Programme Funding Analyst

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Programme Funding Analyst at London or specific existing Save the Children International office location.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children has agreed an ambitious new global strategy for 2022-24 and has developed an accompanying Global Funding Framework to inform and shift how SCA can work together as a movement to drive greater funding impact for children. By 2024, our ambition is for Save the Children to be a $3bn plus organisation, with institutional funding constituting around 60% of this income. Growing, diversifying and optimising our institutional income will be critical to achieving this ambition and success in this area will be dependent on changes to our behaviours and ways of working that mark and facilitate a shift to prioritise collective action, collaboration and embed mutual accountability.

The Institutional Funding Analyst role is part of the Save the Children International (SCI) Centre office’s Programme Funding and Institutional Partnerships (PFIP) team, which works across the global Save the Children Movement to optimise and align our programme funding portfolio in support of our ambition for children and to drive improvements to our ways of working with institutional partners.

Over the past three years, the PFIP team has worked to establish quality foundations and drive continuous improvement in the area of data and analytics in order to track and monitor our global funding portfolio. The role of the Institutional Funding Analyst will be to build on these foundations and support in steering the organisation from hindsight analytics towards insight and foresight in order to drive evidence based decision-making.

The role will support global initiatives across the Save the Children movement to enhance current programme funding analytics, insight and forethought that shapes and informs key decision making globally. The work will focus on driving a culture of collective insight-driven decision-making and actions, both strategically and operationally, working closely key stakeholders as well as functional experts and delivery teams to create global solutions.

This work will include close collaboration with the other parts of the PFIP team (Market Development; Portfolio Development; People Development; Governance and Strategy Development) and with other SCI Centre functions. It will rely on strong and productive relationships with analytics and institutional funding teams across the members and with relevant SCI teams, principally at the regional and member level.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Minimum 3yrs experience in data analytics working with a wide range of complex data sources
• Substantial fundraising and or award management experience, including working within a complex matrixed organisation (including the Save the Children movement).
• Proven focus on Insight, understood as the next level after data analysis – the “so what?” factor
• Experience in developing dashboards and reports linked to databases using Microsoft Power BI
• Strong Excel skills (inc pivot tables, external data connections) & associated tools (PowerPivot)
• Ability to learn new web/collaborative systems and applications quickly
• Experience in solving complex issues through analysis, collaboration and ensuring buy-in.
• Excellent business partnering, communication and relationship building skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to adopt a pro-active approach to problem solving, working with and coordinating input from multiple departments
• Clear interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative.
• Team player, with a full appreciation of the value of collaboration.
• Commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in / across other areas of SC’s operations and / or functions
• Experience of being involved in the implementation of a new / changed business processes and ways of working or transformation processes.
• Experience of working with databases and database languages (e.g. SQL).

We can offer circa £40,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, 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.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.