Humanitarian Operations Advisor
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Humanitarian Operations Advisor to join our global team.
Team and Job Purpose
The Humanitarian Operations Team own and manage key procedures that support our organizational approach to preparedness and response, ensuring seamless coordination of functional support to humanitarian operations across all contexts in anticipation of and in response to humanitarian needs. To facilitate rapid deployment of high-quality surge capacity and flexible funding tailored to the specific needs and capacities of our responses, thereby maximizing impact. To build the capacity of humanitarian responders, empowering them with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively address humanitarian challenges.
To ensure coordinated and effective humanitarian responses across the allocated country office portfolio, support the delivery of critical alerts and prioritisation documents, and provide operational advice and gap-fill support during response initiatives, including potential deployment.
Job Title: Humanitarian Operations Advisor (516649450)
Reports To: Lead Advisor, Humanitarian Operations
Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
Contract Length: Permanent
Grade: P3
Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations
Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Role required to cover the LAC time zone.
Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment.
Language Requirements: English essential for the role. Additionally, Spanish speaker (desirable to be able to support LAC time zone)
International Travel Requirements: Yes up to 80%
Budget Responsibility: None
People Management Responsibility: None
Principle Accountabilities
• Coordinate support to humanitarian operations across the allocated country office portfolio, ensuring seamless collaboration and high-quality service delivery.
• Manage the process and documentation of Alerts, Categorization/Recategorization, and Prioritization, in adherence to relevant procedures and frameworks.
• Advise and support country offices in implementing the Response Management Plan (RMP) and other relevant protocols, tailoring guidance to specific response needs.
• Facilitate the implementation of Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) by providing comprehensive support to country offices, fostering readiness and resilience.
• Be available to fill gaps or backstop essential operational roles within response teams, ensuring continuity and robust operational capacity during crucial periods.
• Deploy, either remotely or in person, as needed, to reinforce humanitarian response efforts, maintaining flexibility and readiness to act in diverse and dynamic situations.
Experience and Skills
Essential
1- Humanitarian Operations: Considerable experience in managing and supporting humanitarian operations, including emergency response, recovery, and development programmes, both directly and remotely.
2 - Emergency Response Planning & Management: Proficient experience in developing and implementing Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) and supporting countries in delivering Response Management Plans (RMP).
3 - Deployment and Gap Filling: Experience in being deployed to gap fill and/or backstop key operational positions in response teams, including both remote and in-person support.
4 - Documentation and Compliance: Experience in delivering Alerts, Categorisation/ Re-categorisation, and Prioritisation documentation according to established procedures and frameworks.
5 - Coordination and Advisory: Experience in providing advisory and coordination support to country offices on the delivery and implementation of humanitarian procedures and frameworks. Strong ability to advise and support country offices on the delivery of relevant response procedures.
6 - Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Proven track record of building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional.
Desirable
• N/A
Education and Qualifications
Essential
N/A
Desirable
• Bachelor’s Degree: Preferably in International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Management, or related risk management or social sciences fields is desired
Working at Save the Children International
Save the Children is the world`s leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children`s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We know that great people make a great organisation, 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.
The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children`s voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.
Application Information
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Our recruitment process:
- Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
- Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
- Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
- If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks
We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
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