The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Economic Evaluation Advisor in the UK (London or Remote) or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
The Economic Evaluation Advisor, as part of the Economic Evaluation team, will support Save the Children’s commitment to improve its evidence base to make a difference for children. Understanding the cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of our work and incorporating economic evidence into our programming, policy and advocacy is key to our 2022-24 strategic ambition to triple our impact without tripling income.
This role will provide support to country offices and thematic teams by leading cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness analyses, conducting trainings to regional and country office teams.
It will also include ensuring our research and monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (REALM) and financial systems facilitate the collection and analysis of quality data that supports economic evaluation. You will work closely with other team members to develop and further improve guidance and tools for economic evaluation best practice.
You will be expected to help foster a culture within Save the Children of constantly seeking to understand and improve VfM in our work.
You will work with a range of stakeholders in Save the Children offices and across multiple programmes and countries. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Essential:
- Curiosity, and a desire to use and promote evidence, feedback and learning to deliver improved outcomes.
- Strong analytical understanding of a range of mixed methods for research and impact assessment to generate evidence.
- Excellent analytical and writing skills, for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A proven ability to solve problems and make challenging decisions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain relationships with key individuals and groups within and external to the organization.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and maintain focus to achieve results.
- Verbal and written fluency in English.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Desirable:
- Experience and a track record of success in conducting economic evaluation, especially cost efficiency and effectiveness evaluations, in development and/or humanitarian aid programmes.
- Knowledge and experience in capacity building and enhancing competencies around economic evaluation, research and learning including design, data collection, data entry, analysis, and reporting, across different cultures and contexts
- Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
We can offer circa £38,000 per annum (If based in the UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National Terms & Conditions (including pay and benefits) will apply.
This role can be based in the UK (London or Remote) or 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 for the duration of the contract.
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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 full copy of the 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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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15 DEC 2023
9 JAN 2024 – 02:59 EAT
WORLDWIDE
MONITORING, EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING
FIXED-TERM CONTRACT
FULL-TIME
