Head of Innovation for Strategy Goals at Save the Children

The role holder will be required to oversee the identification and development of innovative approaches across the 4 Strategic Goals and manage the piloting and scaling of approaches as they pass the relevant stage gates. The role holder will be responsible for master budgeting, on-boarding of new countries, creation of communities of practice, and monitoring of spending and results. With solid operational experience at country level, s/he will need to be flexible, creative and able to troubleshoot challenges promptly and effectively. They will need to be organised, entrepreneurial and passionate about working with countries and global teams to develop, test and scale new types of programming.

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

Essential

•  8+ years of experience working in operational roles at country office level.
• Entrepreneurial attitude with an ability to turn abstract ideas into tangible projects.
• Confidence in convening a wide range of stakeholders from across the movement.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, steering and coaching.
• High levels of organisation; an ability to juggle different priorities.
• Solid experience in management of finance and budget monitoring and risk management.
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in.
• Experience in fundraising, including pitching, proposal development and donor scoping.
• Experience working on innovative programming in development and humanitarian contexts
• Positive “can do” attitude!
• Commitment to Save the Children values.

DESIRED

• Experience delivering multi-office initiatives.
• Previous experience with similar focus on innovation.