and media managers both at the regional and country office levels as appropriate.
The role holder will keep up to date with developments on humanitarian issues in the region and beyond and the sector, conduct policy analysis, develop recommendations and articulate Save the Children’s positions. S/he will identify key issues, policy trends, report on key developments and analyse ramifications of policy changes to scope priorities for our advocacy work and develop advocacy strategies and actions.
This role requires significant knowledge of disaster risk management issues and experience working in advocacy and policy positions dealing with complex humanitarian and/or emergency settings, knowledge of the key donors for emergency responses, and the key international standards.
In order to be successful, you will bring/have:
QUALIFICATIONS

Degree required in a relevant subject; Masters or equivalent is desirable.
At least eight years’ post-qualification experience within, but not exhaustive to communications, media, advocacy, policy, information management, qualitative data analysis and report synthesis, humanitarian and development sectors in governmental or non-governmental institutions.
At least five years’ first-hand experience working on humanitarian responses, either at the global, institutional, donor or recipient country level is highly desirable.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Experience in explaining complex data findings simply and accessibly to diverse audiences, including through intelligent use of graphics and visualisations.
First-rate written skills evidenced in published work, with the ability to present complex issues concisely and clearly to a wide audience.
Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of different audiences including donors, journalists and the ‘general public’.
Proven training skills, with ability to build data analysis capacity of technical specialists and policy generalists alike. Experience of delivering training, presentations and other capacity building activities to varied audiences, ideally within a country programme.
Experience of leading communication activities (including information management) in a challenging environment.
Familiarity with humanitarian issues, systems and actors, understanding of a range of crisis, risk and vulnerability indexes and indicators.
Experience of using the various international humanitarian financing data sources particularly OECD, UN OCHA FTS and World Bank, and/or experience of working with geo-coded data is highly desirable.
Excellent understanding of SC/SCA Member communication and information needs across fundraising, media and campaigning activities.

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October 29, 2024
Global Director of Programme Funding & Institutional Partnership

The Global Director of Programme Funding and Institutional Partnerships provides the strategic leadership and direction to a core, globally-disbursed team at Save the Children International (SCI), which is working across the Save the Children Association (SCA) to optimise and align the movement’s global-to-country programme funding portfolio and to drive improvements to our institutional fundraising practices and partnerships in order to help deliver our global breakthroughs.
The role holder also leads on the team’s extensive collaboration across multiple functions in SCI centre, regional and country teams, as well as with key stakeholders in SCA member organisations to ensure appropriate senior-level engagement and support for all SCA/SCI programme funding initiatives. This includes working in close partnership with key member Global Program Directors (GPDs), with all member Global Institutional Partnerships leads (GIPG), as well as with a newly established network of Regional Resource Mobilisation Directors/leads (RRM) based in SCI’s 5x Regional Offices (ROs).
Additionally, this role informs, shapes and connects key strategic initiatives in pursuit of Save the Children Global Strategy and represents institutional programme funding perspective into such initiatives. The post holder is an active member of the Senior Management Teams of both the Resource Mobilisation, Communication & Engagement (RMCE), and International Programme (IP) Departments, is part of the broader SCI/SCA Extended Senior Leadership Team, and is an active participant representing global institutional funding interests in the SCA Funding Taskforce, into multiple Governance and Management Groups (MRGs), while also providing specific updates to the SCI/SCA CEO and the global board(s) as needed.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Significant experience of leading an equivalent strategic programme and/or institutional resource mobilisation function in a major international organisation
Extensive experience of influencing and delivering results cross-organisationally within a large, complex global organisation and ability to manage the tension between global strategic decisions and the operational reality at country and regional level
Substantial institutional fundraising and/or award management experience, including working within a complex matrixed organisation (including the Save the Children movement).
Demonstrable subject matter expertise across relevant international development issues, combined with significant experience in developing / managing strategic partnerships with the key institutional donor organisations relevant to SCA
Exceptional leadership behaviours, including external orientation, situational agility and partner focus, with strong negotiation and influencing skills in relation to multiple stakeholder contexts and matrices
Exceptional team & interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively and with impact
Experience of leading and managing people, including providing guidance and oversight and empowering team members to deliver
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, including defining a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in
Attention to detail and the ability to follow tasks and ideas through to completion
A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs
Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

Desirable

Experience of working in / across other areas of SC’s operations and / or functions
Experience of being involved in the implementation of a new / changed business processes and ways of working or transformation processes.
Multilingual proficiency relevant to SCAs operations (eg French, Spanish, Arabic, other)

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October 29, 2024