Professional Practice Manager at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

Global Assurance (GA) supports the Boards of various Save the Children entities [including, but not limited to, Save the Children International (SCI), Save the Children Fund (SCUK) and Save the Children Federation Inc (SCUS)] and other SC entities the management of these organisations by evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the governance, risk management, control and oversight systems in place.

The role holder will support the pursuit of GA’s broader strategic aims and will primarily be focused on the development and maintenance of GA’s professional practices, including its quality assurance and improvement program, methodology, and learning and development activities. They will be expected to work closely with the Global Assurance Management Team (GAMT) to ensure a quality, professional internal audit service.

Reporting to the Chief Assurance Officer, the Professional Practices Assistant Manager is responsible for: (i) managing GA’s professional practices and quality assurance improvement programme; (ii) operational planning and performance monitoring; and (iii) coordinating GA’s learning and professional development activities.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Internal audit experience with an understanding of the strategic and operational risks faced by large and complex organizations.
• Experience leading and conducting risk-based audits and reviews of systems and processes (with a good understanding of the three lines model), identifying weaknesses and areas of improvements with minimum supervision and support.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and/or contributing to improvements in internal audit methodology and other professional practices, such as quality assurance activities, performance monitoring, etc.
• Experience developing and delivering training that supports the delivery of assurance and advisory work, and to build and maintain professional and business acumen.
• Experience using audit management software to support the delivery of internal audits. 
• Highly accurate, detail-orientated, and able to plan and complete multiple projects with conflicting priorities on time and within budget.
• Strong interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation, coaching and relationship building in a wide range of cultural environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with an ability to tactfully and confidently deliver challenging messages, coupled with an equal proficiency in actively listening and incorporating suggestions for improvement.
• Have a strong cultural awareness and be able to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, able to demonstrate standards of ethics and integrity and committed to Save the Children values.