Advisor, Global Awards

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Proficient experience in grant (award) management cycle.
2. Proficient experience in working across multiple teams and offices to facilitate grant start up, monitoring and reporting.
3. Considerable experience in monitoring and closing out awards with accurate and compliant documentation across programme, administrative, contractual and financial areas. This includes strong skills in budget monitoring and financial reporting to ensure compliance and transparency.
4. Demonstrable foundation experience and interest in humanitarian response work.
5. Effective communication skills, both written and oral, capable of liaising with diverse stakeholders.
6. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate complex financial data and make informed decisions.
7. High proficiency in using award management software and financial management systems.
8. Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, maintaining high-quality standards.
9. Strong teamwork skills, including the ability to work with, influence and guide cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.
10. Ability to manage a complex workload, proactively managing large portfolios of awards/projects/deliverables.

Desirable

• Strong project management skills, particularly in planning, coordination, and execution of complex projects across multiple regions and teams.
• Proven experience working in a complex international organisation, demonstrating the ability to navigate and manage diverse cultural and operational contexts.
• Previous experience working for Save the Children and familiarity with Save the Children’s awards and finance systems, including the Award Management System (AMS).
• Experience working within emergency response settings, including a robust understanding of humanitarian response activities and emergency management cycles.
• Solid foundation in financial accounting, capable of managing and reconciling diverse financial transactions and reporting.
• Proficiency in additional languages such as Spanish, French, or Arabic alongside English, enhancing communication and collaboration with international teams.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrable continual professional training and development in award/grants management topics including financial oversight, compliance, reporting.
• Strong knowledge of grant management and donor compliance requirements.

Education

• A degree in International Relations, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field is highly desirable.
• Professional certifications in project management or grant management are a plus.

Desirable

• Additional professional qualifications in financial accounting such as Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or similar
• Additional certifications or qualifications in humanitarian aid practices, such as a Humanitarian Aid Worker certification or similar.
• Training or certification in emergency response management.

Working at Save the Children International

Save the Children [https://www.savethechildren.net/] is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.

We know that great people make a great organisation, 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.

The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.

Application Information

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found at SCI Careers [http://www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply]. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

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