Save the Children International
Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics (Cost Optimization Initiative) [Part-time]
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Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics – Cost Optimization Initiative
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics – Cost Optimization Initiative to join our global team.
Team and Role Purpose
Save the Children is launching the Cost Optimisation Initiative to improve organizational sustainability, strengthen value for money, and maximize resources available for children and programme delivery. The aim is to build a simpler, smarter, and more efficient Save the Children that delivers greater impact for children through better use of every resource entrusted to us.
Role Purpose
The Senior Enterprise Analyst will provide analytical leadership and data-driven insights to support the organization-wide Cost Optimisation Initiative. The role will enable evidence-based decision-making by developing analytical frameworks, comparative models, cost efficiency reporting, dashboards, and operational intelligence capabilities across SCI Country Offices.
The role will work closely with the Project Lead, Senior Finance Specialist, Senior Business Analyst, Global Functional Teams, and Country Offices to support identification, validation, tracking, and reporting of structural cost efficiency opportunities and organizational performance improvements.
The role will act as the central analytical resource for the initiative, ensuring that cost optimisation decisions, efficiency targets, and benefits realization are supported by robust data, consistent methodologies, and actionable insights.
The role will also support the integration of AI-enabled analytics, automation, and predictive intelligence capabilities to strengthen organizational efficiency monitoring and operational decision support.
Job Title
Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics – Cost Optimization Initiative
Reports To
Senior Project Lead – Cost Optimization Initiative
Work Pattern
Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
Location
Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: [SCI Careers](SCI Careers)
Required Time Zone
Any
Contract Length
Fixed Term Contract (18 Months 50% LOE)
Right to Work
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based, for the duration of employment.
Language Requirements
English
International Travel
Up to 10%
Remit
Global
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Significant progressive experience in enterprise analytics, business intelligence, financial analysis, or transformation reporting, with a demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality analytical outputs in complex, fast-moving organisational environments.
- Strong experience supporting large-scale transformation, operational efficiency, or organisational redesign initiatives, including direct contribution to cost analysis, efficiency tracking, benefits realisation monitoring, and performance reporting across multiple functions or geographies.
- Demonstrated expertise across data analysis and interpretation, enterprise reporting, dashboard development, financial and operational analytics, KPI development, comparative and trend analysis, and benefits realisation tracking — with the ability to apply these capabilities in an integrated and coherent analytical framework.
- Strong experience working with enterprise systems and large, complex datasets, consolidating and harmonising data from multiple operational and financial sources to produce accurate, consistent, and governance-ready analytical outputs.
- Strong understanding of organisational cost structures, operational performance metrics, programme support cost management, and transformation monitoring, including familiarity with cost allocation methodologies and efficiency performance frameworks in global organisational contexts.
- Proven ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable business recommendations, with strong stakeholder management and communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and non-technical audiences through analytics.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning capability, with proven ability to work effectively within highly ambiguous, politically sensitive, and fast-evolving transformation environments while maintaining rigour and output quality.
- Experience leveraging AI, automation, predictive analytics, machine learning techniques, or advanced reporting capabilities to improve operational efficiency, forecasting accuracy, or analytical workflow automation.
- Experience working within complex INGOs, multinational organisations, or matrixed global environments, with direct exposure to Country Office operations, donor compliance environments, or programme support cost structures.
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Desirable
- Formal certification or practical knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or operational excellence methodologies as applied to analytical process design or performance management.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in data Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Mathematics, or related field.
Desirable
- Master’s degree in Analytics, Data Science, Business Intelligence, Finance, or related discipline is an added advantage.
Working at Save the Children International
Save the Children 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.
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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](SCI Careers). 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.
Our Recruitment Process
- Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
- Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
- Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
- If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks
We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-Harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
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