United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Operations Support Advisor

Organization: Save the Children
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 06 Jan 2015

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work in over 120 countries, with local communities, national governments, international institutions and the public sector to achieve immediate and lasting change.

We are currently looking for an Operations Support Advisor, to be based out of our office near Trafalgar Square, London.

In this role you will provide support to our country offices to further enable the delivery of high quality programmes. You'll organise and conduct capacity reviews, support the development and delivery of operations strengthening support packages, provide advisory support to help address under-compliance or under-performance, support the roll out of new streamlined and standardised processes, work with the country management teams to determine how best to improve the overall quality of leadership to improve operational delivery and help identify core learning needs and develop training to fulfil these. You'll also deliver some training sessions and ensure that all interventions undertaken by the team are reported on and where possible, gather evidence of the impact.

To be successful in this role you will have a proven track record in senior operations management with extensive people management experience within insecure/fragile environments and/or emergency contexts. You'll also bring excellent project management, analytical and strategic planning skills, substantial experience of capacity building and coaching and excellent representational, influencing and diplomatic skills. A willingness and ability to travel internationally, sometimes at short notice is also required.

It would be beneficial, though is not essential, if you have experience in change management, organisational development or management consultancy and in implementing continuous improvement. A second language preferably French, Spanish or Arabic is highly desirable.

This role attracts a competitive salary and company pension scheme, as well as 30 days annual leave.

To see the full role profile for this opportunity, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs.

To apply please send your application with a cover letter and CV as a single document. When applying, please include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations within this role.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

How to apply:

Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: 'jfawcett.91882.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'