Jobs At Save The Children

Required qualifications and experience:

• Experience of working with large, complex donors to secure and/or manage new large-scale and/or competitive funding
• Experience of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise
• Experience of managing a crisis situation requiring quick changes to priorities and rapid action to respond
• Experience of leading change in an organisation which has led to considerable results for the organisation & its stakeholders
• Experience of building personal networks at a senior level, resulting in securing new opportunities for the organisation
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in
• Good understanding of programme, financial and operational management processes
• Good understanding of key trends in international and humanitarian development
• Experienced leader who has held senior positions in complex/high profile/multinational organisations
• Demonstrable ability to recruit, lead and develop high calibre specialist senior staff with a range of backgrounds and expertise
• Strong track record in building high performance teams and future successors/leaders
• Experience of leading a large, highly complex organisation through significant change with clear business benefit
• Strategic thinker who is comfortable with developing highly ambitious business strategies at scale and the track record of delivering on these
• Ability to manage and motivate self and others to respond to a significant and complex crisis situation in extraordinary circumstances, requiring swift action and rapid changes in priorities
• Evidence of identifying and building strategic and effective business networks at a very senior level, which have resulted in clear business benefit for the organisation
• Innovative approach to solving a range of highly complex issues and galvanising buy-in to the solutions at all levels
• Highly developed political acumen and ability to navigate through complex political situations
• Strong and nuanced cultural awareness
• Commitment to the Save the Children values