Openings at Save the Children

Role Purpose:

Who we are: Save the Children is the world’s first, and largest, independent child rights organisation. Our founder, Eglantyne Jebb, wrote the first draft for the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1923, and we’ve worked to uphold it ever since. Generations later, her pioneering work is being influenced by children themselves. Today, we are still going strong, working in over 100 countries worldwide to build a world where every child can grow up healthy, educated and safe, and look forward to a future full of promise.

Our ambition for 2030 is to create a world in which all children:

• Survive: No child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday
• Learn: All children learn from a quality basic education
• Are Protected: Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

In recent last years, challenges to children’s rights have intensified. We are experiencing the worst child rights crisis in a century. A global hunger crisis, an increasing number of conflicts, and the effects of climate change are undermining the rights of children and pushing more children and family into poverty. In this context, our ability to deliver impact at scale is as important as ever.

Save the Children operates in multi-year strategy cycles, and has developed an ambitious strategy for 2022-24, focused on transforming and amplifying impact for and with children. The global strategy connects Save the Children’s 2030 ambition with medium term organisational priorities focused on impact for children. Achieving our strategy requires making choices, staying focused, and ensuring strong collaboration across the whole of Save the Children Association.

The Strategy Portfolio Manager is responsible for using rigorous program management methodology to help drive progress across all our strategic initiatives. This will involve taking a lead on managing interdependencies, actively engaging individual projects to understand priorities and progress, and stepping in to address issues as needed which could involve hands on interventions and support.

This role, as part of the central Strategy, Planning and Performance team, is integral to leading and supporting the organisation in delivering on our ambitious strategy at a critical point in time for children. The role should bring in learning and innovation from across the sector as well as the private sector, to enhance the way Save the Children drives its own strategy.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

• Experience establishing and deploying structured project and program methodology, e.g. as a strategy consultant or working with in-house program management office
• Responsibility for managing a complex portfolio of transformation initiatives or at a minimum experience of leading a complex transformation initiative as a Project Lead or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience working with complex stakeholders across different levels of the organisation
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with high levels of change and quick turnaround times, whilst delivering to the highest standards
• Ability to resolve complex project issues, with a balance of pragmatism and rigour
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable:

• Coaching skills to help build the capabilities of others in the area of project and change management
• Prior experience in challenging geographies that include less developed areas in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
• Extensive Save the Children experience in a similar role
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
• Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic)

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Role Purpose:

The Sustainability Manager supports the implementation of SCI’s Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change policy working with the different functions to ensure key elements of the policy are embedded in Save the Children’s Quality Framework. Save the Children recognizes that its activities have an impact on the environment and wants to minimize that risk by ensuring that all countries improve their environmental performance by minimising the negative environmental impact of our programmes, operations and supply chains and contributing positively to environmental sustainability and climate change action. The role will foster strong internal and external relationships to drive this agenda and will lead on behavioural change initiatives related to sustainability.

The Sustainability Manager will be a member of the Climate Crisis Task Force. The Task Force coordinates, facilitates and supports Save the Children’s climate change work in programs, advocacy, operations and fundraising.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Significant experience in carbon accounting and sustainability including a sound understanding of technical matters relating to environmental management and the public sector and of the opportunities for improvements
• Experience with ISO 14001 Environmental Management standard desirable but not required
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills, including the ability to both lead and be a member of a team, and of delivering significant results.
• Proven technical knowledge on sustainability
• Excellent writing, communications, facilitation, capacity building and networking skills in English. Knowledge in Spanish, French or Arabic is an asset.
• Strong ability to mobilize, build partnerships, solve problems, guide and motivate people toward the achievement of agreed goals.
• Experience in policy, advocacy and/or fundraising is desirable.

Personal specifications required

• Commitment to child rights and to the aims and objectives of Save the Children.
• A full appreciation of the value of co-operation, and team-work.
• Personal maturity and social competence and diplomatic skills.
• Ability to prioritize especially when working under pressure.
• Trustworthy and transparent in all aspects of the role.
• Self-motivated and able to work with high degree of autonomy
• Significant experience of delivering child protection programmes in developing countries and/or in humanitarian contexts
• Demonstrable experience in policy development, ensuring engagement and buy-in, particularly in relation to child protection system strengthening
• Ability to support high level policy and management committees
• Proven leadership skills in a large, international, networked organisation
• Able to think creatively and strategically, to overcome obstacles to cooperation and progress
• Experience of building personal networks at senior levels, resulting in improved engagement
• Proven experience in conducting or overseeing research (preferably both qualitative and quantitative)
• Previous experience of overseeing the capacity development of a large organisation or group of staff. This may be through direct HR responsibility of through holding a senior management role
• High degree of business and people acumen, and the ability to demonstrate presence and credibility across the organisation
• Willingness and ability to travel overseas for up to 25%
• Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

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Role Purpose:

Save the Children has agreed an ambitious new strategy for 2022-24, which requires us to work in some of the world’s toughest and most complex operating environments. Ethical conduct is a cornerstone of what we do. We are committed to promoting ethics and integrity not only in our fight against fraud, bribery and corruption, but across all of our work – with each other and with the communities and children we serve.

We are looking for our next Global Director - Integrity, Ethics and Counter Fraud. The role holder will be an experienced strategic and operational leader who will help build a strong workplace culture around ethical conduct, in addition to building and executing a strong prevention and response strategy to fraud, bribery and corruption. In addition to leading the organisation’s work on Ethics and Integrity, this role will ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Global Counter Fraud team to support the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Trustees, and Save the Children Member organisations in discharging their responsibilities to communities, donors, and regulators.

A key part of the organisation’s ‘second line’ (of defence) and reporting to the Chief Risk Officer (CRO), the role holder will lead a global team of c.10 Counter-Fraud Specialists (one Head of Counter-Fraud, Five Regional Counter-Fraud Leads and roving analysts/officers). In addition, they will provide technical and pastoral support to a wide network of in-country counter-fraud focal points. The role holder will also work closely cross-functionally to ensure the continual development and embedding of a strong culture of ethics and integrity across the organisation, including:

• Setting, obtaining buy-in, and executing a vision for ethics and countering fraud across SCI - building on the progress made to date;
• Develop a Code of Ethics and related training package for the organisation
• Develop and execute ‘Ethics in Action’ sessions and ‘town hall meetings’ – focusing on difficult ethical issues and trade-offs
• Driving a modern, data-driven and technology-enabled strategy for the organisation’s counter-fraud effort – delivering meaningful insight and action;
• Ensuring that necessary counter fraud measures are identified and embedded within the internal control structures and systems;
• Driving a consistent and risk-based ’triage’ approach for all suspected fraud incidents and to manage the teams’ completion of fraud investigations including accurate and timely reporting as well as root-cause analyses and lessons learned;
• Leading by example by being actively involved in undertaking the most sensitive, critical fraud, bribery & corruption and conflict of interest investigations where discretion; objectivity and a keen sense of impartiality and personal integrity is of utmost importance
• Supporting in the development of fit for purpose fraud awareness training programmes, including new starter induction, third-party awareness and on-going refresher training;
• Supporting the CRO in communicating effectively across the organisation on matters of ethical conduct, corruption, and fraud;
• Provide regular communications to the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board, SLT, Regional and Country leadership on counter fraud work; themes; as well as on the performance of the Global Counter Fraud team;
• Working with other ‘incident reporting business units’ to help build a unified approach to high risk / high profile multifaceted investigations that may contain elements of fraud, child safeguarding, adult safeguarding, and/or safety & security; and
• Deputise for the CRO as needed.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Significant hands-on experience in counter-fraud or a closely related field, demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of fraud prevention, detection, and response.
• A deep understanding fraud in international development and humanitarian settings
• Sound Familiarity with international anti-fraud standards and regulations, including regulations like the Fraud Act, UK Bribery Act, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), among others.
• Ability to operate at a senior executive level and transition seamlessly between strategic fraud risk management and day-to-day operational fraud response management
• Proven track record of working in a matrix management environment, being able to deliver on objectives across a complex landscape
• Excellent communicator, negotiator, facilitator and leader, able to clearly and confidently articulate and communicate on and deliver the organisation’s counter-fraud strategy
• Strong analytical skills to aid foresight, insight, and action on emerging trends
• Demonstrable ability to take a pragmatic approach to counter fraud management in operating environments with low skills capacity, high insecurity, limitations to funding and limited technology, and political instability
• Requirement to undertake overseas travel, to attend management meetings as needed or visit regional or country offices.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable

• Ability to communicate in another Save the Children’s official language (English, French, Spanish, and Arabic)

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Role Purpose:

Save the Children has agreed an ambitious new strategy for 2022-24, which requires us to work in some of the world’s toughest and most complex operating environments. Safeguarding is a cornerstone of our work, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that we do no harm to the marginalized children and communities that we serve. This responsibility lies with all of SCI’s 17,000 employees, our volunteers, and our 1000+ partnership organisations.

We are looking for our next Global Safeguarding Director - a strategic and operational leader specializing in safeguarding awareness, prevention, reporting and response. The ideal candidate will be accountable for implementing the 2022-24 Safeguarding Strategy and formulating a robust onward strategy to prevent and mitigate safeguarding risk within SCI and its programmes (direct and indirect implementation).

The Global Safeguarding Director will be responsible for cultivating a robust safeguarding culture and establishing effective prevention and response protocols to address safeguarding across SCI, and indirectly across the Save the Children movement. The role holder will provide vital support to Save the Children International's Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Trustees, and Member organizations.

The role will ensure high quality delivery and efficient operation of the Global Safeguarding team, through strong leadership and management of nine staff (five Regional Safeguarding Directors plus four technical experts in HQ Safeguarding roles); in addition to providing strategic, technical, and pastoral support to a wider network of Regional Safeguarding Specialists and in-country safeguarding staff.

The role holder will also work closely cross-functionally to activate and embed safeguarding across the whole organisation and align and collaborate across incident reporting functions including counter-fraud and safety and security.

The role holder will require expert stakeholder engagement skills, including elements of high-level advocacy and influencing. The position will also require agile and inspirational leadership, especially amidst complexity and crisis, in order to manage day to day safeguarding risk, maintain compliance and accountability to communities and key stakeholders, and continue to grow the safeguarding capacity within SCI and its partners.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Significant experience in safeguarding or related field, demonstrating comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding prevention, awareness, reporting, response
• Proven track record of implementing safeguarding measures, techniques and strategies
• Deep understanding of safeguarding in international development and humanitarian response, particularly in the countries and regions where SCI works
• Familiarity with international safeguarding standards, and legal and regulatory obligations applicable to charities registered in the UK
• Ability to operate at a senior executive level and transition seamlessly between strategic safeguarding risk management and day-to-day operational safeguarding response.
• Proven track record of working in a matrix management environment, delivering objectives in a complex landscape, with a demanding timetable and competing demands
• Excellent communicator, facilitator and leader, able to clearly and confidently articulate and communicate on and deliver the organisation’s safeguarding strategy
• Strong negotiating skills to engage and influence all levels of staff
• Strong analytical skills to assess and act on trends
• Demonstrable ability to take a pragmatic approach to safeguarding in operating environments with low skills capacity, high insecurity, limitations to funding and limited technology, and political instability
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Demonstrable commitment to Human Rights and Save the Children’s values
• Self-sufficient, proactive self-motivating work style
• Ability to provide long distance support and establish supportive relationships/networks
• Awareness of own strengths and weaknesses and evidence of commitment to self-managed personal development

Desirable

• French, Arabic or Spanish speaking skills
• Substantial experience of successfully leading global initiatives on Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Child Safeguarding, PSEA, Human Rights or similar at a senior level
• Significant experience of complex case management
• Significant experience of delivering safeguarding or protection programming in development or humanitarian context
• Experience of safeguarding at-risk adults (e.g. people with disabilities)
• Extensive experience of planning and undertaking training programmes/workshops in child protection/safeguarding at a range of levels (e.g. field workers, mangers, senior managers and decision makers)

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Role Purpose:

The Data Protection Analyst will support the Information Assurance team in providing services to a wide range of stakeholders and help deliver a single, end-to-end view of all business processes, including the interactions with teams, systems and third parties. The role will is instrumental in driving a strong Data Protection culture throughout the organisation and the role will be responsible for providing data protection advice and guidance across the organisation and coordinating activities concerning privacy matters.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency or data protection incident, 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:

• Sound knowledge of EU and UK Data Protection Legislation
• At least two years of experience working with process analysis and documentation in a privacy programme or project environment
• Capability to convey data protection related information effectively to non-privacy stakeholders in a clear and comprehensive manner.
• Understanding of information technologies and data security
• Demonstrable experience of investigating data breaches and advising the business in relation to data protection requirements.
• Ability to work with a range of business stakeholders to understand and articulate their activities in line with defined standards
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated, with a proactive and collaborative approach, and a strong results orientation
• A commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children

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Role Purpose:

The Global Integrated Planning and Strategy Lead will play a central role in developing and driving our global Brand, Marketing and Communications Framework and integrated marketing strategies, as well as planning priority global moments across Save the Children to support our organisational strategy; helping to accelerate growth, strengthen our brand and increase audience engagement.

Working closely with the Global Engagement Director and the Global Communications Director, as well as the Heads of Units within the department, this role will help lead the strategy, planning and integration of marketing communications for the organization, ensuring this is supported by a workplan with clear objectives, audience hierarchy and associated business metrics.

This includes leading on the strategic planning of our global annual narrative helping to ensure we deliver inspiring, audience-centred activations for themes, campaigns and key moments where the global federation can unite to create more impact; accelerating both our financial and non-financial support. 

This role will also ensure that change initiatives and critical projects are set up and delivered, bringing in particular strong communication, analytical skills, coordination and performance monitoring.
The post holder will drive effective business partnering with key stakeholder groups such as communications, media, fundraising, advocacy and programme colleagues in Save the Children member and country offices.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Exceptional planning and organisational skills, with an ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple demands and competing priorities, while maintaining high quality standards.
• Exceptional project and change management skills and experience related to multi-stakeholder projects for complex, international organisations and involving cross-functional teams.
• Excellent knowledge or experience of integrated marketing, strategic communications, planning theory and best practice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate both internally and externally.
• Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiation.
• Great ability to work as part of a team within a networked structure, and to maintain good working relationships with colleagues across functional and geographical boundaries.
• Experience of working in an international or large organisation, working with different levels of seniority.
• Strong experience of utilising brand, audience insight and the engagement funnel for integrated marketing communications activations.
• Creative communications experience with a good knowledge of latest trends.
• Strong analytics skills, in distilling large amount of information into useable outputs.
• Significant ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt work plans flexibly depending on external opportunities.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s values and ways of working.