Global Funding Framework Project Manager at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

As part of the development of Save the Children’s 2022-24 Global Strategy, RMCE has delivered an ambitious project (the Global Funding Framework) to identify how we can resource our strategy. 2024 is a critical year that marks the close of this first iteration of the Global Funding Framework as well as a foundational year to prepare for the next iteration in 2025-2027. In 2024 RMCE will bring the organisation together to outline where we need to shift, focus and align together to resource our Global Strategy and drive the greatest possible impact for children. The Global Funding Framework in 2025-2027 aims to build and embed a sense of collective accountability and action towards shared goals, levers of change, and measures of success: a ‘whole movement effort’ leveraging our areas of strengths, value add and expertise.

The role holder is responsible for the project management of the 2025 Global Funding Framework development. This includes:

• Setting up and coordinating multiple work streams of activity to ensure Save the Children is able to clearly articulate our global funding and fundraising needs, drivers, goals, and multi-year priorities and strategic investments required
• Developing processes, products and tools to help ensure wider organisational commitment and buy-in to these agendas, facilitating integration where possible with multi-year planning pieces of work including the Global Strategy work, the Communications & Engagement work, and across fundraising and programme funding providing clarity regarding individual functions and teams responsibilities
• Working closely with the Head of Strategy and Business planning, team leads, and business stakeholders to lead the development of change and deployment deliverables for key SCA business stakeholders such as stakeholder analysis and key communication materials.

The role holder will also play a valuable role in enabling continuous planning and prioritization throughout the year while helping with regular and effective tracking and articulating/visualizing of progress achieved against the Global Funding Framework for key senior internal audiences. This will include helping standardize processes and communication tools and identify and leverage best practice, providing continuous improvement and learning opportunities for the wider department in close collaboration with the Head of Strategy and Business Planning and team leads.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Experience of successfully managing projects and following through to ensure progress within agreed timeline, preferably in an international NGO environment
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of programme and project practices and standards including standardised Project Management Methodologies (if possible, experience using Agile)
• Strong analytical skills, including a proven ability to analyse marketing and financial data and produce effective management information
• Strong ability to work with multiple stakeholders, including senior level executives
• Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving offering solutions as appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to mobilise and influence others
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organisation
• Ability to manage, to adapt, and to prioritize the workload across a number of different workstreams/ projects in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to liaise and communicate effectively with a broad range of people at all levels, across different cultures and to act with credibility, discretion, tact and diplomacy
• An understanding of the Save the Children set up, governance, and strategy and knowledge of the sector wide environment/context (non essential)
• Experience in identifying and leveraging opportunities for alignment and integration working at both the strategic and operational level
• Ability and passion to work in a culturally diverse setting
• Self- motivated and ability to work autonomously
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children