The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Transformation Development & Interventions Manager in Centre –London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is a global organisation with ambitious goals in a constantly changing environment. We need to continuously improve and innovate to achieve our strategic goals and deliver high impact for and with children.

Interventions – Given the size and complexity of the transformation portfolio at Save the Children, we often identify dependencies that need to be addressed through the creation of sub-projects or come across roadblocks that ultimately could impact the successful delivery of our projects. These if not dealt with result in costly delays and the capacity within the existing management structure is not sufficient to cope with this demand. Adding to this we have no transformation resource bench and often the solution to avoid delays is either adding additional burden to resources already at capacity or bringing in external consultants to plug the gap which are costly and require significant onboarding time before they are fully effective. The central Transformation Development team lead interventions to remove these roadblocks and support these dependencies to ensure our portfolio continues to move forward at pace and achieve its objectives.

Development – Despite our wide-ranging transformation portfolio, there are always more opportunities for improvement across our organisation. One of the priorities of the transformation development team is to select new opportunities that will have the largest impact for our movement. In order to achieve this, we first need to understand the pipeline of opportunities available and conduct feasibilities that enables us to make good strategic choices on which projects to take forward. These feasibilities consider the benefits case as well as the cost and wider organisational implications for potential projects.

The Transformation Development & Interventions Manager sits within the Transformation Delivery department and is responsible for addressing business critical risks and issues across the portfolio. This could be supporting the team to avoid issues becoming significant through targeted interventions relating to design, development or implementation of projects or directly intervening where a critical issue is already impact project delivery. In addition, this role will work in partnership with our PMO team and Transformation Leaders to develop proposals and feasibilities for potential new projects to ensure they are effectively scoped, sized and reviewed prior to being progressed to the required governance bodies. Following feasibility, this role will also support effective set up of agreed new projects and act as a key SME supporting wider teams/ functions across Save the Children in setting up and scoping new initiatives. They will also provide hands on guidance to teams and offer ongoing opportunities for capacity strengthening.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Experience with the successful management and deployment of large, transformation projects within Save the Children or equivalent scale organisation including direct accountability for resolving issues and building capacity of others to resolve similar issues in the future
• Significant experience playing management roles in transformation projects or working as part of a team leading a large and complex transformation
• Demonstrated experience working with global stakeholders across different levels of the organisation from a broad range of contexts
• Experience setting up new initiatives including initial scoping and business cases
• Experience of working on IT and Business focused projects
• Experience of industry project and management standards and holding project teams accountable to those standards
• Demonstrable experience of acting as a ‘business partner’ to functional areas e.g. Supply Chain, Finance etc.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with high levels of change and quick turnaround times, whilst delivering to the highest standards
• Demonstrable coaching skills to help build the capabilities of others in the area of Project and Change Management as well as project feasibility and initiation
• The ability to operate successfully in a ‘matrix’ organisation
• Ability to resolve complex project issues, with a balance of pragmatism and rigour
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable

• Prior experience in challenging geographies that include less developed areas in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
• Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish, or Arabic

This role can be based in any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

Where we Work –Where We Work | Save the Children International

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.