Global Common Approaches Manager at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Common Approaches Global Manager sits within the Programme Quality and Impact team. The Program Quality and Impact (PQI) team coordinates efforts across Save the Children to drive high quality programmes and increase their impact towards our breakthroughs for the most marginalised and deprived children.

Common Approaches (CAs) are our best understanding of how to address a particular problem facing children. They are based on evidence, can be adapted to work in multiple contexts and also replicated in different countries. They raise the effectiveness and quality of Save the Children’s work, and allow us to amplify our impact for children.

The Common Approaches Global Manager role will be responsible for leading the continued improvement of the way CAs are developed and implemented across the Save the Children, championing them across the movement and actively seeking ways to embed CAs further. This role will provide global support to Regions and Country Offices on Common Approaches related activities and coordinate between thematic teams on related matters.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential :

• Demonstrated experience and capability leading the delivery of business processes within a large and complex international organisation.
• Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple streams of work simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral English), including the ability to communicate with technical, non-technical, internal and external stakeholders across different seniority levels to ensure stakeholders requirements are well understood and stakeholders have accurate expectations on deliverables.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - experience of solving issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a culturally diverse matrix environment, and negotiate/mediate; to facilitate the resolution of conflicting business requirements.
• A strong work ethic and able to take the initiative and ownership to deliver value to the
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work across a network of international stakeholders to advance evidence-based programming across the Save the Children movement, as well as externally.
• Understanding of programmatic best practice and experience with monitoring, evaluation and/or research preferred.
• Familiarity with principles of evidence based global programming mechanisms.
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Familiarity with Common Approaches and Save the Children governance structures.
• Experience working in at least one of the five global thematic areas (health & nutrition, education, child protection, child poverty and child rights governance).
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience.
• Technical/Thematic knowledge/experience.
• Experience of leading and inspiring others, empowerment, capacity building and continuous improvement
• Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Closing Date : Oct 31, 2022