Global Common Approaches Officer at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

The BAU Common Approaches Global Officer sits within the Program Quality and Impact (PQI) team. The 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.

The BAU Common Approaches Global Officer role will be responsible for supporting 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 CA related activities and coordinate between thematic teams on related matters.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Demonstrated experience supporting the delivery of business processes within a large and complex international organisation.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral English), including the ability to communicate with technical, non-technical, internal and external stakeholders across different seniority levels.

• Able to think strategically and identify opportunities for alignment while also working at a tactical and operational level.

• Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem-solving working closely with both the senior colleagues as required and offering solutions as appropriate.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work and communicate across cultures, as part of a geographically dispersed team and across organizations and stakeholders.
• A strong work ethic and able to take the initiative and ownership to deliver value to the business.
• Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

Desirable

• Experience with web-based platforms and using information systems e.g. intranet pages.
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience.
• Technical/Thematic knowledge/experience.
• Proficiency in a second core language of Save the Children (Arabic, French or Spanish).

Closing Date : Oct 31, 2022