Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics to join our global team.

Team and Job Purpose

Across all sectors, AI, Data and Digital are critical enablers that help organisations deliver better quality work, based on sound decision making and driving efficiency. This is as important if not more critical in the development sector where every $ counts towards supporting the needs of children. There are many systems and tools across the organisation that are used to generate, store and communicate data and information as well as pockets of capabilities and process that is focused on driving continuous improvement. Alongside this and based on this rich data landscape, Digital Programming or ICT4D (information and communication technology for development) is the application of technology for the delivery of programmes for children. Technology can range from bespoke for a specific purpose, or a standard off the shelf digital tool or application. It may be deployed in the field as part of a program delivery (front office) or form part of the program development cycle (back office). Similarly, it could also focus on an enabling technology required to allow further digital developments e.g. connectivity, infrastructure changes etc. Bringing these together and maximising benefit from evolving AI technologies to support programme delivery, data and analytics, operational delivery etc. in a single unit, drives quality delivery and ensures a fully joined up approach. 

To ensure we focus our resource and capabilities in the best way to maximise value, a fit for purpose strategy based on our overarching global strategy is key, enabling us to accelerate on priority areas and balance scale with local needs. 

Role purpose

The purpose of this role is to conceptualize, design, and deliver complex enterprise level quantitative analyses to inform data-driven decision making across the enterprise. The post-holder will work with Transformation Delivery Teams, IT teams, Value For Money Specialists, and Program Quality and Impact Teams, and other teams/departments across the organization to ensure that relevant data (e.g., our program units costs, cost-efficiency, cost-effectiveness, aggregate impact) are evidenced globally, and expected forward-looking results are projected based on our best knowledge, to help continually improve the quality of our programming for children. They will be responsible for analysing our program and business function cost, results, and business data. They will engage in the development of the current and future state processes for measuring these data fields and bridge the gap between projects and the relevant functions and IT (where relevant).

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Enterprise Analytics

Reports To: Head, Data Insights

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available 

Contract Length: Permanent

Grade: P4

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

International Travel Requirements: up to 10%

Principal Accountabilities

• Use existing datasets to generate analyses and insights into key business questions across multiple domains, including value for money, (mapping of unit costs per child of different interventions and related explanatory variables and patterns) and other analytical areas as required by the business
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to elicit, analyse, translate, and document data use requirements and analysis approaches for multiple analytics applications (e.g., more efficiently measuring program cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness, etc)
• Work within a project team to deliver incremental business value to users 
• Identify any potential conflicting business requirements, definition gaps, dependencies between projects and escalate to project manager to formulate a resolution plan
• Support the prioritisation of design requirements with the project team with an informed understanding of the impact to the organisation
• Maintain accurate, version controlled, documentation over the project lifecycle, which is readily available to key stakeholders, and ensure the knowledge is disseminated

Experience and Skills

Essential

1. Strong quantitative analysis skills
2. Ability to understand and manage stakeholder requirements/drivers and project expectations
3. Strong business judgement and experience to create forward-looking analytical models that assess likely outcomes of potential business decisions
4. Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to transform MEAL, cost, and other data into existing Power BI dashboards to track unit cost per output/outcome by thematic portfolio
5. Experience of designing replicable prototypes of analytical models from multiple data domains for the software developers
6. Excellent technical documentation skills including data cleaning and transformation steps to identify analytical results (e.g., cost drivers, outliers, expenditure trends & opportunities for cost-saving/avoidance)
7. Experience of creating standardised data analytical models and charting templates for automation/repeated use
8. Intellectual curiosity and the ability to question thought partners across functional areas
9. Demonstrates a strong work ethic and able to take the initiative and ownership to deliver value to the business

Desirable

• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience (especially international development projects)
• Experience working on digital transformation projects 
• Knowledge of Azure/AWS text labelling process to prepare cost models for machine assisted learning programmes
• Second language – French, Spanish or Arabic

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience Desirable

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.