Jobs at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

The role of the Global Digital and Multimedia Content Manager is to obtain digital and broadcast media coverage for Save the Children across the world to ensure visibility of issues affecting children as well as Save the Children's work. The role will act as producer for content (film and photography), develop and lead across digital production for the Global Media Unit, working in a high-paced news environment to produce world-class content for international media, members, and social media channels across the organisation. You will also find new ways to improve media engagement with Save the Children’s digital platforms.

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

• Proven initiative to generate ideas, spot strong news lines, and strengthen the collection and dissemination of content.
• Excellent relationship building skills in order to build and maintain a strong network of contacts with international journalists as well as identify and build key international partnerships
• Strong knowledge and strategic use of social media
• An initiative-taking, proactive, inspiring attitude with the ability to prioritise an unpredictable workload and solve problems quickly with limited support
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, values and approach and commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with our Child Safeguarding Policy

Closing: 26 August 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE: 

To manage, broaden, and advocate for the development of evidence based IYCF-E programming and capacity in the Save the Children Movement, in order to ensure the delivery of high quality, timely, accountable and appropriate IYCF-E responses globally. The post holder will support the Save the Children Humanitarian Nutrition team across Save the Children members in collaboration with the Emergency Nutrition Working Group, and work with active global stakeholders such as UN agencies, the Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC), Emergency Nutrition Network/Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group to lead on the technical direction of IYCF-E response standards, protocols, and strategies, while representing Save the Children at a global level. The role will include high quality nutrition Technical Assistance (TA) directly to countries that are implementing IYCF-E programmes.

Save the Children’s capacity, ability and willingness to undertake quality programming in IYCF-E is outlined in Ambition 2030, to ensure sustained access to life-saving maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition services, as well as the Global Priorities of 2022-2024 to improve the quality of programmes and humanitarian responses in the 120 countries in which Save the Children work. In order for IYCF-E to become a standard, high quality, critical intervention in emergencies, Save the Children acknowledges that major advocacy and capacity strengthening needs to be conducted and is therefore committed to undertaking further research, rolling out IYCF in all contexts, expanding a common approach, and an IYCF-E strategy. In addition, Save the Children is creating and testing best IYCF-E practice programme policy and tools (both independently and in collaboration with other agencies in the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group and the Global Nutrition Cluster), as well as significantly strengthening its internal technical and operational response capacity.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations for up to 30% of work time.
• Significant experience of organisational level thought leadership in a technical sector.
• Experience of capacity building and mentoring.
• Experience of working within resource and budget constraints.
• Highly developed writing skills (e.g. at level for producing an assessment report or proposal during a short time period)
• Strong communications skills (both written and verbal) at a level appropriate for high level external representation (lobbying, presentations) and ability to tailor communications to different audiences
• Understanding and practical experience of the cluster approach at country and global level.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and departments in person and remotely based
• Ability to analyse diverse information and develop recommendations for an appropriate response
• Significant experience and a track record of success in delivering high quality emergency response programmes in nutrition.

Desirable

• An academic/professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent in nutrition, development or a related subject.
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
• Certification as a Breastfeeding / lactation counsellor.
• Broad understanding of rights and development issues, international relations and the international humanitarian systems.
• Understanding and practical experience of the cluster approach at country and global level
• Existing networks of contacts in nutrition

Closing: 8 September 2022

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The purpose of this role is to drive forward the localisation capacity strengthening agenda both across the movement and as a critical stakeholder in the wider ecosystem in the respective region. This role will work with the Head of Regions in the development of the ESA regional capacity strengthening model ensuring that it encapsulates the current capacity and partnerships in place and will increase the profile and identify opportunities both across the movement and the wider sector in the accessibility and uptake of learning solutions at a national and local level. 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.

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

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in a relevant subject and / or demonstratable professional experience.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Strategic mind-set and approach with experience at working at senior levels within an organisation
• Strong partnership working and influencing skills, including experience of developing partnerships with Universities, external organisations and leading strategic workstreams
• Excellent programme management and organisational skills gained through managing complex cross-organisational projects
• A strong understanding of adult learning and work-place learning methodology
• Experience in developing new capacity building programmes, including overseeing writing of content
• A good understanding of monitoring and evaluating approaches and methodologies
• Experience of people development approaches and excellent facilitation and training skills
• Experience of managing teams and individuals, including recruitment and selection processes
• Budgeting, financial management skills gained through budget-holding responsibilities
• Experience in a humanitarian programme and broad understanding of humanitarian issues, international relations and the international humanitarian system
• Problem solving, negotiation and contracting skills
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and influence at a senior level
• Coaching/mentoring skills
• Opportunistic – able to spot the potential to build capacity in an emergency context
• Advocacy and networking skills
• Ability to travel internationally, occasionally at short notice and to remote and insecure locations

Closing: 26 August 2022

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The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Global A&C Capacity and Operations Director at any existing Save the Children International office location.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The holder of this role is capacity strengthening, institutional strategic planning, capacity and resource tracking, operational platform support including in staffing, resourcing and award coordination, knowledge management and technical expertise. The post holder will play a leadership role in helping to realise Save the Children’s ambition to become a global campaigning force with and for children. The Director will focus on building a platform for effective influencing across the global movement including country, regions, advocacy and member offices. This includes overseeing the quality framework, KPIs, policies and procedures to support risk and compliance requirements. The Director will have three main areas of focus – promoting high quality advocacy and campaigns within program development and implementation; increased institutional support for advocacy and campaigns both in terms of resourcing and leadership and supporting the resourcing and strategic planning of campaigning efforts at country and member levels.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proven advocacy and campaign leadership at a senior level, preferably in a global context, and ability to lead in a complex networked organisation.
• Proven leadership in driving cross functional efforts to support advocacy and campaigning within a networked/federated context.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills in English, with the presence and integrity to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to think and work strategically across a range of teams, functions, organisations and national boundaries, ideally within a networked/federated context
• A proven ability to take initiative, effectively prioritise a large and complex workload and manage varied expectations as well as working at times to a short deadlines.
• Experience of leading high-performing teams in strategy development and delivery – including setting clear direction.
• Excellent leadership skills, with a track record of taking large scale projects from concept stage to execution, and building collaboration across functional and geographical boundaries.
• Commitment to Save the Children vision, mission, values and approach, including child safeguarding

Closing: 5 September 2022

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ROLE PURPOSE: 

This role will be part of the Global Fundraising and Marketing Hub and is responsible for developing the global products and audience portfolio for fundraising, with the aim of delivering on our global fundraising priorities agreed with and through the Fundraising and Marketing Directors.

This role will work in partnership with Heads of Individual giving and International specialists to focus on building and supporting a global portfolio of products and propositions for Regular and Single Gift giving (including Child sponsorship, Mid-value product and Emergency / Humanitarian) and driving fundraising excellence by supporting markets and Members with strategic advice in order to optimise their offers to key donor audiences. 

The International Fundraising Product Portfolio Manager is also responsible for supporting and promoting best practice and innovation across the portfolio of existing products and will also have the opportunity to lead or support our global new product development work with and through Members.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• A strategic thinker with strong tactical skills and experience
• Significant marketing / fundraising experience with a proven track record of delivering high-income growth in at least two markets, and ideally understands how products work to attract support or extensive knowledge in working with in donor development. 
• Proven expertise and up-to-date knowledge of global fundraising techniques, channels and products, specifically in Individual Giving (regular and single)
• Experience of a market start-up / fast growth phase for a fundraising or marketing operation.
• A strong understanding of the business infrastructure and leadership requirements of expanding organizations.
• A strong understanding of business and financial planning, budgeting and budget management.
• Good project management skills, and proven ability to devise and operate to contingency plans where necessary.
• Good analytical skills and the ability to analyse marketing and financial data and produce effective management information.
• Experience of managing cross functional project teams, consultants and agencies.
• Experience of managing and working in cross-organisational working groups with strong co-ordination skills.
• Excellent communication skills with an open-minded attitude.
• The ability to influence and motivate others and to foster collaboration; to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures, and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy. 
• Verbal and written fluency in English.
• The ability to travel. International travel will be required to carry out this role when virtual working and remote management is not optimal.

Desirable

• Experience of living and working for extended periods in countries with different cultures 
• The ability to work in a second language. Ideally, this would be a language from one of our Members
• Understand and experience of working with Child Sponsorship

Closing: 29 August 2022