Prime & Right First Time Data & Insights Analyst

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Prime & Right First Time Data Insights Analyst to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

The Programme Delivery department drives the implementation of our strategy by ensuring that programme and advocacy delivery is done right first time – at scale, with impact and quality, on time, on budget and with compliance. We aim to strengthen and enable implementing offices’ ability to work in complex and hostile environments, be more locally-led, smarter in its sourcing, and with a smaller environmental footprint. The department leads comprehensively on the organisation's humanitarian and crisis response strategy, including prioritisation, programme quality, operational delivery and interagency collaboration and influencing.

Role purpose

To provide data and analytics expertise, supporting the maintenance and development of dashboards and reports for both the PRIME system and Right First Time, ensuring data accuracy and actionable insights for the organisation. This role is essential in delivering standardised project management metrics and reports, contributing to operational KPIs, and supporting SCI's efforts to enhance project monitoring and evaluation. By ensuring clarity and effectiveness in data handling, the Prime & RFT Data & Insights Analyst plays a critical part in advancing the organisation's strategic objectives and operational excellence.

Job Title: Prime & Right First Time Data Insights Analyst

Reports To: Head of Management Data & Insights

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: SCI Careers

Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Any

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

Principal Accountabilities

• Maintain the RFT dashboard by ensuring its monthly refresh and addressing any data inconsistencies in partnership with the IT BI team.
• Support SCI Offices and Members in understanding and utilising the RFT dashboard effectively.
• Collaborate with the centre Awards team to maintain additional RFT reports and dashboards, such as the Level of Service report.
• Conduct analysis of the annual data collection for AM Member Resourcing, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Develop a comprehensive set of project management metrics for the PRIME initiative, aligning them with operational KPIs to enable effective progress tracking.
• Deliver standard reports within PRIME, creating a roadmap for project management reporting and fostering report-building capabilities within the PRIME team.
• Contribute to the solution architecture and business processes for data flows in and out of PRIME in relation to monitoring and evaluation of projects.
• With the coordination of the Head of Management Data & Insights, work on any ad-hoc reporting and analysis as requested from other stakeholders.
• Contribute and be an active member of the wider Data Analytics communities of practice: lead, collaborate and innovate on capacity building activities that benefit the D&A community.

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Technical Proficiency: Expertise in data manipulation and analysis, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of insights.
2. Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical skills to identify issues, gaps, and opportunities within dashboards and reports.
3. Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate insights and recommendations clearly to various stakeholders.
4. Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including IT, Awards, and SCI Country Offices.
5. Project Management: Skilled in developing and tracking project management metrics and contributing to solution architectures.
6. Adaptability: Comfortable managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively in a fast-paced environment.
7. Experience maintaining and updating dashboards, resolving data inconsistencies, and collaborating with IT teams and external stakeholders.
8. Proficient experience in conducting data analysis to provide actionable insights, particularly in the context of annual data collections or similar surveys.
9. Considerable experience in developing and maintaining project management reports and metrics, and contributing to the monitoring and evaluation processes.
10. A demonstrated commitment to and experience with promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within data practices and collaboration efforts.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• A degree in a relevant field such as Data Science/Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of data governance principles, data integrity, and data security measures.
• Proficient in the use of data analysis and visualisation tools such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and metrics, particularly in tracking and reporting KPIs.

Desirable

• Advanced training or certifications in data analytics, business intelligence, or project management is advantageous but not compulsory.

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.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted should expect to hear from us within 2 weeks of the advert deadline.

Our recruitment process:

1. Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
2. Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
3. Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
4. 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.