Senior Specialist, Business Analysis

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist, Business Analysis to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

The Business Architecture and Business Analysis team is part of the TDIT function. Business Architecture focuses on creating a comprehensive framework that aligns our organization’s strategic vision with its operational execution. It involves developing models and structures to ensure business strategies are effectively implemented, identifying opportunities for improvement, and designing future-state models that support organizational goals.

Business Analysis centers on identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Business Analysts gather, review, and analyze data; liaise between stakeholders; and recommend changes to improve processes, products, and services—ultimately enabling effective decision-making and organizational change.

The team holds overall responsibility for defining and driving our Global Business Architecture and Analysis strategy, including capability tooling, resourcing, capacity sharing, and scaling across SCA, while ensuring close alignment with stakeholders across the movement to realize the full value of our transformation and IT investments for children. The team consists of a Director, Senior Managers, Senior Specialists, and Specialists.

Role purpose

Within the Transformation Delivery Department, we have a team of Business Analysts that are assigned to projects based on need. Projects will have an IT component but the specific function being supported will vary by project.

Our Business Analysts are responsible for analysing the relevant business area or function and documenting business requirements, business processes, view of existing systems, data, integration requirements etc. Business Analysts will support the development of the current and future state and bridge the gap between projects and the relevant functions and IT (where relevant). Business Analysts will also be expected to contribute to our BA Methodology and support continuous improvement to our BA processes and tools. To be effective in this role you will need experience working as a BA on a complex Transformation Project or Programme.

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Business Analysis

Reports To: Director, Business Architecture & Business Analysis

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available

Contract Length: Permanent

Grade: P4

Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location.

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Any

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.

Language Requirements: English

International Travel Requirements: up to 5-10%

Principal Accountabilities

• Taking the lead in completing all the required analysis work to complete the current and future state and requirements.
• Delivering optimal business capabilities model (reflecting future capabilities needed to deliver on the organisations strategic goals).
• Business process definition and business process management. Requirements engineering and business process re-engineering / optimisation.
• Document and act as the subject matter expert on business processes to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Work within the relevant project team to deliver incremental business value to users. Identify any potential conflicting business and data requirements, definition gaps, dependencies between projects and escalate to the project lead to formulate a resolution plan.
• Support the prioritisation of design requirements with the project team with an informed understanding of the impact to the organisation and wider transformation portfolio of projects.
• Maintain accurate, version controlled, documentation over the project lifecycle, which is readily available to key stakeholders, and ensure the knowledge is disseminated.

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Significant experience in discovering and documenting business requirements and working with test engineers to design test cases against defined requirements.
2. Significant experience in modelling business processes and translating them into system requirements.
3. Significant experience in analysing data, drawing actionable insights, and problem-solving using various analytical techniques.
4. Significant experience with business analysis tools and methodologies, such as UML, BPMN, and software development lifecycle (SDLC) frameworks including adapting methodologies to meet the needs of a prior organisation.
5. Significant experience in collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams including solutions architecture and test engineering. Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with team members, stakeholders, and partners.
6. Experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders to understand their needs and constraints. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex concepts clearly.
7. Proven experience in facilitating productive workshops, preferably in multi-cultural contexts.
8. Proficient in conflict resolution techniques to address and mediate stakeholder disagreements and ensure project continuity.
9. Ability to effectively prioritise work and agree priorities with the relevant leaders.

Desirable

• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, PlanView) and office suites (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Understanding of a structured Project methodology (e.g. PRINCE2) or accredited Project Management training (APM or PMI)

Desirable

• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects)
• Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic

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.

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 here via the job listing. 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:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. 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.