Senior Specialist, Capacity Building(Agile) - maternity cover

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist, Capacity Building (Agile), (maternity cover) to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

Accelerating Delivery and Improvement (ADI) is a capacity-building initiative designed to enable Save the Children colleagues and teams to become more effective and efficient in delivering results. Through a structured change and capacity-building program, events and tailored business improvement support, the ADI Team’s goal is creating a culture of continuous improvement in our ways of working across the Save the Children movement. ADI support offers draw on proven approaches from continuous improvement, project management, change management and stakeholder engagement.

Role purpose

The Senior Specialist, Capacity Building role will play a central role in achieving the above goal. The successful candidate will have demonstrable expertise in both the delivery and creation of change and capacity-building interventions. They will partner with senior management and their staff throughout all parts of the global- organization to increase capacity and capabilities, identify improvement areas, deliver measurable and sustainable change, and drive efficiency and effectiveness throughout the organization – all to embed a culture of change, delivery and improvement.

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Capacity Building (Agile), (Maternity cover)

Reports To: Senior Manager, ADI

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available

Contract Length: Fixed Term Contract for 8 months

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

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 10%

Principal Accountabilities

Increase global capability in Accelerating Delivery & Improvement and make ADI a way of life at Save the Children through:

• Designing, delivering and facilitating capacity-building interventions for teams, entities and groups.

Supporting the embedding and rollout of Agile ways of working and our Agile framework

• Leading on and contracting with several projects to support and embed Agile ways of working and our Agile framework
• Acting as a coach and role model in delivering Agile ways of working

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Cross-functional leadership, building effective teams, and reaching objectives through influence of senior stakeholders is critical.
2. Experience of embedding Agile ways of working and frameworks as well as supporting these types of mindset shifts within a global organisation
3. Experience delivering improvements through the application of project management and/or continuous improvement tools and techniques.
4. Strong verbal and written communication skills across all cultures.
5. Strong facilitation skills with the ability to empower others to facilitate in challenging contexts
6. Able to prioritize time and tasks and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
7. Demonstrable experience in creating and managing processes/workflows, including proficiency in data analysis

Desirable

• Proficiency in Arabic or French

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Lean/Six Sigma, change management and/or project management trained/certified or equivalent.
• ADI Practitioner status essential (if internal)

Desirable

• Agile certification (e.g. SCRUM, PMI, Discipline Agile etc)

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

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.