The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Senior Regional Change & Deployment Analyst inCentre -London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.
Role Purpose:
Engaging with the project team and all SCI country offices within the region, the Senior Change & Deployment Analyst enables country level deployment activities for designated HPO projects.
Change & Deployment activities include: Conducting country office kick off meetings, conducting Change Impact Assessments and Stakeholder Analysis, Change planning, conducting comms and engagement activities, coordinating key project activities such as User Acceptance Testing and Training, completing Business Readiness Assessments, conducting Post Go-Live review and transitioning offices to business as usual. They will also be responsible for managing the French translation of all project and change deliverables.
The Senior Change Analyst will regularly need to engage with senior stakeholders – both at the regional and country office level - in order to complete the required change activities.
The Senior Change & Deployment Analyst is part of the Change and Deployment (C&D) Team that enables the timely implementation of new supporting systems and business processes, across the 55 SCI country offices, the 5 Regional Offices and the Centre.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Change Management delivery experience ideally supported by Change Management certification / training
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills including experience and expertise in engaging with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation including senior stakeholders
- Outstanding communication skills (written & oral English), including the ability to communicate and present to different types of audiences with different levels of understanding of the subject matter
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate/mediate; to facilitate the resolution of conflicting business requirements
- Proven process/workflow analysis skills
- Understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies
- Proven experience in facilitating productive workshops, preferably in multi-cultural contexts
- Excellent follow-up skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise the workload across a number of different workstreams/projects
- Demonstrates a strong work ethic and able to take the initiative and ownership to deliver value to the business
- Cultural awareness
- Ability to challenge the user-friendliness of set up, requirements and design for implementation and regular usage
- Experience of solving issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
- Affinity, knowledge and experience of working within a standardised project methodology
- Experience of working in Feasibility and Design Phases of support systems and business processes projects
- Intellectual curiosity
- True passion for results, responsibility and proactivity
- Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 40%
- Full Professional Proficiency in both French and English
Desirable
- Understanding of Fleet related processes (vehicle allocation, cost recovery mechanisms, mileages use recharges) is highly desirable
- A third language. Preferably Portuguese
- Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects)
- Experience in working with off-site project team members
- Experience of delivering solutions internationally
- Awareness of various software development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall)
We can offer circa £34,200 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 London 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.
Where we Work -Where We Work | Save the Children International
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.
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.